Healthy multicooker recipes

Use your slow cooker to make healthy, filling lunches, breakfasts, and even desserts.

How to Cook - Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes

Whole grain porridge for breakfast

Four grains add flavor, texture, and variety to this fiber-rich breakfast. Add some dried fruit and chopped nuts—this delicious porridge will keep you feeling full all morning.

Recipe: Whole grain porridge for breakfast

Slow Cooker Chicken Chili

For a unique take on classic chili, substitute chicken for the ground beef and add shredded sweet potato.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chicken Chili

Vegetarian Chili in a Slow Cooker

Put your slow cooker to work creating a hearty vegetarian chili that even meat eaters will love.

Recipe: Vegetarian Chili in a Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker Pork Tacos

It's impossible to resist the aromatic and tender pork shoulder, which is stewed for a long time in chicken broth with aromatic spices.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Pork Tacos

Slow Cooker Beef Brisket Sandwiches

Enhance the flavors of sweet and savory brisket by adding a bottle of stout beer to your homemade barbecue sauce.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Beef Brisket Sandwiches

Slow Cooker Coconut Rice Porridge

Light coconut milk and the natural starch found in brown rice create a rich, creamy consistency without the added fat.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Coconut Rice Porridge

Barley risotto with mushrooms in a slow cooker

This dish is vegetarian, but thanks to the mushrooms, it's filling enough for meat-eaters too. The flavor combination is perfect for a chilly day.

Recipe: Barley risotto with mushrooms in a slow cooker

Slow Cooker Bean and Barley Soup

Soul food at its best: warming, filling, hearty, and incredibly easy.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Bean and Barley Soup

Lentil and sweet potato soup

This hearty, warming soup contains lentils and vegetables like leeks, carrots, celery, and sweet potatoes. Ginger and curry powder provide heat and depth of flavor, while fresh cilantro and lemon add a bright note.

Recipe: Lentil and sweet potato soup

Slow Cooker Chili Con Carne

Some chili recipes look like a laundry list, but this one only requires eight simple ingredients. Start cooking in the slow cooker before bed, and in the morning you'll have a healthy meal waiting for you for lunch or dinner, topped with some tender avocado slices.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Chili Con Carne

Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup

This Mexican-style soup practically cooks itself: just add the ingredients to the slow cooker and cook. If you have leftover rice in the fridge, you can add some to the soup. For a milder flavor, remove the seeds and veins from the jalapeño.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Tortilla Soup

Slow Cooker Oatmeal

Ripe bananas are the secret ingredient in Valerie's steel-cut oatmeal. The dish cooks overnight, achieving a creamy texture.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Oatmeal

Vegetable stew with pumpkin and chickpeas in a slow cooker

Tender butternut squash, chickpeas, and Swiss chard enrich this hearty soup with protein and vitamins. For a cozy cold-weather lunch, serve the soup with thick-crusted bread and a squeeze of lemon.

Recipe: Vegetable stew with pumpkin and chickpeas in a slow cooker

Slow Cooker Peppery Natural Pork Cutlets

Alton marinates natural pork chops to preserve their juiciness, then slow-cooks them with dried apple slices until the meat is tender and falls off the bone. This hot, hearty dish contains 347 calories and 17 grams of fat per serving.

Recipe: Slow Cooker Peppery Natural Pork Cutlets