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I received a link to this recipe for “Healthy Mess” from the Crockin’ Girls in my email this morning and realized it was perfect for us Weight Watchers and easily adapted to Simply Filling.
Healthy eating isn’t always easy, but your slow cooker can make it a whole lot quicker and easier.
What I think we all need are more quick and easy healthy slow cooker recipes in our arsenal, like this one from the Crockin’ Girls.
This healthy dish isn’t going to win any beauty contests, but it makes up for all that by providing a healthy, fresh and delicious meal for minimal effort!
Ingredients
- Boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- Sweet onion
- Carrots
- Green cabbage
- Yellow squash
- Zucchini
- Dry Italian dressing seasoning
- Olive oil
- Minced garlic
- Spaghetti squash
How to Make Slow Cooker Healthy Mess, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients. Ideal slow cooker size: 6-Quart.
Step 2: Place chicken in slow cooker. Sprinkle it with one of the packages of dry Italian dressing seasoning.
Step 3: Add the chopped onion, carrots, cabbage, yellow squash and zucchini. Add minced garlic, Italian seasoning, and drizzle with olive oil. Stir to coat the vegetables with the oil and seasonings.
Step 4: Snuggle the spaghetti squash, cut-side down, into the mixture.
Step 5: Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours, or until the chicken is done and vegetables are tender.
Step 6: Carefully remove the hot spaghetti squash. You should be able to shred chicken in the slow cooker and mix it in with the vegetables.
Step 7: Using a fork, scrape the spaghetti squash creating spaghetti-like noodles and stir back into chicken and vegetable mixture.
Step 8: Taste and add salt and pepper and any other seasoning to taste.
Recipe Notes
To make this dish more flavorful, I’d season the chicken breasts with one of the packages of dry Italian dressing seasoning (or whatever seasoning your prefer) before adding them to the slow cooker.
I’d go lighter on the olive oil (which I did in the recipe below), especially to make it work with Simply Filling.
How Many Calories and WW Points in Slow Cooker Healthy Mess?
According to my calculations, each generous serving has about 189 calories.
To see your WW Points for this recipe, track it in the WW App!
(You must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.)
5 PointsPlus (Old WW plan)
If you like this Slow Cooker Healthy Mess recipe, be sure to check out some of my easy healthy Weight Watchers friendly slow cooker recipes including Easy Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken, Slow Cooker Goddess Chicken, Easy Peasy Slow Cooker Pot Roast, Slow Cooker Five Spice Chicken and 3-Ingredient Crock Pot Italian Beef
Watch the Video for Crockin’ Girls Healthy Mess Recipe
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Crocking’ Girls Healthy Mess Slow Cooker Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 8 ounces each)
- 1 sweet onion, chunked
- 2 cups chopped carrots
- 1/2 cabbage, chopped
- 1 yellow squash, chunked
- 1 zucchini, chunked
- 2 packets dry Italian dressing seasoning
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Minced garlic, to taste
- 1 spaghetti squash, cut in half with pulp and seeds removed
Instructions
- Ideal slow cooker size: 6-Quart or larger.
- Place chicken in slow cooker. Sprinkle it with one of the packages of dry Italian dressing seasoning.
- Add the chopped onion, carrots, cabbage, yellow squash and zucchini. Add minced garlic, Italian seasoning, and drizzle with olive oil.
- Stir to coat the vegetables with the oil and seasonings.
- Snuggle the spaghetti squash, cut-side down, into the mixture.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 6 hours, or until the chicken is done and vegetables are tender.
- Carefully remove the hot spaghetti squash. You should be able to shred chicken in the slow cooker and mix it in with the vegetables.
- Using a fork, scrape the spaghetti squash creating spaghetti-like noodles and stir back into chicken and vegetable mixture.
- Taste and add salt and pepper and any other seasoning to taste.
Notes
(Must be logged into WW on a smartphone or tablet.) 3 SmartPoints (Green plan) 1 SmartPoints (Blue plan) 1 SmartPoints (Purple plan) 5 PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Source: The Crockin’ Girls
More Quick and Easy Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes
- 50 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes
- 4 Ingredient Slow Cooker Chicken Broccoli Alfredo
- Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole
If you’re finding that cooking in the crock pot is becoming your thing, like it is mine, you might consider upgrading your slow cooker to the Hamilton Beach Set ‘n Forget Programmable Slow Cooker, which is easy-to-use and super-sized for family-meals or the Cuisinart3-1/2-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker if you’re cooking for one or two (perfect for a half batch of this WW Simply Filling recipe).
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Oh man this recipe is GOOD. Tasty and healthful. My only challenge was the spaghetti squash. After I nestled both halves of it into the top of my 6 quart slow cooker I couldn’t close the lid! To reconcile this problem I ended up only using one half of the spaghetti squash. It turned out just fine.
Side note for anyone wondering: you don’t have to peel the spaghetti squash before it goes into the crock pot. After 4-6 hours you’ll shred it and just discard the shell. So don’t be intimidated or uncertain like I was at first. 😉