8 Easy Anti-Inflammatory Chicken Crockpot Recipes You Should Make For Weight Loss

Slow Cooker Turmeric Chicken 

Turmeric is a key anti-inflammatory spice that has been hailed as a gut health superstar. It also gives food an intense and lovely shade of gold-yellow and can be easily incorporated into many chicken recipes. This slow cooker turmeric chicken is creamy, healthy, and perfect with leaft green veggies like spinach. You'll need: 

Chicken breast

Plain yogurt

Tomato sauce

Coconut milk

Turmeric powder

Garam masala

Curry powder 

Corn starch 

Salt 

Ginger

Spinach 

Cilantro

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Slow Cooker Honey Lemon Turmeric Chicken

This simple, tasty crockpot chicken recipe has so many soothing, anti-inflammatory ingredients like turmeric, honey, and lemon. Even better: it's a one-pot meal that includes veggies so you can just come home from work and enjoy. Gather up these ingredients:

Chicken breasts

Golden potatoes

Carrots

Honey

Olive oil

Garlic powder

Turmeric

Dry mustard

Lemon juice

Thyme 

Ground pepper

Slow Cooker Chicken and Sweet Potato

Another all-in-one-pot meal that's perfect for busy weeknights, this chicken and sweet potato dish takes 10 minutes to prep and requires just six ingredients: 

Chicken thighs

Olive oil

Ghee

Garlic

Salt and pepper

Sweet potatoes

Fresh rosemary

Slow Cooker Twenty Garlic Chicken

If what you really, really want in your chicken dinner is garlic and lots of it, look no further than this crockpot garlic chicken, which makes excellent use of 20 cloves of anti-inflammatory garlic. You'll need: 

Chicken 

Salt

Paprika

Pepper

Olive Oil

1 Onion

20 Cloves of garlic

Slow Cooker Avocado Chicken Salad

Feel like having a light night of eating? Believe it — you can make avocado chicken salad in your crockpot (well, maybe leave out the salad part). This recipe saves you time and provides a healthy meal packed with antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids. Grab these ingredients: 

Chicken breast

Chicken broth 

Avocado

Water

Butter

Parsley

Garlic 

Thyme

Onion

Dijon mustard 

Parmesan cheese

Lemon juice

Salt and pepper

Slow Cooker Chicken and Spinach Meatballs

Beef meatballs will always be classic, but if you're searching for a similar recipe, this slow cooker chicken and spinach meatballs recipe provides plenty of vitamins and anti-inflammatory properties, courtesy of baby spinach and garlic. Here's what you'll need: 

Chicken thighs

Golden flax meal

Salt

Ground black pepper

Crushed red pepper flakes

Garlic

Yellow onion

Flat leaf parsley

Baby spinach

Marinara sauce

Zucchini noodles or spaghetti squash

Crockpot Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup 

The second you feel a sniffle coming on, stop everything and whip up this delicious, satisfying crockpot lemon chicken orzo soup. This soup is full of flavor and anti-inflammatory ingredients like celery, lemon, and garlic. Here's the full ingredient list: 

Skinless chicken breasts

Carrots 

Celery

Chicken broth

Vegetable broth

Garlic

Dried basil

Italian seasoning

Bay leaves

Lemon

Parsley

Orzo 

Salt and pepper

Crockpot Coconut Chicken Curry

It doesn't get richer or more complex than this crockpot coconut chicken curry, which is bursting with sweetness and a little spicy kick to keep things interesting. Stock up on these ingredients to make this one-pot meal: 

Vegetable oil

Chicken breasts

Potatoes

Onion

Coconut milk

Salt and pepper

Curry powder

Hot sauce

Chicken broth

Frozen peas

Toasted flaked coconut (optional)

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