10 Best Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes

If you are looking for an easy way to prepare your dinner, why not invest in a slow cooker or crock pot? These are cooking appliances that cook your meal at a lower temperature than other cooking methods. All you have to do is put the crock pot on before you go to work and then come home to ready prepared dinner.
Here’s a list of our favorite healthy slow cooker recipes.

Slow Cooker Whole Chicken Recipe

Chicken is a great healthy option as it is low in fat. To make this slow cooker whole chicken recipe rub your chicken in a mixture of cayenne pepper, thyme, and paprika. Leave to marinate overnight and then put in the crockpot for 7 – 8 hours on low or 4 – 5 hours on high.

Slow Cooker Beef BBQ Ribs

Cut your ribs into small pieces and then rub in onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and black pepper. No fat is required.

Put into the crockpot and pour over a mixture of a bottle of BBQ sauce and 2 bottles of water. Cook on low for 8 hours and then the meat will just slide off the bone. It’s delicious.

Slow Cooker Corned Beef & Cabbage Recipe

Cut up an onion, 4 carrots, and 10 baby potatoes and put in the crock pot. Add water and then place 4 pounds of corned beef on top. Pour in 6 ounces of beer and cook on high for 8 hours. 1 hour before finishing, add chopped cabbage. Again no extra fat is used so it’s a healthy recipe, especially as it contains lots of nutritious vegetables.

Slow Cooker Meatballs

Mix together 1 and a half pounds of ground beef, 1 and a half cups of breadcrumbs, 2 cloves of garlic, parsley, chopped onion, and a beaten egg. Make this into 16 meatballs and put in the crock pot. Then mix together a jar of spaghetti sauce, a can of tomatoes and a can of tomato puree. Add this to the meat and cook on low for 6 – 8 hours. Cook some pasta and then you’ll have a great spaghetti and meatball dish that the Italians would be proud of.

Slow Cooker Mexican Style Shredded Pork

Cut a 3 pound piece of pork loin into slices and add salt, pepper, garlic, chili peppers, chipotle sauce and half a cup of water. Cook for 7 hours on low. Rice which has been mixed with cilantro and lime juice makes a tasty accompaniment.

Slow Cooker Whole Chicken & Gravy

Now, this is an exciting recipe as you get the gravy as well as the chicken. Mix together parsley, thyme, paprika, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and garlic and rub into the chicken with just a little olive oil. Put balls of foil and onions in the bottom of the slow cooker and then place the chicken on top. Cook for 7 – 8 hours on low or 4 – 5 hours on high. The chicken will be ready, but it’s then time to make the gravy. Mix 4 tablespoons of water with 4 tablespoons of cornstarch. Season and then add to the drippings from the chicken in the slow cooker. Cook till bubbling. You will have a beautiful gravy to go with your healthy chicken.

Slow Cooker Asian Short Ribs

Fry the ribs in a skillet and then put them in the crock pot. Mix together soy sauce, fruit spread, tomato paste, ginger, garlic, vinegar, 5 spice powder and 2 tablespoons of water. Pour the mixture over the ribs and cook on low for 8 hours. The result will be a wonderful taste of the Orient.

Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup

Using a slow cooker doesn’t have to involve meat, so why not try out this vegetable soup? It’s easy to make and you will have a hearty soup waiting for you when you get home from work. All you have to do is chop up celery, carrots, kale, green beans, zucchini, tomatoes, and onions and put in the crock pot. Then add broth, garlic, white beans, salt, and pepper. Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 6 hours. This really is a healthy and nutritious dish, jam packed full of vegetables.

Slow Cooker Smoked Sausage and Lentil Stew

Now here’s another healthy meal. Turkey is very low fat and lentils have plenty of fiber. To make this dish combine 1 and a quarter cups of lentils with 6 ounces of sliced turkey sausage, 14 and a half ounces of chicken broth, a cup of water, fennel, carrot, onion, thyme, garlic, and pepper. Cook on low for 8 – 10 hours or high for 4 – 5 hours.

Slow Cooker Curried Chicken Stew

If you like Indian food, you will love this recipe. First of all cook chicken pieces in a skillet for a few minutes. Put them in the crock pot with carrots, onions, ginger and garlic. Whisk together 14 and a half ounces of chicken broth, curry powder, coconut milk, and salt. Pour this over the chicken and then cook on low for 6 – 8 hours or high for 3 – 4 hours.
As you can see there are so many healthy dishes you can cook in your slow cooker and we hope you enjoy the recipes we have given you.