chicken stew in a crock pot

[luckyleftyme2]

I tried this yesterday and it came out great. brown 3 chicken breasts in a black frying pan with olive oil. remove and cube chicken to 1/2 inch size and put in crock pot. use 6 oz. of water in hot frying pan to make base for broth in slow cooker. peel and cut 6 carrots to about 2 inch size. add one can of low fat chicken broth ,8 peeled potatoes cut in half 2 stalks of celery cut fine. season with 1/2 teaspoon of sage,1/2 teaspoon of basil,1 teaspoon of salt(optional) 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. add enough water to cover.
I cooked 3hrs on high then 3 hrs on low. I added 2 cans of turkey gravy stirred then thickened with a rue made of flour and milk.
once I had a thick gravy I added 6 dumplings then cooked for an additional 20 minutes.
dumplings(jiffy mix or your own recipe)