77 Healthy Crock-Pot Recipes. Crazy schedules, long work hours, and tempting takeout menus make it tough to even think about cooking most nights during the week.
Despite the inconvenience, firing up the stove or oven is almost always cheaper and healthier than ordering in or eating out. How about a compromise? Making dinner with a slow cooker — Crock-Pot is the go-to brand in the U.S. — is an easy way to get in all those vitamins and minerals without slaving over a hot stove for hours at a time. Most of these recipes involve mixing up ingredients and popping them into a slow cooker for a prescribed number of hours. Save even more time by starting some of these dishes overnight or first thing in the morning and reaping the delicious, healthy benefits later in the day. Breakfast 1.
Tart apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, and walnuts — what’s not to love? 2. Why not begin the day with a protein-rich superfood like quinoa? 3. This vegetarian burrito filling includes loads of vegetables, beans, and eggs. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Slow Cooker Recipes. Getting a delicious, healthy meal doesn’t have to entail hours in the kitchen.
Instead, get yourself some fresh, nutrient-rich ingredients, throw them in a slow cooker and relax until it’s done. Now we’re talking! Try these easy slow cooker recipes for breakfast, lunch or dinner. There’s even one for dessert (OK, that one’s not so nutritious, but a little indulgence is good for the soul, right?). Crock Pot Minestrone Soup. This is by far the best recipe you'll ever try for Minestrone soup – a classic, hearty Italian soup with tomatoes, white beans, vegetables and pasta.
You can use Swiss chard or baby kale instead of spinach if you wish and you can omit the pasta if you don't want the carbs – honestly you won't miss it with everything else in this soup. It's just my preference, but I like to puree the beans in this soup, it thickens it and you don't even know they are in there (great for picky eaters). What makes this soup extra special, is using the rind from a wedge of parmesan or Romano cheese. Baked Potato Soup. Everything you love about a baked potato loaded with cheddar, bacon and chives, in the form of a soup!
I've had several requests to make-over this soup (You really like to challenge me, don't you!) I was a little stumped on how I was going to take something as carb rich as potatoes, with added fat like sour cream, cheese and bacon, light! I knew I had to hide a vegetable in this soup to bulk it up without added calories. My first attempt was parsnips, but the flavor was too overwhelming. My second attempt was cauliflower, knowing how much you all love my Creamy cauliflower puree recipe and it was a winner.
Ingredients: Pierce potatoes with a fork; microwave on high for 5 minutes turn over and microwave another 3 - 5 minutes, until tender. Meanwhile, steam cauliflower with water in a large covered pot until tender. Remove from heat. Toss Together Soup Supper. Whoops.
I had some extra time after grocery shopping and weekly meal prep this afternoon, so I said to heck with it and dragged the rest of my Christmas decorations out! After adding red ornament accents to the new mantle, and hanging the stockings with care… I turned my attention to the tree. Ben and I are still rocking my pathetic Charlie Brown Christmas tree from my first apartment right out of college, but what it lacks in fullness and height, I make up for with cute and meaningful ornaments. :) Someone around here thinks non-themed trees are tacky, but I think they’re fun! Tuscan Kale & White Bean Soup.
Tuscan Kale & White Bean Soup is hearty yet light, and packed with vegetables and kielbasa.
The perfect cold-weather soup! Howdy all, hope you had a nice weekend! I woke up to dark and stormy skies on Saturday, but shook my fist at Mother Nature and decided to move forward with my morning plans anyways – strolling through the Farmers’ Market with my Mom! We hadn’t been in weeks, and were positivity tickled to find that we practically had the place to ourselves. It seemed most chose to stay at home rather than risk getting caught in the rain. Slow cooker Italian sausage meatball soup. Slow Cooker Italian Sausage Meatball Soup If you’ve only recently started stopping by Baked by Rachel, you might think I have an obsession with using Italian sausage in my cooking.
I swear that isn’t true at all. I’ve only made three dishes previous to this that included sausage. Italian sausage pie, ziti and pizza. All were seriously pretty awesome. I came across the recipe one night bouncing around doing searches for soup ideas to make over the winter. Many recipes I feel can be altered to your liking, change up the meats etc but when it comes to the soups – take them as they are.
Cook Time: 2.5 - 4.5 hours Total Time: 3 - 5 hours. Chicken Bacon Wild Rice Soup. I asked, you answered. Chicken Noodle Soup. Hi everyone!
How’d your Monday go? Mine went blazing fast…per usual! True to my word, I headed to the gym after work, where I knocked out 4 miles in 35 minutes at speeds ranging from 6.5 to 7.3. It was amazing!! Ale and Cheddar Soup. When I came across a recipe for an ale and cheddar soup recently on From and Away I immediately pinned it thinking that it would be perfect to make some time around St.
Patrick's Day. In addition to the ale and cheddar this soup contains plenty of bacon and spicy jalapenos peppers so there was really no way that I could resist making it! This recipe starts out by cooking the bacon, and I used a double smoked bacon to add a smokiness, and then uses the bacon grease to saute the onions, celery and jalapeno peppers so that you do not loose any of that bacon-y goodness. Chicken Tortilla Soup. You know the tune!
Raindrops on windows… and bright Christmas lii-ights. Prizes from contests… and soup in a cro-ock…pot. ;) Yes my friends, nothing quite tops the list of my favorite things like a big, warm bowl of Chicken Tortilla Crock Pot Soup! Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken. Crock Pot Santa Fe Chicken is so easy yet packed full of flavor.