7 Healthy Crockpot Recipes for the Coziest Meals
Sometimes the last thing you want to do is whip up a nutrient-packed, healthy meal after a long day. The solution: healthy crockpot recipes made with barely any effort.
We love these seven healthy crockpot recipes for a nourishing breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even dessert. Still full of vitamins, minerals, and fiber, these recipes are realistic on the busiest of days. Add all the ingredients to a crockpot, set it, and go about your to-do list.
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1. Slow Cooker Enchilada Quinoa
This vegetarian slow cooker enchilada quinoa recipe uses hearty ingredients like protein-rich quinoa, fiber-filled black beans, tomatoes, corn, spices, and more. Add all the ingredients to a slow cooker, cook for six hours, and cover with cheese to melt. We love serving this cheesy, gooey enchilada quinoa recipe with fresh cilantro and avocado on top.
2. Lentil and Vegetable Crockpot Soup
Made with brown lentils and pigeon pea lentils, packed with vitamins and minerals, is this lentil and vegetable crockpot soup. Lentils are a supreme source of folate, fiber, molybdenum, copper, phosphorus, and B vitamins, which protect against heart disease. The addition of Herbs de Provence, rosemary, thyme, marjoram, Swiss chard, and other vegetables boost the flavor and nutrition of this easy crockpot soup even more.
3. Steel Cut Apple and Cinnamon Crockpot Oats
Wake up to warm and cozy oats with this steel-cut apple and cinnamon crockpot oatmeal recipe. Combine hearty steel-cut oats with almond milk, cinnamon and nutmeg, diced apple, maple syrup, and coconut oil, and let cook overnight. In the morning, enjoy warm bowls of slow-cooked oatmeal with nut butter and berries on top. Here’s more on the health benefits of oatmeal and how to make perfect oatmeal every time.
4. Homemade Bone Broth
Grab pasture-raised bones, herbs, fresh vegetables, and a slow cooker: making homemade bone broth is as easy as can be. Simply add bones and other ingredients to a crockpot, cover with water, add a splash of apple cider vinegar, and cook for eight to ten hours. Bone broth is a rich source of collagen, protein, healthy fat, minerals, and gelatin which is associated with gut and skin health. Either added to broth or sipped on its own, this broth is one of the best healthy crockpot recipes.
5. Slow Cooker Rice Pudding with Cherries and Almonds
This cozy classic comes together with ease (and all the good kitchen smells) in just four hours. Make this slow cooker rice pudding with Arborio rice, dried cherries, ground almonds, lemon zest, eggs, and organic sugar and milk. Swap out the milk with a non-dairy option, if you’d prefer, and top with homemade fresh whipped cream.
6. Slow Cooker Turmeric Chicken No-Noodle Soup
Packed with turmeric, carrots, celery, and onion for tons of flavor and nutrients is this warming cup of chicken soup. Turmeric, the golden shining star of this soup, is rich in curcumin, a compound that acts as a strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. Curcumin, when partnered with black pepper, absorbs the best, which means sprinkling the spice liberally on each bowl of soup.
7. Slow Cooker Paleo Beef Chili
Not only is this beef chili Paleo-friendly, but it is Whole30 compliant, packed with flavor, and so easy to prepare, too. Grass-fed beef combined with bell pepper, onion, sweet potato, tomatoes, and a plethora of warming spices to make a super hearty dinner, while you’re at work or on the go. Garnish each bowl of chili with cilantro, avocado, and diced onion for bright, fresh flavors in every single bite.
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