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Spring is nearly here—that means just a couple of months until bathing suit season. No need to starve yourself in order to get a flat tummy. You can eat nutritious and great tasting food and still hit your weight-loss goals. Try one of these scrumptious slow cooker meals this week that won’t wreck your diet.
Chicken with Peppers and Onions
You can use your slow cooker or instant pot for this easy dish. Similar to a chicken cacciatore, this dish features tender boneless, skinless chicken breasts swimming in a tomato-based broth with nutritious vegetables and Italian seasonings. Serve on top of riced cauliflower or zucchini noodles if you are watching your carbs.
You’ll Need:
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- Olive oil
- Red bell peppers
- Sweet onion sliced
- Garlic
- Mushrooms
- Italian seasoning
- Tomato paste
- Tomato sauce
- Crushed red pepper
Pulled pork is a cinch to make in a slow cooker. It’s truly a dump and forget it meal. All the flavors slowly infuse into the meat resulting in a melt in your mouth out of this world taste. Serve the pork on buns, brown rice or cauliflower rice and garnish with parsley or cilantro.
- Onion
- Boneless pork shoulder butt roast
- Kosher salt
- Ground black pepper
- Ketchup
- Lemon juice
- Worcestershire sauce
- Honey
- Sriracha
- Ground coriander
- Fresh ginger
Tomato Basil Parmesan Tortellini Soup
This soup is the perfect balance of creaminess, cheesiness and tomato flavor with a perfect broth-to-pasta ratio. It’s great on a cool night during the week when you are looking for something satisfying yet nutritious for dinner.
You’ll Need:
- Diced tomatoes
- Tomato sauce
- Fresh basil
- Minced garlic
- Salt
- Pepper
- White onion
- Heavy cream
- Chicken or vegetable broth
- Shredded parmesan cheese
- Butter
- Flour
- Heavy cream or half & half
- Frozen tortellini
The best part about this dish is that you can assemble it ahead of time and store it in the freezer. When you need a quick meal, all you need to do is dump in the slow cooker. Easy peasy. Made with superfood sweet potatoes, boneless chicken thighs and tons of classic Thai flavors, this recipe will be part of your weekly slow cooker rotation!
You’ll need:
- Olive oil
- Brown sugar
- Onions
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Thai red curry paste
- Peanut butter
- Garam masala
- Ground cumin
- Turmeric
- Salt
- Boneless skinless chicken thighs
- Sweet potato
- Carrots
- Fish sauce
- Chicken stock
- Spinach or baby kale
- Coconut milk
- Lime juice
