Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes

25 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes to get you through the cold winter months. These hearty crockpot recipes are all comforting and gluten free!

I live in Minnesota where the winter months can get cold and tend to drag on. Warming and comforting meals are essential to help maintain our well-being and general sanity.

The slow cooker is a great kitchen tool for providing healthy meals like soups, stews, broth, and other comforting goodness with seriously minimal effort.

You can never have too many cozy healthy slow cooker recipes to help you stay warm during the colder months.

The crockpot is great for things like soups, stews, meaty chicken, beef, and pork dishes and even casseroles and vegetarian meeals.

Barbacoa Tacos with Chipotle Slaw

These Slow Cooker Barbacoa Tacos are made with beef chuck roast that's cooked until tender! It's shredded and served with chipotle coleslaw.

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Red Beans and Rice In The Slow Cooker

Red Beans and Rice is a staple in Louisiana Creole cuisine. It was traditionally made on Mondays with red beans, vegetables, spices, and pork bones that were left over from Sunday dinner.

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Mung Bean Soup with Vegetables

This clean eating mung bean soup is loaded with kale, carrot, celery and, of course, mung beans. There's a welcomed spicy kick from lots of fresh ginger and chili. Plus, this mung bean recipe is ultra easy to prepare and totally belly warming!

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Slow Cooker Chicken Burrito Bowls

These Simple Slow Cooker Chicken Burrito Bowls are an easy way to bring dinner to the table without all the time and hassle. Juicy shredded chicken, black beans, and the right amount of spice and the topping options are endless!

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Gluten Free Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches

One of our favorite slow cooker meals, these Gluten-free French Dip Sandwiches make for a hearty, filling dinner! Pull out your Crock pot for this easy gluten-free dinner!

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Simple Crockpot Bone Broth

This crockpot beef bone broth is a fantastic base for rich soup recipes or simply sipping for better health. It's incredibly easy to make, and with this recipe, you'll learn all the tips to make sure it's made right. No weak flavors, no over or under-doing it and no impurities left behind.

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Crockpot Chicken Vegetable Soup

Crockpot Chicken Vegetable Soup is a hands-free slow cooker chicken soup that tastes Grandma made it. Boneless chicken thighs, fresh vegetables, chicken broth, and a few seasonings create deep flavors and all the comfort of classic homemade chicken soup.

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Vietnamese Beef Stew Pho Noodle Soup

Vietnamese beef stew pho noodle soup (Pho bo sot vang) is a hearty and comforting noodle soup. This noodle soup features tender beef, flavorful broth and amazing aroma from pho spices. You can cook it on stovetop, in a slow cooker or a pressure cooker like an Instant Pot.

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Slow Cooker Italian Chicken

Slow Cooked Chicken Italian is a fabulously delicious recipe which is perfect for days when you don't have time to cook. You just dump the ingredients and go!

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Slow Cooker Cuban Ropa Vieja

Cuban ropa vieja is a flavorful, comforting meal of shredded beef and vegetables that can be cooked in either an Instant Pot or slow cooker. The recipe is SCD, Paleo, Whole30, gluten free, grain free, dairy free, egg free, and soy free!

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Crock Pot Refried Beans

These Crock Pot Refried Beans make it so easy to whip them up from scratch! And we all know that everything is better from scratch.

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Crockpot Whole 30 Stuffed Peppers

Whole30 Stuffed Peppers are an easy dinner. These paleo stuffed peppers are healthy, gluten free + dairy free and can be made in the slow cooker or oven.

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Slow Cooker Lentil Sweet Potato Chili

If you're looking for an easy, delicious, and nutritious vegan comfort meal, look no further! This easy and hearty vegetarian Slow Cooker Lentil Sweet Potato Chili checks all of those boxes and it's the perfect way to warm up on a cold day.

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Easy Crockpot BBQ Ribs

Learn how to make the easiest (10-minute prep) fall-off-the-bone slow cooker ribs that will have everyone licking their fingers & plates! This is the best method for fixing BBQ ribs if you don't own a smoker or it's cold outside.

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Slow Cooker Greek Lamb Kleftiko

Kleftiko is a traditional Greek recipe for unbelievably tender and succulent lamb. Simply marinate then sit back and let your slow cooker, Instant Pot or your oven do all the hard work!

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Creamy Crockpot Tomato Soup

This Dump and Start Crockpot Tomato Soup is flavourful and warming and made with simple, pantry ingredients. Great for hectic weekdays and meal prep.

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Crock Pot Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken Recipe

Creamy Tuscan garlic chicken in the slow cooker makes an easy low carb dinner the family will love. Just 15 minutes prep for this Crock Pot Tuscan chicken recipe!

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Slow Cooker Chickpea Curry

This easy Slow Cooker Chickpea Curry is completely vegan, packed with vegetables, and can be made in the Instant Pot too. Mildly spiced and balanced with coconut milk, this vegetarian curry is freezer friendly, and packed with plant-based protein to boot.

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Slow Cooker Braised Short Ribs

This is the ultimate paleo, low-carb, and gluten-free comfort food. Seared beef short ribs simmer in your slow cooker in a beautiful red wine sauce until the meat is so tender and juicy it literally falls right off the bone.

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Slow Cooker Tofu Tikka Masala

This Tofu Tikka Masala is full of spices and creamy coconut milk. Tofu never tasted so good!

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Jamaican Beef Curry

Jamaican beef curry recipe is a delicious one pot melt-in-your-mouth Caribbean stew made using a slow cooker and with served with sweet potatoes.

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The Best Slow Cooker Vegan Chili

This slow cooker vegan chili recipe will delight your taste buds. It's not only wholesome but delicious and easy to make. A vegan twist on this classic comfort food for those chilly days ahead makes for a healthy dinner packed with nutrients brimming with flavor!

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Slow Cooker No Bean Chili

Slow Cooker No Bean Chili that is whipped together in 10 minutes and the slow cooker does the rest of the work! This is THE keto chili recipe you need for a weeknight dinner meal now that school has started again.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Vesuvio

This Slow Cooker Chicken Vesuvio is hearty, comfort food at it's finest. Juicy tender chicken, perfectly cooked potatoes and peas all in a rich, flavorful sauce!

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