Healthy Slow Cooker: 50 Essential Recipes for Today's Busy Cook

By Adams Media

Everything® cookbooks are a popular choice for home cooks looking for fresh, original recipes that only taste like you’ve spent all day in the kitchen. We’ve collected fifty of the tastiest, healthiest recipes for that wonderful, palate-pleasing slow cooked taste. Here’s all you need to get started making delectable slow cooked meals from Pineapple Teriyaki Drumsticks to Berry Cobbler.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Release date: Mar 1, 2012
• ISBN: 9781440540974

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The Best of Everything

Healthy Slow Cooker

50 Essential Recipes for Today’s Busy Cook

Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Avon, Massachusetts

Contents

Introduction

Southern-Style Grits

Pear Oatmeal

French Toast Casserole

Pineapple Teriyaki Drumsticks

Light and Creamy Swedish Meatballs

Black and White Bean Dip

Creamy, Low-Fat Spinach-Artichoke Dip

Baltimore Crab Dip

Hot and Sour Soup

Tortilla Soup

Split Pea Soup

Pumpkin Bisque

Fiery Chicken Chili

Secret Ingredient Beef Chili

Spicy Sausage Chili

Homemade Barbecue Sauce

Rosemary-Mushroom Sauce

Italian Tomato Sauce with Turkey Meatballs

Chipotle Tomato Sauce

Bolognese Sauce

Tamale Pie

Rope Vieja

Corned Beef and Cabbage

Taco Filling

Beef Biryani

Chinese-Style Boneless Ribs

Pork Adobada

Pork Sausages Braised in Sauerkraut

Southwestern Pork Roast

Caribbean Pulled Pork

Chicken and Dumplings

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich Filling

Chicken Braised in Beer

Ginger Caramelized Chicken

Tuscan Chicken

Portobello Barley

Ratatouille

Vegetable Stew with Dumplings

Korean-Style Hot Pot

Stuffed Eggplant

Tropical Baked Beans

Slimmed-Down Macaroni and Cheese

Cuban Black Beans

Dill Carrots

Stewed Cinnamon Apples

Coconut Rice Pudding

Green Tea Tapioca Pudding

Berry Cobbler

Light and Creamy Hot Fudge Sauce

Chocolate Crème Brûlée

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Introduction

Believe it or not, it’s easy to make a healthy meal in the slow cooker. Making simple ingredient substitutions and choosing recipes that are high on flavor, fruits, fiber, vegetables, and lean protein instead of fat are the keys to healthy slow-cooking success.

Healthy eating means choosing foods for optimal health. Recipes that use whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, and fiber-rich legumes go a long way toward promoting a healthy autoimmune system and digestive tract. The trick is to use foods that are high in flavor but not fat. Using fruits, vegetables, and spices to flavor a meal instead of rich sauces is a step in the right direction. Fresh ingredients like onions, garlic, fennel, celery, carrots, apples, pears, and mangoes add lots of flavor, are low in calories, and are high in fiber.

Eating healthily doesn’t mean giving up entirely on old favorites, just learning how to prepare them in a new, more wholesome way. There is no reason to use high-sodium and calorific condensed soups when fat-free evaporated milk adds creaminess without the fat. Spices add richness and robust flavor while adding virtually no calories. Very lean cuts of meat will become tender after cooking for hours. Making biscuit and dumpling toppings from scratch saves calories, and these recipes are just as easy as using a mix.

We’ve collected 50 of the best recipes to try in your slow cooker. Some recipes are slimmed-down versions of old