Looking for slow cooker recipes

aprildpettitt

Does anyone have any healthy recipes for a slow cooker? With my husbands and my schedules during the week, it really is the best way for us to feed our family a good meal at a decent hour during the week.

aprildpettitt

Does anyone have any healthy recipes for a slow cooker? With my husbands and my schedules during the week, it really is the best way for us to feed our family a good meal at a decent hour during the week.

9726172000

I know what you mean about the slow cooker. :happy:
I do alot of chicken with carrots. Beans with salt pork. 15 bean soup. Split pea soup with ham. Roast (beef or Pork) with carrots and potatoes. Corned beef and cabage. Chicken noodle soup. What about fish with a salad and maybe rice and vege's total time from prep to table about 30 minutes. How about soup and salad. What about Gumbo with shrimp. Turkey burger's with pork and beans. If I can remember any more I'll post them. Have a great day!

Sally

MrsDanceBartley

Chicken(things work well) with a jar of salsa....

EASY and yummy!

lsalazarii

This was a recipe in this section.... I don't know if you saw it but, I've tried it and it is DEEEEE licious!!!!

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup salsa
1 package reduced sodium taco seasoning
1 can reduced fat cream of mushroom soup (condensed)
1/2 cup reduced fat sour cream

Directions:
Add chicken to slow cooker.
Sprinkle taco seasoning over chicken.
Pour salsa and soup over chicken.
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
Remove from heat and stir in sour cream.
Serve with rice.

Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 157.2
Total Fat: 3.3 g
Cholesterol: 63.4 mg
Sodium: 654.2 mg
Total Carbs: 6.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
Protein: 24.3 g

j_g4ever

I use www.sparkreciepe.com its a great website. I only use it for the reciepes.

bronco72

Black Bean Chicken Chilli

2 Cans of Corn
2 Frozen boneless skinless Chicken Breasts (about 1 1/4 pounds)
1 packet of Taco seasoning
2 cans Black Beans (drained and rinsed)
1 Jar Chunky Salsa ( I like Pace Hot)

Add corn to bottom of crokpot, Place chicken on top of corn.
Sprinkle on taco seasoning.
Pour in Salsa, then add both cans of beans ( I risne them in the can just till water is clear to remove any gritt)
Cook on low for 4-6 hours. When done cooking remove chicken and cut inso bite size pieces then return to pot.

Serve with choice of low fat cheese or low fat sour cream.

Fitness_Chick

Black Bean Chicken Chilli

2 Cans of Corn
2 Frozen boneless skinless Chicken Breasts (about 1 1/4 pounds)
1 packet of Taco seasoning
2 cans Black Beans (drained and rinsed)
1 Jar Chunky Salsa ( I like Pace Hot)

Add corn to bottom of crokpot, Place chicken on top of corn.
Sprinkle on taco seasoning.
Pour in Salsa, then add both cans of beans ( I risne them in the can just till water is clear to remove any gritt)
Cook on low for 4-6 hours. When done cooking remove chicken and cut inso bite size pieces then return to pot.

Serve with choice of low fat cheese or low fat sour cream.

Gotta love my black beans!

Nutrional content on this recipe, serving size etc.?????????:drinker:

DisneyBride13

Low Fat Crockpot Pork and Sweet Potato Stew


Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 9 hours,
Ingredients:

* 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 2 stalks celery
* 1 large Granny Smith Apple, cut into chunks
* 1 large carrot, sliced
* 1 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed of fat, and cut into chunks
* 1/2 cup apple cider
* 3/4 cup fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
* 1/2 tsp rosemary
* 1/2 tsp sage
* Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation:
Spray the inside of a 3-4 quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Lay vegetables on the bottom of the crockpot, followed by pork. Pour apple cider and chicken broth over the pork and vegetables, and add herbs. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours. To thicken the juices, make a cornstarch slurry from 1/4 cup cornstarch and a 1/4 cup water, and stir into the stew about half an hour before serving.

Serves 4.

Per Serving: Calories 321, Calories from Fat 41, Total Fat 4.6g (sat 1.4g), Cholesterol 72mg, Sodium 119mg, Carbohydrate 43.2g, Fiber 6.5g, Protein 26.8g


Compliments of About.com

TexasBuckeye

Slow Cooker Chicken Taco stew

1 onion chopped
1 16 oz can black beans
1 16 oz can kidney beans
1 16 oz can corn drained

ErinRNinMaine

My favorite recipes is Crock Pot Spaghetti.

(sorry-I never measure when I cook so I'll estimate. Feel free to adjust as you see fit)

Chop whatever veggies you like for spaghetti sauce-an onion, a green pepper, some mushrooms, shredded carrots, chopped zucchini, etc. Add to Crock Pot with a jar of spaghetti sauce. If I don't want a vegetarian sauce, I'll add a pound of cooked, drained, extra lean ground turkey. Cook for several hours on high until the veggies are soft.

I know this sounds weird, but add a large 32 oz. can of V8 juice along with a half box of whole wheat or Barilla plus spaghetti. Cook until the pasta is done-really only takes about 20 minutes or so.

The flavor from the sauce is sucked up into the pasta. Top with cheese and serve.

forcedbyangels

I actually have like a weight watchers cookbook for a crockpot that someone found me. I am going to try and find the link for you. Its a huge book too.

TexasBuckeye

sorry every time I try to put the recipe in...my puter acts weird. Found the recipe on the recipe calculator site. :sad:

gmpearse

There is a recipe calculator site???

GoingToLoseIt

There is a recipe calculator site???

Yes - www.sparkpeople.com

You enter in all the ingredients for your recipe (the Food Search is exactly like the one here, so it's very easy to use), how many servings it makes, and you can even list all the directions for the recipe and share it with others on the site! Once you enter the ingredients, it will calculate the nutritional information for you, and you can save it for later use. I enter the recipe there, and then I use the nutritional information to enter a personal food on this website to track it.

GoingToLoseIt

I almost forgot - I like to use www.eatingwell.com for receipes. You can search specifically for Slow Cooker/Crock Pot recipes, plus the site is designed with healthier eating and healthier living in mind.

gmpearse

Thanks for the calorie counting site. I will be using it.

clewliss

www.allrecipes.com is also a great website for recipes!! My fav !

stephi92569

I just got all kinds of recipies from one of my girlfriends. If anyone would like, I can email it to them. It is in a PDF format and it is a total of 210 pages. There are a lot of awesome looking recipes on here.

Stephanie

amycakes812

I got creative with some ground turkey, a can of tomatoes and my crockpot. This is the resulting dish. Not only did I love it, but both my kids and my neighbor's daughter all went to town on it!

Good for you Pastitsio
Ingredients

3/4 lb lean ground turkey
1 can crushed tomatoes
1/2 t salt
1/2 t fresh ground pepper
1 t garlic powder
1 t cumin
1 t coriander
1/2 t cinnamon
1/4 t ground nutmeg
2-3 small sprigs basil
5 sprigs fresh mint
1 c dry elbow macaroni
3/4 c reduced fat feta

Directions

Combine turkey, tomatoes, herbs and spices in a crockpot. Cook on low for 6-8 hours.
Preheat oven to 375.
Cook pasta 8 minutes. Drain and combine with turkey mixture. Pour into a casserole dish, sprinkle with feta and bake for 15-20 minutes.
Makes about 5-1 cup servings

Number of Servings: 5

Calories 218.6, Fat 8.8g, Sat Fat 3.7, Carbs 15.5, Dietary Fiber 2.5g, Protein 21g
The full nutritional content is listed in the food database as "AK's home made low fat pastitsio"

trinluv

This is an awesome site! just click on the meal & it gives you the recipes!


copy n paste

http://recipes.prevention.com/Recipes/SearchResults.aspx?CriteriaIds=4_20

OR

http://www.mealsforyou.com/cgi-bin/recipeGadget?gadget.slowcooker

rfischer

a friend of mine just recently told me about this website

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

i haven't looked at it too much...but from what i have seen, it looks like there are some tasty recipes on there! it isn't a low cal site, but it looks like some of the recipes could be adapted!

dothompson

Slow Cooker Chicken Taco stew

1 onion chopped
1 16 oz can black beans
1 16 oz can kidney beans
1 16 oz can corn drained

As usual I'm confused, "Chicken" taco stew? Is this kind of like the chicken in Chicken Fried Steak?

Phoenix_Rising

BUMP!!

More crockpot recipes please? :flowerforyou:

kittygirl23

My all time favorite slow cooker cookbook is "Fresh from the Vegetarian Slow Cooker" by Robin Robertson...I just picked it up at the library at one point. So, i'll just post one of my favorites. Even though it's all vegetarian there's some great veggie side dishes and just some tasty stuff.

Half-Day Ratatouille (easy and pretty low on the calorie count)
2 tbls olive oil
1 sm. eggplant, cut into half inch dice
1 sm. yellow onion, diced
1 sm red bell pepper, half inch dice
2 garlic cloves
2 sm zucchini, cut into half inch rounds
One 28 oz can diced tomatoes
1 teas dried thyme
salt and pepper
3 tbsn pesto

heat 1 tbsn oil in large skillet over med heat, add eggplant, stirring until softened, about 5 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker.
heat other tbsn oil in skillet, add onion, cover for 5 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker. Add the remaining ingredients except for pesto. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours.
Stir in pesto just before serving.

This one is easy but the timing is short so it's a little tough sometimes. I usually serve it over some polenta, brown rice or with some crusty bread. this is supposed to serve 4-6, so the calories i came up with are 160-240.....hopefully my calculating was right.

Enjoy

ladybug3

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PurdyMommy

Right now Im cooking chilli!
My hubby has to have sausage in our chilli with ground turkey or ground round? I add
2 cans whole tomatoes,
1 can corn,
2 cans of mixed tomatos corn and okra,
Chilli powder mix stuff
and my kidney and chilli beans of course...

It is good stuff! YUMMY!

PurdyMommy

Low Fat Crockpot Pork and Sweet Potato Stew


Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 9 hours,
Ingredients:

* 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and cut into chunks
* 1 large onion, chopped
* 2 stalks celery
* 1 large Granny Smith Apple, cut into chunks
* 1 large carrot, sliced
* 1 pound pork tenderloin, trimmed of fat, and cut into chunks
* 1/2 cup apple cider
* 3/4 cup fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
* 1/2 tsp rosemary
* 1/2 tsp sage
* Freshly ground black pepper

Preparation:
Spray the inside of a 3-4 quart slow cooker with nonstick cooking spray. Lay vegetables on the bottom of the crockpot, followed by pork. Pour apple cider and chicken broth over the pork and vegetables, and add herbs. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours. To thicken the juices, make a cornstarch slurry from 1/4 cup cornstarch and a 1/4 cup water, and stir into the stew about half an hour before serving.

Serves 4.

Per Serving: Calories 321, Calories from Fat 41, Total Fat 4.6g (sat 1.4g), Cholesterol 72mg, Sodium 119mg, Carbohydrate 43.2g, Fiber 6.5g, Protein 26.8g


Compliments of About.com

YUMMY! I WILL TRY!

kirstina_23

raincloud

This was a recipe in this section.... I don't know if you saw it but, I've tried it and it is DEEEEE licious!!!!

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 cup salsa
1 package reduced sodium taco seasoning
1 can reduced fat cream of mushroom soup (condensed)
1/2 cup reduced fat sour cream

Directions:
Add chicken to slow cooker.
Sprinkle taco seasoning over chicken.
Pour salsa and soup over chicken.
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.
Remove from heat and stir in sour cream.
Serve with rice.

Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 157.2
Total Fat: 3.3 g
Cholesterol: 63.4 mg
Sodium: 654.2 mg
Total Carbs: 6.7 g
Dietary Fiber: 0.9 g
Protein: 24.3 g

This is SO SO SO GOOD! I think it's my new favorite food!