Healthy Crockpot Recipes

Frozen chicken?

I thought you weren't supposed to do that.

Do you all use frozen?

I'm scared to try :ohwell:

edited cuz I forgot to say ... ALL these recipes sound great & so easy !!

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Digging around for the black bean chili with cornbread topping recipe which was just outrageously delicious - will post when I find it.

Chili Mac Pot (4 WW Points)

16 ounces extra lean ground turkey or beef
1 cup chopped onion
2 cups (one 16 ounce can) tomatoes,
coarsely chopped and undrained
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can Healthy Request
Tomato Soup
1 cup reduced-sodium tomato juice
2 teaspoons chili seasoning
6 ounces (one 8 ounce can) red kidney
beans, rinsed and drained
1 cup elbow macaroni

In a large skillet sprayed with olive oil flavored cooking spray, brown meat. Meanwhile, in a slow cooker container sprayed with cooking spray, combine onion, undrained tomatoes, tomato soup, tomato juice, and chili seasoning. Stir in kidney beans and uncooked macaroni. Add browned meat. Mix well to combine. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours. Mix well before serving.

Serves 6 (1 full cup) 4 points


Crocked Pineapple Chicken (4 WW PTS)

6 whole chicken breast halves without skin -- skinned and split
1 dash pepper
To taste paprika
20 ounces pineapple chunks in juice -- 1 can tidbits
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 clove garlic -- minced

Arrange chicken in bottom of crockpot. Sprinkle with pepper and paprika. In a small bowl, combine drained pineapple tidbits, mustard and soy sauce. Pour over chicken. Add minced garlic. Cover and cook on LOW 7-9 hours or HIGH 3-4 hours. Makes 6 serving.

Per Serving: 194 Calories; 2g Fat; 28g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 68mg Cholesterol; 483mg Sodium.


Crockpot Black Bean Soup (2 WW Points)
8 (1-cup) servings; 2 points

1/4 lb. chorizo
1 small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 small red pepper, chopped
1 small green pepper, chopped
2 tbsp. dry sherry
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 bay leaf
15 oz can black beans, undrained
15 oz can fat free chicken broth
juice of 1 lime
2 tbs. minced cilantro
1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper

Discard chorizo skin. Crumble meat and brown in a non-stick skillet for 2 minutes. Add onion, garlic, and peppers. Sauté over medium high heat 5 minutes. Add to slow cooker. Add sherry, cumin, bay leaf, beans and broth. Cover and cook on low 4 to 5 hours. Remove lid. Scoop out 1 cup beans and press with the back of a fork to mash. Return to pot. Add lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper. Simmer uncovered just to warm through, about 5 minutes.

Yields 8 (1-cup) servings; 2 points per serving.

In for the recipes as well but FYI...I always use the reduced fat/reduced sodium "cream of..."s and they taste fine in the crock pot (sometimes reduced fat/sodium = increased gag reflex- for me anyway).

What my hubs and I do sometimes, is a pound of beans (red, white, navy, pinto, what have you), approx. 12-16 ounces of whatever smoked/salted meat you prefer cut into bite sized pieces (smoked sausage, salt pork, etc...), 1 envelope of onion soup mix and water to cover at least 2 inches-in the crock pot on High for 8 hours. Come home, make rice (or other grain) and/or cornbread and you have a hot, reasonably low cal dinner. You can add canned tomatoes, any fresh veggies like onion, garlic, celery, etc... that you like, and any other seasonings that you want. Also, you can adjust the water level if you want them less soupy (I like mine soupy). Just match the size of the bean and the amount of water. You may even have to cook them on low depending on how hot your slow cooker gets or how long you'll be gone.

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I just put in boston butt, beer, bbq sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, dried garlic and onion (cause there's never enough garlic and onion for us), salt, pepper. Will post how it turns out. I put 1 1/4 C bbq sauce and 8 oz beer (scaled down from recipe I adapted from since my roast was only 3.5 lbs). Tonight we shall see if it's all that! I think it will be - I don't see where it could go wrong.

Great thread - thankyou!! Will be making a fair few of these recipes this winter

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I think you can cook just about anything with low sodium tomato sauce, and chicken broth...... or salsa....