After a long day at the office followed by driving home in rush hour, the absolute last thing you want to do is walk in your front door and have to begin preparing dinner. Fear not! We’ve got the easiest, tastiest slow cooker recipes around. Just toss these babies into your crock pot before heading out for the day, and come home to ready to cuddle up to a cozy, home cooked meal with your family.
None of these recipes requires more than six ingredients, meaning they’re cheap and that you can quite literally dump them into your slow cooker and walk out the door. We’ve compiled savory, hearty meals perfect for cold winter nights. In this list of some of our favorite one-pot dishes, you’ll find chicken, beef, and pork, but also several vegetarian options. Your kids will be chomping at the bit to get home from work so they can dig into these meals.
Easy Slow Cooker Recipes Using Meat
There’s nothing like comfort food in the middle of winter. Give your family a meal they won’t believe you threw into a slow cooker before you rushed off to work…if you get home early enough, you might not even have to tell them.
Slow Cooker “Hang on Soupy” Pork Chops
5-Ingredient All-Day Roast Beef
Lazy Apricot-Glazed Pork Roast
6-Ingredient Slow Cooker Meatloaf
Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes
You don’t need meat to make a robust meal for your family during the winter months. Choose one of these tasty vegetarian options for a tasty, meatless meal with the ones you love.
Dump-and-Go Mushroom and Rice–Vegan!
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When I click on the name of a recipe, I get a red and yellow icon with an exclaimation point not letting me view the recipe. What can be causing this problem.
Hi Pamela, I’m sorry you’re having problems! Does this happen to you for every recipe, or just one? If it’s just one, which one?