50 Comfort-Food Dinners to Make in Your Slow Cooker
Hey, you, listening to a podcast, working out on the elliptical and checking your e-mail at the same time: the biggest time-saver of all is stashed behind the wok in your kitchen cabinet. Fire up your slow cooker before you start your day, and when you get home, a delicious dinner awaits you. Presenting 50 comfort-food dinner ideas that are perfect for sweater weather.
1.
Slow-Cooker Creamy Tuscan Chicken
Put it over pasta, rice or just eat it with a wooden spoon out of the pot.
4.
Slow-Cooker Tuscan Ribolitta
Hint: Crusty bread goes great with this hearty veggie soup.
11.
Three-Cheese Crock-Pot Macaroni and Cheese
Decadent and gooey—just the way we like it.
12.
Slow-Cooker Parmesan Chicken and Orzo
Tastes like you cooked all day. (Spoiler: You didn’t.)
15.
Slow-Cooker Maple Chipotle Pork with Cheesy Polenta
Don’t forget the crunchy radish slices.
16.
Slow-Cooker Beef Ragu with Pappardelle
Better than your favorite Italian restaurant.
17.
Crock-Pot Stuffing with Wild Rice, Cranberries and Almonds
Eat it with turkey, chicken or veggies to round out the meal.
18.
Slow-Cooker Brown Sugar Balsamic Chicken and Vegetables
A complete dinner (and leftovers for lunch tomorrow), all in one pot.
19.
Crock-Pot Veggie Lasagna
Shh: This decadent-looking pasta dish is secretly low-carb.
21.
Creamy Slow-Cooker Chicken Chili
Best of all, your oven is free to make corn bread.
35.
Creamy Tortellini Soup with Spinach
What happens when pasta and soup have a really delicious baby.
42.
Slow-Cooker Spaghetti Squash and Meatballs
Spaghetti squash, you are a miracle food.
43.
Slow-Cooker Beef and Cheese Pasta
We’re definitely having seconds. (And probably thirds.)
49.
Slow-Cooker Korean Beef
We’re eating everything drenched in this sauce from now on.