I aim for
a few slow cooker meals a week... and you inevitably end up with some sort of bone broth in the end (after everyone has mined out the meat and veggies).
A few slow cooker meals, some quick fixes (hello Taco Macaroni!)
Not exact matches
I am a big advocate of making big
meals, like a bean chilli I do in the
slow cooker, and then freezing a load of portions for the next
few weeks.
If you wanted to make this a
slow cooker meal, making it easy to transport and keep warm just toss all of the ingredients into a
slow cooker, stir to combine and the
cook on low for a
few hours.
Serve leftovers, plan on having a
few meals in the freezer ready - to - go (try this Cincinatti Chili), make
slow cooker meals (two of our favorites are Black Bean Turkey Chili and Jamaican Chicken), repurpose leftovers (this is a good one ~ Triple Cheese Chicken Pasta Bake), make recipes that reheat easily (another family favorite ~ Turkey Bolognese), and have a handful of tried - and - true recipes (this is the easiest recipe ~ Tomato Paste Pasta) you can count on.
Slow Cooker Vegetarian Quinoa Mexican Bowl from 365 Days of
Slow Cooking combines quinoa, black beans, green chiles, red peppers, and a
few spices to create a nutritious meatless
meal the whole family will devour.
While I'm usually the type of
cook to spend hours puttering around the kitchen making homemade croissants, pasta, and anything else
slow and labor intensive, these past
few weeks I've barely had time to
cook a proper
meal.
Best Ever Never Dry Turkey Recipe For the past
few months part of my Sunday
meal prep has been to
cook chicken breasts in the
slow cooker to have shredded chicken on hand throughout the week.
Many also have a «keep warm» setting, which is useful if you're using your
slow cooker at a party and want the contents to stay warm for a
few hours, or if you want to keep
meals warm for late coming family members.
Most
slow cookers will have similar standard controls — high heat for
meals cooked in less than a
few hours, low heat for all - day
cooking.