Monday, February 5, 2024

Slow Cooker Recipes

COCONUT & VEGETABLE QUINOA CURRY

One of the easiest meals you can make this healthy slow cooker Coconut & Vegetable Quinoa Curry is full of flavor. Just toss everything into the slow cooker and your nearly done done. Slow cookers are wonderful, throw all your ingredients into a pot, set and viola in a few hours you have this magnificent tasting meal and if you made plenty enough for leftovers the next day.

Ingredients

1 medium Sweet Potato chopped into about 3 cups

1 large Broccoli Crown


½ White Onion diced

½ Cauliflower

1 cup of diced Butternut Squash

1 28oz.Diced Tomatoes

2 14.5 oz cans of Coconut Milk

¼ Cup Quinoa

2 garlic cloves (minced)

1 teaspoon ground turmeric

½ - 1 teaspoon Red Chili Flakes

2 teaspoon Tamari Sauce

Topping: 2 teaspoons of fresh Cilantro

Instructions

Add all ingredients to a slow cooker and stir

Turn the slow cooker to high and cook for 3 - 4 hours until sweet potato cooks through and the curry has thickened.

Serve on it’s own like a soup/stew or add a little white rice to enhance your meal.

Chicken and Red Bean Chili

You can have a plentiful abundant of beans while you’re in the Phase One of the Dash Diet, you can also enjoy up to 6 ounces of lean meats, fish and poultry a day and up to 4 to 5 servings of beans or lentils a week.

This easy slow cooker chicken chili is relatively light and low-calorie compared to the classic beef or pork chili. Boneless chicken breasts and a variety of canned beans make the chili super easy and convenient beans.

  • 2 (14-ounce) cans red beans, small or kidney beans
  • 4 boneless chicken breast halves, diced
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 medium green bell pepper, diced
  • 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
  • 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • 8-10 Roma fresh tomatoes or 1 (28-ounce) can low sodium tomatoes
  • 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1 (4-ounce) can chopped green chili peppers
  • 2 ears of shucked corn of 1 small can of low sodium corn
  • Ground black pepper
  • 1 cup water
Directions

Put chicken breasts into the bottom of the slow cooker crock; add water.


Rinse canned beans to take all the sodium out of them and add to crock pot. 

Add the diced Roma tomatoes, yellow onion, corn chili powder, garlic, cumin, paprika, tomato paste, green chili’s and black pepper. Cook on Low for 6 hours (or on High for 3 hours).




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