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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.
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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.
It’s truly a time saver and typically very hands-off, which I love!
Why we love healthy crockpot recipes!
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!
50 Healthy Crockpot Meals
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 internet!
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.
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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 crockpot dinners (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 Dinners (with meat)
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
- Crockpot Lasagna
- Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup
- Shredded Chicken Tacos
- Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
- Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup
- Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken
- HawaiianChicken Noodle Bowl
- Slow Cooker Taco Soup
- Crock Pot Black Bean Soup
- Crock-Pot Chicken Salsa Tacos
- 5- IngredientHoney Sriracha Slow Cooker Chicken
- Thai Peanut Chicken Salad
- Crock-Pot Chicken Wings
- Crock-Pot Chicken Chili
- Healthy Buffalo Chicken Recipe
- Slow Cooker Coconut Curry Chicken
- Meal Prep Carnitas Burrito Bowls
- Crock-Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup with Kale
- Clean Eating Crock-Pot Chicken Taco Bowl
- Crock-Pot Fajita Tacos
- Crockpot Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Slow Cooker Chili
Check it out!
6 Crockpot Chicken Recipes
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.
- Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
- Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala
- Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup
- Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie Soup
- Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken
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
- Healthy Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Mexican Quinoa
- Sweet Potato Lentil Stew
- Crock-Pot Cinnamon Applesauce
- Crockpot Mashed Potatoes
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Healthy Crockpot Recipes: Slow Cooker Mexican Quinoa
This slow cooker Mexican quinoa recipe is one of our favorite healthy crockpot recipes made in the slow cooker!
Prep:10 minutes minutes
Cook:4 hours hours
Total:4 hours hours 10 minutes minutes
Fat 3
Carbs 57
Protein 16
Yield: 6
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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!
Nutrition facts
Calories: 342kcal Carbohydrates: 57g Protein: 16g Fat: 3g Fiber: 12g Sugar: 13g
Author: Lee Funke
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Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup
Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
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Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Casserole
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About Lee Funke
Lee is the founder of Fit Foodie Finds and based in Minneapolis, MN. She started this website in 2010 as a way to share her love for real food and wellness. The internet has changed so much since then and so has Fit Foodie Finds. Today we're a female-run recipe website publishing hundreds of tried and true recipes developed and tested by our team.
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Posted on 12/4/2022
Increible publicacion, me encata, lastima que no este en español, use el traductor de google.
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Sandra
Posted on 1/19/2022
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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!
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Posted on 6/30/2021
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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.
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Posted on 6/24/2021
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incredible post, maybe I’ll create a section on my page just like you where I can share recipes for the public
regards.
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Posted on 6/21/2021
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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.
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Posted on 4/16/2021
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Such a great post! Thank you a lot, I´ll try all of this recipes,
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Linley Hanson
Posted on 4/16/2021
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Thank you!!
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Posted on 2/25/2021
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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.
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Alisha Allred
Posted on 1/30/2021
Can these be turned into freezer dump meals?
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Lee Funke
Posted on 1/30/2021
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We have a whole post on that. Check it out HERE.
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Alex Stewart
Posted on 4/4/2021
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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.
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Michelle
Posted on 1/18/2021
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This quinoa was so good it didn’t even need meat! Kid-friendly, too!
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Lee Funke
Posted on 1/18/2021
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YAY! Glad you guys loved it!
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Cole
Posted on 10/19/2020
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My wife made this Mexican quinoa for our family and we all LOVED it!!
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Posted on 10/6/2017
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!
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Posted on 10/4/2017
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!
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Lee Funke
Posted on 10/4/2017
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OMG NO. But sounds amazing.
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