Healthy dinner recipes for the crockpot! These easy slow cooker meals are nutritious and couldn’t be simpler – just dump and go!
What if you could arrive at dinnertime… but you didn’t have to cook it?
The dream!
That’s the beauty of dump and go crockpot meals.
You just toss the ingredients into your slow cooker in the morning or at lunch, and it does all the work for you.
Yep, no precooking or time-consuming prep work involved.
They’re seriously your secret weapon for having dinner ready on time on those busy (or extra tiring) days.
I put together a list of healthy crockpot dinners, so you feel extra good about what you’re feeding your family.
Best of all, they’re hearty and delicious enough that no one will even realize they’re eating healthy!
Talk about a win-win.
Okay, let’s dive into these healthy dump and go crockpot dinners!
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Healthy Slow Cooker Dump Recipes
1
Steak Fajitas
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Slow Cooker Beef Fajitas are delicious no matter how you serve them. Made with homemade, healthy fajita seasoning and simmered all day in a savory blend, these steak fajitas are a recipe you’ll make over and over.
2
Mediterranean Chicken with Orzo
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Mediterranean Chicken with Orzo is ready in just three hours on high, with simple ingredients that pack a flavor punch. Onion and chicken slowly cook in a savory sauce of tomato, Italian seasoning or Herbes de Provence and red pepper flakes.
3
Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs
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Crock Pot Honey Mustard Chicken is cooked to perfection in a sweet and tangy glaze. Perfect for busy days, it will soon become one of your favorite, hassle-free family dinners.
4
Buffalo Chicken Chili
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Inspired by the flavors of buffalo chicken wings, this delicious meal is a fun change up from traditional chili that the whole family will love! Top it off with avocado, tortillas and more for an exciting dinner worthy of game days and Friday nights.
5
Goulash
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Slumgullion, aka Goulash, is a super easy recipe, made with a handful of simple ingredients. Made with ground turkey, tender macaroni noodles, and diced tomatoes, it’s a kid-friendly choice for busy weeknights.
6
Chicken Cacciatore
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Chock full of hearty tomato flavor, veggies, and chicken, Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore is a healthy, easy, and inexpensive weeknight dinner.
7
Smothered Chicken
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Easy Crock Pot Smothered Chicken is hearty, healthy, and family-friendly. With just a few wholesome ingredients like chicken, mushrooms, and chicken broth, you’ll have a super delicious dinner that can be served over rice, noodles, potatoes, or on its own.
8
Turkey Black Bean Chili
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Slow Cooker Turkey Black Bean Chili is an easy and nutritious meal you can prep ahead and freeze for easy weekday meals. Chili doesn’t get any easier than this!
9
Buffalo Chicken
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If you’re ready to spice things up, this easy 5-ingredient Crockpot Buffalo Chicken is the way to go! Serve it on buns for sandwiches, over rice, in tacos or lettuce wraps, or on top of pizza or nachos.
10
Pinto Beans with Bacon
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Enjoy the best of Southern comfort food with this recipe for Crock Pot Pinto Beans. Thanks to dried beans, this is a nutritious and filling, and budget-friendly dinner that the whole family will love.
11
Pineapple Hawaiian Chicken
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Crockpot Hawaiian chicken, or Aloha Pineapple chicken, is an amazingly easy and filling meal with a perfect balance of sweet and savory. Made easy with storebought BBQ sauce, this slow-cooked to perfection is full of crushed pineapple, tender chicken, and the ease of a crockpot.
12
Vegetable Beef Soup
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Cool weather definitely calls for Vegetable Beef Soup. With a chuck roast and a handful of pantry ingredients, you can come home to comfort food soup like no other.
13
Teriyaki Chicken
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Forget pricey takeout, and make Chicken Teriyaki at home, the easy way! Chicken breasts cooked with garlic, ginger, soy sauce and honey, then shredded and drizzled with sauce, and served over rice.
14
Lentil Sweet Potato Chili
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Easy, delicious, Lentil Sweet Potato Chili is a nutritious and hearty vegetarian comfort meal, and the perfect way to warm up on a cold day.
15
Salsa Chicken
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Warm and spicy Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken can be served over rice with cilantro and lime, or inside of tacos or burritos. It’s versatile and beyond easy to make!
16
Creamy Green Chicken Chili
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Green Chili Chicken is a super easy weeknight dinner, made with boneless skinless chicken, a jar of salsa verde, fresh onions and peppers, and some pantry staples, such as canned cannellini beans and frozen corn.
17
Chicken Tikka Masala
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This Slow-Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala is perfect for busy weekdays when you want an easy, delicious, Indian-inspired meal. Toss it all into your Crock Pot and enjoy takeout flavors at home.
18
Chicken Tacos
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This recipe for Crock-Pot Chicken Tacos creates incredibly tender, flavorful shredded chicken for easy tacos on a busy day. It’s super versatile and works perfectly for a variety of Mexican entrees.
19
Herb Chicken With Potatoes, Carrots And Mushrooms
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If you are looking for a new yummy but healthy recipe to try Herb Chicken With Potatoes, Carrots And Mushrooms is a must. It is Whole30, gluten free, dairy free and can very easily be made Paleo too.
20
Lentil Sausage Soup
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This Slow Cooker Lentil Soup with Sausage is so easy and so good! No pre-cooking required, simply put everything directly into your crockpot, return 8 hours later and ladle it into bowls. A flavorful, healthy meal that couldn't be simpler.
21
Creamy Chicken Stew
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Crockpot Chicken Stew is so quick and easy to make with pantry staples and your slow cooker. Tender chicken, potatoes and carrots in a rich and savory, creamy, tomato-based sauce. Seriously delicious comfort food your whole family will love!
22
Chicken Burrito Filling
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Make the perfect chicken burrito filling using a couple of fresh veggies, salsa, Tex-Mex seasonings, and minute rice. This recipe is so easy, delicious, and sure to be a crowd-pleaser. The perfect way to transform Taco Tuesday!
23
Tomato Soup
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Rich and creamy Crockpot Tomato Soup is easy to throw together with just 7 everyday pantry ingredients and a few minutes of hands on time. This works well with either fresh tomatoes or canned tomatoes so you can make it all year round.
24
Chicken Fajitas
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These frugal, mouth-watering chicken fajitas are bursting with Mexican flavor. Serve ’em in up in tortillas alongside beans or microwavable rice, and add the toppings of your choice. Plus this recipe is easy to double (or even triple) this recipe, so for your weekly meal prep routine.
25
BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
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Make use of a very budget-friendly cut of meat with this BBQ Chicken Drumsticks recipe. Slow cooker chicken drumsticks are coated in a spice rub and barbecue sauce, then cooked to tender perfection in the crock pot. A super easy 3 ingredient dinner that takes just minutes to assemble.
26
Italian Pepper Steak
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Italian-inspired steak with peppers and onions also incorporates diced tomatoes and plenty of italian seasoning for a delicious and hearty meal the whole family will love. Serve it over egg noodles or rice.
27
Chicken Enchiladas
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The sheer simplicity and time-saving grace of these Chicken Enchiladas is priceless, and it also boasts a wholesome and nutritious twist. Picture tender, lean chicken, smothered in a vibrant, flavorful sauce, wrapped in a blanket of corn tortillas, and showered with plenty of veggies.
28
Pork with Sauerkraut and Apples
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Slow cooker Pork with Sauerkraut and Applies is the easiest way of cooking a traditional German dish. Tender pork infused with those delicious sweet and sour sauerkraut flavors.
29
Creamy Crockpot Chicken & Veggies
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Creamy Chicken with Veggies is a kid-friendly comfort food dinner that tastes delicious over egg noodles, potatoes, or rice. It’s super easy and very budget-friendly too.
30
Healthy Taco Soup
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Healthy Crockpot Taco Soup is a quick and easy vegetarian weeknight meal made from simple ingredients and pantry staples. It’s rich in flavor, high in protein, and easy to customize to suit your family’s taste buds.
31
Ground Turkey Spinach Pepper Jack Casserole
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Ground Turkey Spinach Pepper Jack Casserole is an easy-to-make, healthy dish that has fantastic flavor! Ground turkey and spinach make it super healthy and the pepper jack cheese gives it a nice kick.
32
Tomato Balsamic Chicken
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Tomato Balsamic Chicken has tender chicken together with all the amazing balsamic and tomato flavors for an easy slow cooker winner. It can be served several different ways so that leftovers are never boring.
33
White Bean Quinoa Chili
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Hearty and healthy plant-based White Bean Quinoa Chili is super simple to make and loaded with good-for-you, budget-friendly ingredients that taste amazing.
34
Green Chile Chicken
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Deliciously creamy Green Chile Chicken can be turned into burrito bowls, tacos, nachos, burritos and so much more. Best of all, it tastes amazing, and the recipe calls for just a few pantry staple ingredients.
35
Honey Garlic Chicken
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Once you take a bite of this easy and flavorful Crock Pot Honey Garlic Chicken, you'll put it on your meal plan week after week. The combination of soy sauce, sweet honey, garlic, and spicy chili paste is perfect and makes a thick, delicious sauce to coat your chicken.
36
Mexican Bean Soup
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Slow Cooker Mexican Bean Soup is a powerhouse of nutrition: with three kinds of beans, potatoes, corn, and tomatoes, this is a hearty soup that keeps you full for hours. It’s the perfect addition to a fall or winter day — steamy, hearty, and has a lovely little Mexican spice kick!
37
Fiesta Crack Chicken
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What do you get when you put the two most popular crockpot recipes, Crack Chicken and Salsa Chicken, together? Fiesta Crack Chicken! This chicken has the best of both worlds with a creamy ranch chicken sauce and all the flavor from salsa chicken.
38
Chicken Noodle Soup
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If the only chicken noodle soup you’ve ever had is a can of good ol’ Campbells, then simply put… you NEED to try a homemade crockpot version! The flavor is so rich, so complex, and it’s incredibly easy to make at home.
39
Healthy Chicken Curry
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Slow Cooker Chicken Curry is a healthy weeknight dinner that you can prepare ahead when you've got a busy day. Just prep the ingredients and let the slow cooker do the rest of the work.
40
Mongolian Chicken
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Chicken and broccoli are slow-cooked in a sweet and tangy Mongolian-inspired sauce. This recipe is so easy and perfect for weeknight dinners or healthy lunch meal prep!
41
Chicken Shawarma
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This easy Chicken Shawarma is full of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavors. It’s delicious served on pita bread, atop a salad, or alongside rice and veggies.
42
Pork Tenderloin
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Crock Pot Pork Tenderloin is tender and juicy and very easy to make! This slow cooker pork tenderloin has a combination of spices added to barbecue sauce and requires very little prep.
It’s one of those easy, no fuss recipes that everyone loves and it’s great served over mashed potatoes or rice.
43
Lentil Sloppy Joes
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Lentil Sloppy Joes are guaranteed to be a big hit on burger night. The lentils are cooked until soft and tender in a homemade sloppy joe sauce that’s perfectly sweet and savory. Serve with simple burger toppings, creamy coleslaw, and your favorite potatoes on the side.
44
Creamy Black Bean Soup
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Take 5 minutes in the morning and prep this easy creamy black bean soup for your crockpot, then have a healthy, nourishing meal waiting for you at the end of the day! Full of protein, fiber and flavor, this vegetarian soup is a canvas for your favorite taco toppings.
45
3 Bean Vegetarian Chili
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A hearty slow cooker vegetarian chili, made with three different beans and plenty of vegetables. This meatless meal is one that everyone will enjoy, it is full of bold flavors and textures plus it isn't too sweet like many vegetarian chilis.
Ready to make some healthy crockpot dump meals?
I hope this list of healthy dump and go slow cooker dinners has given you tons of inspiration for super easy meals to add to your weekly menu.
Forget complicated recipes with tons of ingredients.
Just toss in some budget-friendly staples into your slow cooker, and let it do all the work!
💡 For even more family-friendly dinner ideas, be sure to grab my One Year of Dinners Meal Plan bundle – you won’t have to come up with new ideas for a year!
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