Healthy Crockpot Recipes

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  • lulu150
    lulu150 Posts: 58 Member
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  • Ke11er
    Ke11er Posts: 147 Member
    Italian Chicken is one of our favorites. Love coming home to a warm dinner ready in my crock pot on a cold day, and love not heating up my house by using the oven on a hot day so we use this recipe year round.

    Put boneless chicken breasts (it's fine if you forget and they're still frozen) in your crock pot. Pour on a can of stewed or diced tomatoes. Top with sliced onion and bell peppers. Season with garlic (or garlic powder) and a dried Italian seasoning blend or use basil and oregano. Let it cook on low all day. When you get home from work there will be quite a bit of liquid in your crock pot, drain it off and use the liquid to make rice or quinoa.

    You can also other veggies, we like to add peas, and when the garden has an abundance we toss in zucchini.
  • MissyPoo2013
    MissyPoo2013 Posts: 190 Member
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  • Kate7294
    Kate7294 Posts: 783 Member
    I just recently tried this and it worked quite well.

    Aluminum foil
    Whole chicken
    Seasonings

    Ball up 4 large squares of aluminum foil and set in the bottom of your slow cooker. Rinse, pat dry and season chicken. Place on top of foil. Let cook on high 4 hours or low for about 6. (Chicken was thawed, not frozen)

    I've also used this recipe; but just a warning....larger chicken's can take much longer. Also have used can lids off (home canning types) stacked in the bottom versus using a lot of foil.
  • zrmac804
    zrmac804 Posts: 369 Member
    Slow Cooker Applesauce:

    8 medium-size cooking apples
    1/2 cup water
    Sugar (optional, up to 1/2 cup depending on taste)
    Cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves (optional)

    Peel, core and slice apples. Place apples and water into slow cooker and cook on low for 4-5 hours. Add sugar and spices to taste.
  • jennyrae719
    jennyrae719 Posts: 129
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  • JJofWA
    JJofWA Posts: 15
    So many great ideas! I mostly use my crockpot for pulled chicken and turkey chili. Looks like I need to branch out!

    Pulled Chicken

    Boneless, skinless chicken thighs
    Tomato paste
    Blackstrap molasses
    Worcestershire sauce
    Apple cider vinegar
    Dry mustard
    Minced garlic
    Onion powder
    Fresh black pepper
    Cholula (or similar) hot sauce
    Sugar (Any sweetener you prefer)
    Sea salt (optional)
    Liquid smoke (optional)

    It's just an ingredient list because I adjust amounts according to my tastes, but one thigh per serving works for my family. Cook for several hours, shred, return to liquid. Serve on sandwich rolls, over baked potatoes, rice, on a salad, whatever... Always a big hit with my crew.
  • jmrivera13
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  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    I just made this yesterday.

    Center cut boneless pork loin.
    1 - jar of hot (use mild if you wish) banana peppers.

    Put the roast in the crock pot. Empty the jar of peppers on top. (juice and all)
    Cook on high 6 hours.
    Remove roast from crock pot. (leave peppers and juice in the crock pot)
    Shred the roast with 2 forks.
    Return to crock pot and cook for one more hour.

    I served it on 90 calorie wheat buns with fresh corn on the cob on the side.

    Really good.
  • gail080803
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  • gail080803
    gail080803 Posts: 2
    Garlic Chicken

    -Season chicken however you like (I use salt, pepper & badia complete seasoning)

    -Take lemon, stuff inside chicken

    -Take 30-40 cloves of garlic (whole, unwrapped) and put them in the bottom of the crock pot

    -Put a cup or two worth of chicken broth in the bottom of the crock pot (to keep things moist)

    Low 6-8 hours, High 4-6 hours.

    Delicious.
    what a great way to try garlic chicken, I'm looking forward to this
  • deborahcutshaw58
    deborahcutshaw58 Posts: 1
    :smile: wow sounds yummy I will try thanks
  • Lazygal53
    Lazygal53 Posts: 294 Member
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  • theresar719
    theresar719 Posts: 14 Member
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  • Gr8ChangesAhead
    Gr8ChangesAhead Posts: 836 Member
    Saving this for later, Thanks
  • Jaynehr
    Jaynehr Posts: 167 Member
    bump for later - awesome looking recipes
  • jend114
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    MandyGraham73 Posts: 21 Member
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  • 1Cor1510
    1Cor1510 Posts: 413 Member
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  • eganita
    eganita Posts: 501 Member
    Great thread!! I am getting some good ideas from other posters. So, thank you :D

    Here are a couple recipes I've made recently and enjoyed:

    http://www.skinnytaste.com/2014/03/crock-pot-carne-guisada-latin-beef-stew.html (having this right now actually LOL. I am eating mine over some sauteed broccoli rather than rice... also added a bit of sour cream. YUM! The green sauce in the link looks delcious but I didn't have a chance to make it.)

    http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/10/slow-cooker-pork-and-green-chile-stew.html (had with brown rice and avocado).


    ETA: I recently got a crock pot with a timer and am VERY pleased with it. I can set it to cook for a specific time, or even until a roast hits a certain temperature. It automatically shifts to warm when it's done :D I had looked past recipes with ~6 hour cook times before, as that's not practical for me on days when I work... now I can make those too!!!
  • tonicandgin1967
    tonicandgin1967 Posts: 23 Member
    bump...great ideas-thx!
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    yxlr8 Posts: 67 Member
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  • Jelaan
    Jelaan Posts: 815 Member
    Bumping, but I also have a silly question. I have an older crockpot with a dial. It reads O I II (warm symbol). I have hunted through the manual and have gone to their website and emailed them with no response but I dont know if the dial reads off-low-high-warm or off-high-low-warm. I have tried to check the temperature when using it but there was no noticeable difference. There obviously must be a difference. Does anyone know? Thanks.
  • QueenMother14
    QueenMother14 Posts: 438 Member
    I make this too. Everyone loves it.
    What I have in the Crockpot right now:

    Shredded BBQ Chicken

    3 chicken breasts
    1 bottle BBQ sauce
    1 can soda (I used Diet Dr. Pepper but you can use Coke/Pepsi, root beer, whatever you want)

    Cook on low for about 5 hours then shred the chicken.

    Very easy and yummy.
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  • pnash4508
    pnash4508 Posts: 27 Member
    Oh these look so good!
  • DEBBIEJONES57
    DEBBIEJONES57 Posts: 2
    MissLaaber wrote: »
    I did one yesterday that I love, one can or two cups of diced pineapple and pork shoulder on low for 6 hours. Add a cup of water as well. Sweet and salty in one! :)

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