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When you’re trying to maintain a healthy diet, home cooking is essential. Cooking meals from scratch with fresh ingredients is the best way to ensure you get the most nutrients and benefits from the foods you eat. Plus, home cooking also allows you to control how much sodium, fat or carbs you are eating. Unfortunately, cooking can quite easily become a chore, especially when you have work and other tasks to accomplish during the week.
This is where crock pots come in. Using a slow cooker can help you have a great, home-cooked meal, with less than half of the preparation time. Here are our favorite recipes for weight loss that you can make with a crock pot.
Low-Carb Eggplant Lasagna
This innovative, new way to make lasagna replaces the pasta layers with eggplant to drastically minimize the carbs involved. The result is a delicious, hearty meal that only takes a half hour to prepare.
Full recipe: Well Plated
Coconut Quinoa Curry
An easy recipe, this coconut quinoa curry is a warming and filling dish that uses many spices known to boost metabolism, namely ginger, turmeric and garlic. It is high in vitamins and low in calories - the perfect dinner.
Full recipe: Simply Quinoa
Chicken, Kale And Sweet Potato Stew
This stew is a great week-night meal, with a ton of protein and even more flavor. The prep time is very short, too. You just combine all the ingredients in the crock pot and let it cook for four to six hours.
Full recipe: Real Food Whole Life
Slow-Cooked Oatmeal
You can make breakfast in a crock pot, too. This slow-cooked oatmeal recipe is a great way to prepare your oats in a manner that gets the most fiber and nutrition from the ingredient.
Full recipe: Good Housekeeping
