Crockpot season is here and it’s time to start making all of your favorite healthy crockpot recipes!
In this post, we’ve rounded up some of the best healthy crockpot meals from Fit Foodie Finds that you are sure to love this season.
We know that you guys love your slow cooker because some of our most popular recipes on Fit Foodie Finds are our healthy crockpot recipes. From crockpot steel cut oats to slow cooker pork roast to crockpot chicken chili, the slow cooker is one of our favorite ways to cook anything and everything.
Healthy + Slow Cooker = LOVE
Let’s talk about slow cookers for a second here and why they make healthy crockpot recipes oh-so-easy!
Set it and Forget it: probably the best feature of the slow cooker is that all you have to do is turn it on and let it do its thing! Most recipes are made on high in 4 hours or on low for 8 hours.
Great for All Diets: slow cookers work for pretty much all dietary restrictions. All over the internet, you’ll find vegetarian recipes, gluten-free recipes, paleo recipes, etc!
Meal-Prep: slow cookers are perfect for cooking large meals that make multiple servings. This is why it’s our preferred choice in method when meal-prepping for the week. *PS: check out our Slow Cooker Freezer Meals post for more meal-prep inspo!
Easy Clean-Up: Since most healthy crock pot meals only require one piece of kitchen equipment (the crockpot), there is very little clean-up!
Favorite
Slow Cooker
This Black & Decker 7-qt. slow cooker is our absolute go-to for all healthy crockpot recipes. It’s big enough, durable, and cooks everything perfectly.
Your Q’s Answered
Is it safe to leave a slow cooker on and go out? The slow cooker is safe to leave on and leave your home as long as you’ve properly plugged it in and nothing is dangerously surrounding the cord.
Can you put raw meat in a slow cooker? Absolutely! Some of our favorite healthy slow cooker meals involve raw meat. Check out: Slow Cooker Sesame Chicken, Honey Sriracha Crock Pot Chicken, Slow Cooker Coconut Curry Chicken.
What is the best slow cooker to buy? We love the Hamilton Beach Programmable Slow Cooker because it’s affordable and the settings are spot on. Some slow cookers don’t have both a “low” and a “high,” but this one does! PS: you can get it on Amazon Prime HERE.
How does the slow cooker work? The slow cooker is a set it and forget it kind of product. Add all of your ingredients to the slow cooker, set your temperature to either low or high and let you food slow cook over a couple of hours. Slow cookers are excellent for cooking moist meat, meal prepping while you’re at work, and making food for the masses!
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6 Crockpot Chicken Recipes
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Looking for more crockpot chicken recipes? Look no further! Check out 6 similar recipes below. And for an added bonus, check out our Crockpot Freezer Meals post where we teach you how to turn all of these slow cooker recipes into freezer meals.
50 Healthy Crockpot Recipes
Now it’s time to feast our eyes on all of Fit Foodie Finds’ best healthy slow cooker recipes + a few from our friends on the internets!
You’ll find a variety of easy healthy crockpot recipes that are both meat-filled and plant-based. You will also find meal-prep recipes galore featuring many vegetarian lunches, dinners, delicious breakfast recipes, and then some!
Healthy Crockpot Breakfast Recipes
Let breakfast be a cinch with our favorite healthy slow cooker breakfast recipes! Here you’ll find slow cooker oatmeal recipes, breakfast egg casserole, slow cooker French toast, and more!
Featured: Pumpkin Pie Slow Cooker Oatmeal
This is one of our all-time favorite healthy crock pot recipes! Pumpkin Pie Slow Cooker Oatmeal is creamy as can be and full of flavor. It’s made with steel cut oats, pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice, and a hint of maple.
More Slow Cooker Breakfast Recipes
- Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats
- How to Make Slow Cooker Oatmeal
- Slow Cooker Creamy Coconut Steel Cut Oats
- Crock Pot Samoa Steel Cut Oats
- Crockpot Maple Cinnamon Steel Cut Oats
Healthy Slow Cooker Mains (with meat)
Make healthy eating for the week a breeze by using your slow cooker! Below we are sharing our favorite healthy crockpot recipes featuring chicken, pork, beef, and seafood!
featured: Crockpot Honey Garlic Chicken
Our Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken is perfect for any weeknight meal, is kid-friendly, and made with only 5 ingredients! So? Make your grocery list, head to the store, and cook up this amazing slow cooker honey garlic chicken.
More Healthy Crockpot Mains (with meat)
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crockpot Lasagna from Fit Foodie Finds
- Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala from Fit Foodie Finds
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole from Fit Foodie Finds
- Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup from Fit Foodie Finds
- Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup from Fit Foodie Finds
- Shredded Chicken Tacos from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken from Fit Foodie Finds
- Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken from Fit Foodie Finds
- Hawaiian Chicken Noodle Bowl from Fit Foodie Finds
- Slow Cooker Taco Soup from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock Pot Black Bean Soup from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock-Pot Chicken Salsa Tacos from Fit Foodie Finds
- 5- Ingredient Honey Sriracha Slow Cooker Chicken from Fit Foodie Finds
- Thai Peanut Chicken Salad from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock-Pot Chicken Wings from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock-Pot Chicken Chili from Fit Foodie Finds
- Healthy Buffalo Chicken Recipe from Fit Foodie Finds
- Slow Cooker Coconut Curry Chicken from Fit Foodie Finds
- Meal Prep Carnitas Burrito Bowls from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock-Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup with Kale from Fit Foodie Finds
- Clean Eating Crock-Pot Chicken Taco Bowl from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock-Pot Fajita Tacos from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dip from Fit Foodie Finds
Healthy Slow Cooker Vegetarian Meals
Slow cookers are such a great tool to use especially if you are vegetarian! Check out some of our favorite healthy slow cooker vegetarian meals below!
Featured: Mexican Quinoa Recipe
This vegan crockpot recipe is such a delicious and wholesome stay-at-home meal that will last you all week long! (get the full recipe below!)
More Slow Cooker Vegetarian Meals
- Crockpot Baked Potatoes from Fit Foodie Finds
- Healthy Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Mexican Quinoa from Fit Foodie Finds
- Sweet Potato Lentil Stew from Fit Foodie Finds
- Crock-Pot Cinnamon Applesauce from Fit Foodie Finds
Healthy Crockpot Recipes: Slow Cooker Mexican Quinoa
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked white quinoa
- 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and diced
- 1 15-oz. can black beans drained and rinsed
- 1 15-oz. can whole kernel corn drained and rinsed
- 1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 1 4-oz. can green chiles
- 2 cups vegetable broth or any kind of broth
- 1/2 large red onion finely diced
- 3 tablespoons taco seasoning
- 1 tablespoon sriracha
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
Optional Toppings
- fresh cilantro
- yogurt dairy-free if necessary
- sliced avocado
- smoked paprika
Instructions
- Begin by spraying your slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
- Then, place all of the ingredients into your slow cooker and mix until combined.
- Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 6-8 hours (or until the quinoa is fully cooked and the sweet potatoes are at the desired texture).
- Occasionally stir all of the ingredients together every hour.
- When the quinoa is cooked and the sweet potatoes are soft, uncover the slow cooker.
- Serve the sweet potato Mexican quinoa with the optional toppings and enjoy!
This recipe exceeded my expectations. The clear instructions and helpful substitutions made it easy to customize the dish to my liking. The end result was a restaurant-quality meal that I made in my own kitchen.
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I’d love to try this, but in all honesty I’m not a fan of crushed tomatoes. What would you recommend as a substitute to get the same consistency? Thanks!
I tried the Mexican quinoa recipe with my bf as we were spending the whole day together and it was a really fun and easy recipe which made our weekend so much fun due to its deliciousness. Really Thank you, Lee.
incredible post, maybe I’ll create a section on my page just like you where I can share recipes for the public
regards.
I really love this page, it has many delicious recipes, the truth is, I do not know where to start, each
Once I see I want to try it, I guess I’ll start with this one.
Such a great post! Thank you a lot, I´ll try all of this recipes,
Thank you!!
I was blessed enough to find your site and couldn’t be more grateful to you Lee for providing this in depth level of help/resources! Speaks a lot to your genuine desire to educate others. I recently started cooking from home for fat loss purposes – as eating out has been a bad habit of mine – and I’ve been really enjoying the recipes on your site.
While I must carve out the time for some meal prep, at least the plan and shopping list is handled 🙂 I don’t know if your audience would be interested, but I have a totally free report detailing my experience and tips I’ve implemented to aid me in losing some fat. Well done, Lee! Hope your helpfulness returns to you 10 fold.
Can these be turned into freezer dump meals?
We have a whole post on that. Check it out HERE.
Do you have recipes that you can cook then freeze, then heat up quickly? i.e. rather than: pre. > freeze > slow cook. I want to batch cook a few different (healthy) things on a Sunday and freeze them so I can come home after wok and then have some choices for dinner that I can pull out of the freezer and heat up.
This quinoa was so good it didn’t even need meat! Kid-friendly, too!
YAY! Glad you guys loved it!
My wife made this Mexican quinoa for our family and we all LOVED it!!
Great picks as the weather gets colder and I absolutely love all of the images.
The only problem? Too many of them look great. I don’t know where to start!
Looks delicious! Can’t wait to try them. Have you ever done bourbon peach pulled pork or curried beef short ribs in the slow cooker? Delicious!
OMG NO. But sounds amazing.