Give me easy. Mix a few ingredients. Make it simply delicious. Easy Slow Cooker Recipes.
In the practical world of homeschooling and feeding a crowd on a budget, a long list of ingredients does not make the menu plan. I want to put the slow cooker to work while I take care of other things.
Easy Slow Cooker Recipes
In fact, the first month of back-to-school, I use the slow cooker almost exclusively. So here’s to easy, slow cooker recipes of all kinds!
Easy Slow Cooker Recipes for Batch Cooking
- Slow Cooker Batch Cooking: The Super Supper Saver
- Batch Cooking Chicken in the Slow Cooker Plus Recipes
- Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken Equals Three Meals
- Batch Cooking Basic Beef
- Batch Cooking Black-Eyed Peas
- Batch Cooking Chickpeas for Hummus
- Batch Cooking Navy Beans
My Fast Food for Slow Sundays Easy Slow Cooker Recipes series
- Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken (King Ranch Style)
- Slow Cooker Lasagna
- Slow Cooker Old Bay Chicken
- Slow Cooker Beef Burgundy
- Slow Cooker Cream Cheese Chicken
- Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie
- Slow Cooker Hamburgers
- Slow Cooker Pizza Casserole
My Easy Slow Cooker Recipes at $5 Dinners
- Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese
- Slow Cooker Garden Vegetables
- Slow Cooker Cube Steak
- Slow Cooker Barbeque Chicken
- Savings with Slow Cooker Yogurt
- Savings with Slow Cooker Hummus
- Slow Cooker Potato Soup (and other potato recipes)
Easy Slow Cooker Recipes for Breakfast
- Overnight Slow Cooker Grits
- Slow Cooker Yogurt: Smoothies
- Overnight, Slow Cooker Apple Cinnamon Steel-Cut Oats from The Yummy Life
- Crock Pot Oatmeal – Breakfast in Bed
- Banana Bread in the Crock Pot…For Real! from Smashed Peas and Carrots
- Crock Pot Hard Boiled Eggs via Crock Pot Recipe Exchange
- Crock Pot Apple Butter at Southern Plate
- Crock Pot Iced Cinnamon Biscuits at Crock Pot Recipe Exchange
Favorite Meals
- Slow Cooker Cranberry Chicken
- Old Bay Chicken – Our Maryland Meal
- Make Baked Potatoes in the Slow Cooker
- Crock Pot Chicken and Biscuits from Hey That Tastes Good
- Red Beans and Rice at Household Ways
- Crock Pot Taco Soup from Household Ways
- Slow Cooker Tilapia Foil Packets from a Year of Slow Cooking
- Italian Beef Sandwiches at Southern Plate
- Uptown Beef Patties in Ketchup Gravy at Southern Plate
- Meatloaf in a Crock Pot by Little Sanctuary
- French Dip Sandwich by Little Sanctuary
- Na Na’s Chicken Soup by Stephanie at Harrington Harmonies
Easy Slow Cooker Recipes for Holidays
- Thanksgiving Dinner in the Crockpot from Household Ways – all the ingredients in the same pot.
- Chicken and Dressing at Southern Plate – (I minus the chicken and this is how I make Thanksgiving dressing every year!)
- Slow Cooker Garlic Dip – a favorite for any time of year, really.
- Slow Cooker Holiday Food – this is a huge index!
the story of the red and white checked cookbook
Easy Slow Cooker Desserts
- Crock Pot Carrot Cake from Crock Pot Ladies
- Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Baked Apples at Southern Plate
- Crock Pot Desserts at Mom Prepares
- Slow Cooker Mocha Pudding Cake at All Recipes
- 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Chocolate Chip Brownie Cake at My Favorite Things
Easy Slow Cooker Recipes – Resources
- Return of the Routine: Feeding the Family from my 5 Day Series
- Fast Food for Slow Sundays – it’s all ready when you come piling through the door
- 5 Days of Using Your Slow Cooker from Sidetracked Sarah
- Make Supper at Lunch so it’s ready when tummies rumble
- A Year of Slow Cooking from Stephanie O’Dea
- Crock Pot Recipe Exchange and a wonderful Pinterest visual of their recipes
- Crock Pot Recipes at Blessed Beyond a Doubt (chicken ‘n dumplins and more comfort food!)
- Slow Cooker Love at $5 Dinners
- One Dish Dinners – not all slow cooker but all delicious – and one pot meals
- 13 Slow Cooker Recipes You Will Love from Southern Plate
- A Month Long Slow Cooker Celebration here at Hodgepodge
- Top 10 Slow Cooker Recipes of 2011
- My Slow Cooker Love Pinterest Board – this is so yummy!
Our Cookbooks
And the Hodgepodge cookbook bundle on Amazon … {affiliate links} Sunday Savings and Southern Celebrations plus the freebie Slow Cooker Batch Cooking by subscribing to Hodgepodge.
This post is linked to Ultimate Guides and Lists at iHomeschool Network. Be sure to visit and pin these great resources!
You are invited for a visit! I am sharing two other guides you might enjoy: The Ultimate Guide to Housekeeping Habits at Habits for a Happy Home and the Ultimate Guide to Choosing Homeschool Curriculum at The Curriculum Choice.
~originally published August 2012
Tricia,
I always enjoy reading your easy, down to earth (and southern) recipes!! Pinning, sharing, stumbling…..and sending you tons of thanks for this…..
The picture of your daughter in the chef’s hat is cracking me up!! This is a fantastic resource. My family thanks you in advance!
What a fabulous resource! Thank you for sharing all these wonderful recipes – it’s like discovering a new cookbook 🙂 That is such a cute photo of your daughter as well!
Thanks ladies. I just love tucking the ingredients in the slow cooker and walking away 🙂 And that littlest girl of mine is one of my biggest helpers in the kitchen! Enjoy, y’all!
This is wonderful! I am sure to click back here many times to pick up a quick and easy recipe. {Hugs.}
Phyllis – I love all your simple meals. You inspire me all the time with your celebratory ways. And you bless our family table with your Household Ways!
Pinned!
Oh! Thank you, thank you, thank you! What an awesome reference page to have bookmarked! You really need to write a cookbook! Your talents are such a blessing and you are an encouragement to me, friend! And I love the photo of G.A.!
Thanks for this. I can’t wait to go through the list closer when the kids nap today! 🙂
Reading this at (of all times!!) right before lunch! Growl, growl…there are some yummy, almost forgotten recipes here…what a great resource! I might be moved to cook again….
Forever,
N.
I never really considered using my slow cooker for batch cooking, but it makes sense because of its size. Thanks for sharing the great list!
What a wonderful resource–just in time for “back-to-homeschool”! There’s plenty of inspiration here for me for a good while! 🙂
Thank you, thank you, thank you!! As we jump back into homeschooling, I’ve been making more and more use of the slow cooker, and it is SO nice to have new recipes to try. 🙂 I especially love the $5 section! 😉
Thank you, from the bottom of my slow-cooker!!!
LOL! You are welcome from the bottom of mine!
Thank you all – I just finished putting the ingredients for the Mexican Chicken in my slow cooker. Topping with avocado, maybe some sour cream and a side of chips. Looking forward to supper tonight.
wow this is a great list. Thank you. I have been looking for slow cooker recipes to try and you have some that sound delicious.
Love my slow cooker. Thanks for sharing these recipes!
Thank you for all of these wonderful links. I’m so excited to try these recipes. Thanks again!
GREAT LIST! Totally pinning this for future reference. Dealing with Chronic Illness… I could and would use tons of slow cooker recipes! So much easier than standing over a stove!!! =)
This is exactly what I need for these next few months of school and menu planning. Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you Tricia for all these wonderful recipes! I am a crock pot fanatic!
And thank you for listing Blessed Beyond a Doubt!
Hugs,
Jill
I love using my slow cooker! Thanks for putting all these yummy recipes in one place!
This is great! I love to use my slow cooker and freezer cook. I am going to bookmark this page so I can come back and read more of the links.
I’m hungry now! Can’t wait to try some of these recipes.
You might enjoy hearing that we had Old Bay Chicken last night. (It is funny because we actually had never had it before!) Everyone loved it! Thanks for the reminder.
I definitely enjoy hearing that Phyllis! We just had this Old Bay chicken last week. Delicious! (many thanks to your pay it forward gift last year)
Awesome stuff for very busy moms! I love slowcookers and so do my cooking duties one night a week children !
I was just telling my husband today that I am going to use our slow cookers more. Thank you for all the great recipes!
I really appreciate all these recipe suggestions. I’ve got two crock pots and few good recipes for them. It’s wonderful to have all the hard work done for me. All I’ve got to do is follow the instructions and gather the family for a great meal. Can’t wait to try the desserts, too!
Two crock pots! You are set Carol. Thanks and enjoy!
Thank you for sharing this great list! WOW! I just wanted to let you know that when you click on the tilapia (foil) recipe, it takes you to a site with a backed potato recipe. I did find the tilapia recipe by searching your site and am excited about trying it (but thought you’d like to know about the link).
Oh thanks so much for catching that. Updated!
Hi!
Can i ask which size of crock pot you use for feeding your family. We have 3 children (soon 4!) under 8 years old who are all big eaters, so i am abit unsure what size to buy. Thank you so much!
Julie
Julie – yes, you need a large slow cooker for your growing family. I believe ours is a 5 or 6 quart. It is not labeled – and I can’t tell from searching online. It has an oval shaped insert. Hope that helps!