Cookbook: CROCKPOT - Healthy Recipes, Easy To Make, Lose Weight with Delicious Meals (Crockpot Recipes, Slow Cooker, Dinner Recipes, Breakfast, Soup, Slow Cooker Cookbook, Stew)
Authors: Joanne Howard
Cookbook:
Healthy Recipes, Easy To Make, and Lose Weight With Delicious Meals
NUTELLA FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE
OVERNIGHT CINNAMON APPLE OATMEAL
CROCKPOT SAUSAGE CHEDDAR CASSEROLE
EASY CROCKPOT BREAKFAST CASSEROLE
CROCKPOT SOUP AND STEW RECIPES
SLOW COOKER LENTIL SWEET POTATO SOUP
SQUASH, CHICKPEA, AND RED LENTIL STEW
PORK TACOS WITH CHERRY-PEACH SALSA
Healthy slow cooker chicken stroganoff
Crockpot Barbecue beef sandwiches
Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Potpie
Chicken with potatoes and carrots
Pork tenderloin with garlic noodles
Slow cooked Turkish Lamb with Vegetables
Lamb shanks with cannellini beans
Herbs and sausage-stuffed peppers
GREEK CHICKEN WITH CAULIFLOWER RICE
GARLIC CAULIFLOWER MASHED POTATOES
With the hustle bustle in most people's lives, they have no time to have home cooked food. They end up either eating out or frozen food or from a take away. But is it healthy? It will not be long before you end up with health problems and medical bills. So why not come home to healthy home cooked meals that too in a crock pot or slow cooker. It is a great help to busy people it does its job while you are out of your home or busy at home itself.
You can pop in the ingredients for breakfast and go off to sleep with no tension as you are waking up to a healthy home cooked breakfast.
When you are off to work, you again put in everything into the cooker and come back home to hot and healthy meals.
A variety of recipes are here for you to try out. It will not be long before you lick your fingers after trying out these recipes.
Slow cooking is an amazing way to prepare a meal even as you engage in other activities without having to worry that whatever you are cooking will burn or anything like that. Do you know that you can actually cook something for even 8 hours on low? So imagine you can prep all the ingredients at night and put whatever you want to cook into the crockpot and even cook overnight as you sleep. You then wake up to an amazing meal. Thus, if you are the kind of person who does not like having to stand by the cooker when preparing meals because of having to keep looking at what you are preparing, then the crockpot is the way to go.
This book has over 25 crockpot recipes that you can try today.
Breakfast Casserole
Serves – 4
Ingredients:
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4 large eggs
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3 tablespoons milk
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1/3 cup Greek yogurt
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¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
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¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
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¼ teaspoon garlic powder
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½ teaspoon onion powder
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¼ cup mushrooms, quartered
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1 cup baby spinach
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¾ cup low fat cheese, shredded
Directions:
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Whisk together in a bowl, eggs, salt, milk, pepper, yogurt, thyme, onion powder and garlic powder until smooth. Add rest of the ingredients. Mix well. Spray the slow cooker pot with cooking spray.
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Pour the egg mixture into it. Cover and cook on High for about 2 hours or until set or on Low for around 4 hours. Slice and serve.
This is a wholesome breakfast packed with all the necessary nutrients. The spinach in the dish adds the required iron to your body. The mushrooms in the diet are the perfect ways to detox your body. The milk in the dish adds the required amount of calcium, which helps in the development, and strengthening of your bones.
Serves – 4
Ingredients:
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3 large eggs
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½ loaf challah bread, cut into cubes
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1 cup vanilla flavored almond milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
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2 tablespoons Nutella + extra for topping
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A pinch salt
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2 bananas, sliced
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½ tablespoon unsalted butter
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2 bananas sliced
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½ tablespoon brown sugar
Directions:
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Place the bread cubes in the slow cooker. Whisk together eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, salt and Nutella in a bowl and transfer it into the slow cooker over the bread cubes. Mix well. Cover and cook on High for 2 hours or on Low for 4 hours. If possible stir in between.
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Meanwhile, place a nonstick pan over medium high heat. Add butter. When butter melts, add banana and brown sugar and mix well. Cook until the bananas are light brown on both the sides.
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To serve: Place some Nutella mixture over individual serving plates. Place a little of the bananas over it. Top with some Nutella and serve.
Nutritional value
This is for the chocolate lovers, wholesome and keeps you feeling energetic throughout the day. The almond milk provides you with the perfect amount of omega 3 fats that are required for your body. The milk adds the calcium that is required for your body. The bananas have a great amount of fiber that helps in easing the process of digestion.
Serves – 4
Ingredients:
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5 ounce package frozen spinach, thawed, drained
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2 slices bacon
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½ tablespoon olive oil
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1 cup Portobello mushrooms, chopped
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1 small red bell pepper, chopped
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¾ cup Swiss cheese
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1 tablespoon fresh chives, snipped
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Salt to taste
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Pepper powder to taste
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1 cup milk
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¼ cup biscuit mix
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Cooking spray
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Disposable slow cooker liner
Directions:
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Place the slow cooker liner inside the cooker pot at the bottom. Spray the liner with cooker spray. Place a nonstick pan over medium heat. Add bacon slices and cook until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon and discard the remaining fat. Crumble the bacon when it cools and keep it aside.
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To the same pan add oil. Add mushrooms and bell pepper. Sauté for a few minutes until mushrooms are tender. Add spinach and cheese and remove from heat. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, chives, salt and pepper. Pour this mixture into the pan containing spinach.
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Add biscuit mix and fold gently. Transfer the entire contents of the pan into the lined slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low for 4-5 hours or on high for 2 – 2 1/2 hours. Cool slightly and then serve.
Nutritional value
Mushrooms help in boosting your immune system and are full of antioxidants. Spinach gives you iron. The bacon contains the proteins that you need to obtain from a dish. You will find yourself energetic when y0u have consumed this dish. The cheese provides the required amounts of proteins and carbohydrates that increase the energy in your body. You will obtain the vitamins A and B.
Serves – 6
Ingredients:
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1 ½ cups canned pumpkin
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1 cup half and half
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4 cups all-purpose flour
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4 teaspoons baking powder
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1 teaspoon salt
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4 tablespoons packed brown sugar
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3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
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½ cup cold butter, cubed
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1 ½ cups fresh blue berries
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1 cup maple syrup
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4 tablespoons melted butter
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1 cup pecans, chopped, toasted
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2 tablespoons all-purpose flour for dusting
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Cooking spray
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Disposable slow cooker liner
Directions:
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Line the slow cooker pot with disposable liner. Spray with cooking spray and keep aside. Mix together in a bowl, pumpkin, half and half, and brown sugar. Mix well and keep aside. In another large bowl, mix together baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, flour and salt. With the help of a pastry blender, cut the butter into tiny pieces. Pour the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture and mix until well combined.
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Add blueberries to a bowl and dust with 2 tablespoons flour. Toss well and add the berries to the flour mixture. Fold gently. Pour the mixture into the slow cooker. Pour maple syrup and melted butter over it. Sprinkle pecans over it. Cover and cook on High for 2 – 2 ½ hours or on Low for 4-5 hours. When done, gently remove the lid such that water droplets from the lid do not drop on the bread. Cool until warm. Remove from the cooker, slice and serve.
Nutritional value
Berries are loaded with antioxidants. Pumpkin contains vitamin A, which boosts the vision. The flour is made of wheat. This flour provides you with a lot of carbohydrates, which in turn give you energy. This dish is rich in the minerals magnesium and sodium. This dish also provides you with the vitamin A and C.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
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½ teaspoon of vanilla extract
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½ cup of low fat milk
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1 cup quinoa
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1 ½ ripe banana
