Easy Weeknight Crockpot Meals

Why you should use slow cooker meals:

Incorporating slow cooker meals into your meal plan is a surefire way to simplify the dinner preparation process. Slow cookers offer the convenience of ‘set it and forget it’ cooking, allowing you to save time and effort in the kitchen.

By prepping your ingredients in the morning or even the night before, you can simply toss them into the slow cooker, select your desired cooking time, and return to a delicious, ready-to-serve meal in the evening.

This not only makes the cooking process easy, but also infuses flavors more deeply into your dishes, resulting in tender, mouthwatering entrees without the need for constant monitoring or hands-on cooking.

Slow cooker meals are a game-changer for busy families, enabling you to enjoy delicious, homemade dinners with minimal stress and maximum convenience.

How to add slow cooker meals to your meal plan:

Slow cooker meals are great for busy days when you need to not spend much time cooking at all.

Usually crock pot meals require a few minutes in the morning to add all the ingredients in, and then a few minutes before you eat. These are great for nights when you need to pack a meal to go, too! They also usually make enough leftovers for lunch the next day, or where you can re-use the meat and turn it into something else.

Schedule these recipes on busy nights when you need to walk in the door and have dinner ready for you.

How to meal prep slow cooker recipes

If you need to simplify a crock pot recipe even more, a little bit of meal prep the night before will help the morning go even quicker. Here are some ideas for how you can meal prep a recipe.

• Gather the ingredients that you can and place them next to the slow cooker.
• Measure any spices, condiments, etc that you can and have them ready to go.
• Pre-chop and veggies and store them in an airtight container in the fridge until morning.
• Check the recipe to see if there are any last minute garnishes or ingredients you can prep ahead.

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Ok, so on to the recipes! Below you will find over 60 awesome recipes that take almost no work at all – these are for the days when all you have time to do is dump stuff in the slow cooker and ignore it until its time to dump it on a plate – or dump, heat, and eat.

No fussiness, no funky ingredients. Just pure EASY deliciousness the whole family can enjoy!

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