My hubby is an assistant track and field coach at a local high school. So that makes me a coach’s wife. The highlight of this role is getting to see my hubby invest in the lives of young men as they learn how to train, compete, and work towards athletic goals.
The downside is some nights the track meets can keep him out until well after the kids are in bed. That means I’m doing dinnertime alone. On nights like this I tend to make easy crock pot meals.
I need lots of super easy ideas for dinner. And by super easy I mean throw a couple things in the crock pot, several hours later, viola! Dinner’s ready!
Today I thought I’d share some of my favorite crock pot recipes. These are all very easy, healthy, and inexpensive. Click the blue recipe title to see the full recipe.
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By the way, *this is the crock pot I use
Cheesy BBQ Chicken Bacon Sandwiches from Six Sister’s Stuff. I make this recipe with pork loin on a bi-weekly basis. My hubby LOVES this and asks me to make it all the time. The leftovers are great for lunches, too!
Crock Pot Berry Pork Throw a couple ingredients in with some sweet potatoes and end up with an amazing dinner! Every time we make this we use some of the leftover meat in an omelette with american cheese and it’s AMAZING! Sometimes I look forward to the “leftovers” omelette the most!
Crock Pot Turkey Breast This turkey breast literally takes minutes to prepare but tastes like you spent all day cooking! The meat is very moist and flavorful and rivals the taste of any Thanksgiving turkey.
Ranch Pork Roast When I make this meal I add a bag of baby carrots in the crock pot during the last couple hours and it’s so delicious! It calls for a whole package of ranch seasoning but sometimes I add only a half packet and it still tastes great.
Crock Pot Chili One of our favorite ways to have a great tasting dinner with TONS of veggies! {Also a great vegetarian option} The hubby and I like to add LOTS of fresh cut up peppers, and corn. Perfect for cold nights.
Crock Pot Chicken I love this recipe because it’s very frugal. The total cost for this meal is about $6.00 so it’s good bang for your buck. (get it—chicken–buck buck:) The meat falls off the bone and tastes like a rotisserie chicken.
Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff from Kraft. When I find some stew beef on sale I get really excited because I get to make stroagie! My hubby’s grandmother makes a KILLER beef stroagie but it’s loaded with real butter and sour cream. This recipe tastes almost as good as Grammie’s but since I can use low-fat sour cream and less butter it’s a healthier option.
Want more easy dinner ideas? Check out my dinner board on Pinterest. I only pin recipes that are healthy and very easy. Because let’s face it–I’m not Julia Child. Nor do I aim to be 🙂
What’s some of your favorite super easy recipes? Leave a comment below and share them here because I’m always looking for more dinner ideas!
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I can never get enough crock pot recipes! Love these!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
I can’t get enough of them either, Stephanie! They’re so good and save so much time!
Nothing beats a crockpot meal on busy evenings!!!
I agree! I’m making a crock pot meal for tonight!
Stopping in from the Hit Me With Your Best Shot link party. These recipes look delicious! I have been needing to add some crock pot recipes to my weeknight dinner menu. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome, Katie! I make several of these recipes all the time so they’re tried and true! I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
These look wonderful! I’m pinning to come back to them, I use my crock pot for most of my cooking so I’m always looking out for new recipes. Thanks!
I come back to this post all the time! All the meals here are really good and easy–perfect for a cold winter night. Thanks so much for stopping by, Abby!
The beef looks fabulous – I think I have all those ingredients too! 🙂
Isn’t it great when you see a great recipe and you have all the ingredients on hand? I love it when that happens! I just made the beef stroaganoff a couple days ago and it’s still one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy it!
Wow and yum! All of these look awesome and easy too! Thanks for sharing on my Snippets of Inspiration FaceBook wall today! 🙂
They’re all really good recipes! Thanks for stopping by and giving me a place to share it!
Yummm!! I will definitely be trying some of these!Dimples & Pig Tales
Great! They’re all delicious–I hope you enjoy them!
I would love for you to share your favorite posts and link up at my TGIF Link Party.
http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/2013/05/tgif-link-party-2.html
The party opens Thursday night and closes on Wednesday night at midnight.
Please, invite your friends to party too! The more the merrier!
Hugs, Cathy
I’m pinning these to refer to again soon. Visiting from Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop.
Michelle @ On A Wing And A Prayer
Thanks for stopping by and pinning, Michelle! I hope you enjoy these meals as much as I do!
YUM! This looks like a great collection! This would be perfect to link up to my “Create It Thursday” post here! http://www.lambertslately.com/2013/05/create-it-thursday-1.html
Thanks for the invite, Leslie! I just linked up 🙂