Here are some popular and delicious slow cooker recipe ideas:
- Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken: A simple 5-ingredient recipe with soy sauce, honey, garlic, lime juice, and chicken thighs or breasts, finished with a cornstarch thickener.
- 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Thighs: Chicken thighs slow cooked with smoked paprika, garlic powder, salt, and BBQ sauce.
- Slow Cooker Satay Chicken: Chicken thighs with coconut milk, Thai red curry paste, peanut butter, and fish sauce for a flavorful satay-style dish.
- Sweet & Smoky Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Shoulder: Pork butt or shoulder cooked with a homemade sweet and smoky sauce made from ketchup, honey, mustard, apple cider vinegar, and spices.
- Sunshine Lemon Chicken Chowder: A light creamy chowder with chicken, baby potatoes, celery, cauliflower, coconut milk, lemon juice, and turmeric.
- Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Stew: Chicken breasts or thighs simmered with tomato paste, balsamic vinegar, potatoes, carrots, celery, and fire-roasted tomatoes.
- Slow Cooker Ranch Chicken & Veggies: Chicken, carrots, and potatoes cooked with a homemade ranch seasoning blend and yogurt/mayo.
- Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sweet Potatoes: Chicken and sweet potatoes with hot sauce, lime juice, yogurt, and butter for a spicy, creamy meal.
- Slow Cooker Butternut Squash, Kale & Quinoa Stew: A plant-based hearty stew using butternut squash, quinoa, kale, tomatoes, and spices.
- Slow Cooker Sweet Potato, Apple, & Turmeric Soup: A creamy, nourishing soup with sweet potato, apple, turmeric, and coconut milk.
- Slow Cooker Creamy Corn Chowder: A vegetarian soup with potatoes, corn, broth, coconut milk, and spices.
- Buffalo Turkey Meatballs: Ground turkey meatballs cooked in a spicy homemade Buffalo sauce.
- Pineapple Teriyaki Meatballs: Ground chicken meatballs with a naturally sweetened teriyaki sauce made from crushed pineapple and coconut aminos.
These recipes cover a variety of proteins, vegetables, and flavors for easy set-it-and-forget-it meals that are flavorful and comforting.
