Break out the slow cooker to make one of these tasty dinner recipes.
Serve this slow-cooker lentil soup with crackers.
Slow-Cooker Jambalaya
This hearty jambalaya is bursting with chicken, smoked turkey sausage, and shrimp.
Photo: Victor Protasio
Serve over creamy polenta or buttered whole-wheat egg noodles.
Serve with: Garlic bread and a green salad.
Plus, cooking everything together low and slow infuses all the flavors together for complexity in every bite.
Photography / Jennifer Causey, Styling / Ali Ramee / Audrey Davis
Toward the end of the cooking time, shredded cabbage is added in to round out the meal.
Each of the two servings has just 215 calories.
Double the serving size, and this dish becomes a hearty meatless main.
To make this recipe gluten-free, use gluten-free curry powder.
Garnish with fresh cilantro leaves, if desired.
Chicken Ragout
This chicken ragout main dish is an easy choice for dinner.
This savory soup has just a hint of sweetness plus heat from hot sauce.
The tomatoes and caraway seeds help create depth but don’t overshadow the rest of the flavors.
The brown rice garnish rounds out the dish.
It’s a slow-cooker chicken recipe that actually looks and tastes like it was oven-roasted.
Use any variety of winter squash.
Our slow-cooker rendition is literally beefed up with brisket and showcases whole-grain rye berries, a source of fiber.
you’re free to add red pepper, too, to make it extra hot.
Serve this slow-cooker minestrone with crusty bread, if desired.
Photography / Jennifer Causey, Styling / Ali Ramee / Audrey Davis
