50 Slow Cooker Recipes. Life is busy around my house. Even though I have young kids, we are working on potty training, sharing, walking and just staying safe :) Toddlers are such a crazy and fun age! School is back in session, or almost back in session, and I am sure life is or will get busy taking kids to school, sporting events, extracurricular activities and pretty much anything that comes with the hustle and bustle of life. My mom was/is a huge fan of just throwing something in the crock pot in the morning and not having to worry about dinner the rest of the day. Thankfully, she has passed down that love to me! I adore my slow cooker! I have said it before, and I will say it again, it is HANDS DOWN my favorite kitchen appliance… and that is really saying something because I have a ton! There is nothing better than a meal that takes little to no prep work and does the cooking all day long so you don’t have to worry about it until dinner time.
Crock Pot Honey Sesame Chicken Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pork. 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?). QUIZ: Did You Eat Pretty Today? BREAKFAST: Maple Pear Walnut Oatmealby Kathy Hester, author of The Vegan Slow Cooker and Healthy Slow Cooking blog Why we love it:Oatmeal can help lower cholesterol, may reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes, and help reduce blood pressure with its soluable fiber.
Click to see the recipe. Ingredients:1/2 cup steel-cut oats2 cups unsweetened non-dairy milk (you can use water instead)1 pear, chopped1/2 teaspoon vanilla1/2 teaspoon maple extractsweetener of choice, to taste (1/4 tsp stevia) In the morning: Stir oatmeal and add sweetener. MORE: Stress-Free (Healthy!) 2. German pancakes. Saturday, December 2, 2006 Back when I was still getting daily “are you okay?” And “do you need anything” phone calls from my mother each morning after my little rumble with the stairs, she told me one more she’d just made German pancakes for breakfast.
“Oh, you remember them, don’t you? I made them once in a while when you were growing up.” Well no, I don’t. Do your parents ever do this? The recipe, by the way, mom says she got from one of those inserts that came with her at least 30-year old blender, completely crushing my romanticized notions of this being something her parents over brought from the “old country.”
German Pancakes From my mom’s old blender cookbook Yield 2 9-inch pancakes. Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Bread. How do you make bread even better? You stuff it with pepperoni and cheese. Then, you bake it in a bundt pan that allows you to pull off little chunks and dip them in pizza sauce. This is the perfect thing to bring to a party (and I did, where it disappeared quickly!) Or to eat during a football game. Or, make it for dinner and serve with a salad. This bread takes a little bit of time to prepare, but in about half an hour I had filled my bundt pan with little dough balls, each with a piece of pepperoni and cheese stuffed within it. My new definition of bliss: warm dough with a cheesy center and a bite of pepperoni. Pepperoni Pizza Monkey Breadfrom Confections of a Foodie BrideIngredients: -2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced -4 tbsp butter -2 lbs pizza dough (I used 2 balls of Trader Joe's fresh dough) -6 oz. mozzarella cheese, cut into small cubes (about 48 pieces) -pepperoni (about 48 slices) -2-3 cups marinara sauce for serving Directions: 1. 3. 4.
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