Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings

1 whole chicken
1 onion cut into quarters
4 large carrots cut into 1 inch pieces
3 stalks of celery, cut into 2 inch pieces
1 cup peas or green beans
1 Tbsp Bouquet Garni
1 Tbsp fresh marjoram
1 tsp fresh thyme
2 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp fresh parsley
1 cup milk
Enough water to cover chicken

Reserve
1/4 cup milk
3 Tbsp flour

Add all ingredients except the 1/4 cup milk and flour to crockpot and set to high. Cook for 4 hours or until meat is falling off the bones. Remove chicken from pot and remove all bones. Return chicken to crockpot.

Mix remaining milk and flour until smooth. Ladle half of the hot juices from crockpot into saucepan and add milk/ flour mixture. Cook to near boiling and stir until thickened. Return juices back to crockpot and stir well. Add additional salt and pepper to taste. Add dumplings (recipe below) and cook for 1-2 hours more until the dumplings are cooked. Serve over rice or noodles.

Dumplings

1 cup flour
1/2 cup milk
1 Tbsp fresh parsley
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of salt
1 tsp sugar

Mix all ingredients and drop by spoonfuls over chicken and sauce.