Clean Eating---Crockpot recipes???

This one is easy and I've served it to others several times and everyone really likes it

Lentil Soup (serves 8)
Throw all of this stuff in the crock pot in the morning. Turn it on low for 8+ hours (sometimes I do more than 8 hours and it’s always been fine)
3 Raw Carrots Chopped
3 Stalks of Celery - Chopped
1 Onion - Chopped
2 Cloves of Garlic - Diced
2 C lentils (rinsed) (I've used whatever the cheapest bulk lentils I could find at Sprouts)
64oz of Vegetable broth
1 can of diced tomatoes (I prefer the Rotel with Habanero so that it has some spice, I didn’t think the jalapeno ones had enough spice but I may be crazy) OPTIONAL
3 Russet potatoes (small or medium) – OPTIONAL (I often add these for bulk)

About 15 minutes before serving add:
1.5 Tbsp of Balsamic Vinegar
2 cups Kale (or other green like Spinach or Collard Greens)
Salt & pepper to taste (the recipe I had told me to add it to the crockpot in the beginning and gave me a measurement. I don't tend to add any at all, but if I feel as if it's needed, I just add a little per serving)

Super Easy Crock Pot Meat

Ingredients:
4-6 Chicken Breasts (or pork tenderloin)
bag of baby carrots
20-30 small red or yellow potatoes
1 onion chopped (I like sweet or Vidalias)
1 green pepper chopped
1 package french onion soup mix

Directions:
1. Toss all ingredients into the crockpot and add enough water to cover meat (keep water level at least 1/4 inch from top to prevent overflow.)
2. Set crockpot on low.
3. Cook 6-8 hours on low or until meat is fully cooked.
4. Serve over brown rice.


You can also use a modified version of this to make pulled pork. Marinate the pork tenderloin overnight (or buy premarinated pork tenderloin.) Only add the pork tenderloin and the onion soup mix, plus two cups of water to the crockpot. Set the crockpot to low and cook 10-12 hours, flip meat halfway through (or as soon as you get home form work.) Check to make sure the pork is falling apart with a fork; if it isn't you need to let it cook a little longer. Drain water off the meat, pull the pork apart using forks and serve with your favorite BBQ sauce.

Surprise Thai Chicken Curry

I call it this because I put the ingredients in the crockpot hoping for the best and what came out what better tasting Thai chicken than I've had in Thai restaurants! And without coconut milk too! It goes very well with Jasmine rice or any other aromatic rice.

3 chicken breasts cut into small pieces
1 cup Stir fry vegetable blend
2 cups raw mushrooms
3 rosemary branches(?)
A handful of Basil leaves
1/2 of a large lemon cut up into round slices
7-8 cloves garlic and 1 tsp of ginger crushed
3-4 Thai green chillies (depending on how hot you want it to be)
3 cups chicken broth (with no added sodium)
3 tbsp whole wheat flour or any other flour...
pepper
salt

Put all the ingredients except the flour into the crockpot and cook on high for 4-5 hours. If you see white stuff floating around like I did, use a strainer to get rid of it. The white stuff had a funny consistency... In a separate vessel mix the flour and some water to make a slightly watery paste and add this slowly to the crockpot stirring constantly. This is just to give it some thickness as a curry. (I don't use corn starch for this as it is higher in calories and the thickness never seems to last long enough.)

Total calories = 900

Makes about 6-7 servings!