Weight Watchers Recipe of the Day: Favorite Healthy Crock Pot Recipes of the Week #2
As I mentioned in last Sunday's newsletter, weekly meal planning tends to be a bit more challenging during the summer.
Instead, I'm using a just-in-time, day-by-day approach, which is a more efficient way to use ingredients already on hand. I spend a few minutes each evening planning what I'll make the next day.
And because it's scorching outside, I'm doing a lot more cooking in my crock pot(s).
Crock Pots (aka slow cookers) are great—not only because they’re mostly hands-off, but also because they contain their heat well keeping your kitchen relatively cool.
I also love that this style of cooking provides a steady supply of leftovers that can be reheated or repurposed for quick and easy lunches and dinners. Otherwise, fattening fast food and take-out can be way too tempting at the end of a long day.
I often use my crock pots on the weekends to make light and healthy meals to warm up during the week.
If you're following myWW, or another diet plan for weight loss, it's hard to beat the crock pot's ability to provide light, healthy, flavorful low points meals that don't require hours in the kitchen.
Since last week's collection of favorite healthy crock pot recipes was such a hit with readers, for the rest of the summer, instead of posting weekly meal plans, I'll continue to share a collection of favorite healthy crock pot recipes each week.
While most of you probably use your crockpots most during the cooler months, I find mine to be a life saver during hot Phoenix summers.
Slow cookers take much less electricity to run than your stove or oven, and they don't heat up your kitchen the way those other appliances do. You'll be happier not sweating over a hot stove and your AC will thank you too.
10 Favorite Crock Pot Recipes
From healthy Greek chicken pitas to Caribbean black beans with mango, here are ten of the healthy crock pot recipes that our readers and I are loving this week:
3) Easy Healthy 2-Ingredient Crock Pot Salsa Chicken
4) Skinny Crock Pot Artichoke Chicken
5) 3-Ingredient Healthy CrockPot Pulled Pork Loin
6) Light & Healthy Crock Pot Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
7) Skinny Slow Cooker Pasta Primavera
8) Healthy Crock Pot Salmon Fillets with Asian Vegetables
9) Summer Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup
10) Healthy Crock Pot Caribbean Black Beans with Mango
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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Martha is the founder and main content writer for Simple-Nourished-Living.
A longtime lifetime WW at goal, she is committed to balancing her love of food and desire to stay slim while savoring life and helping others do the same.
She is the author of the Smart Start 28-Day Weight Loss Challenge.
A huge fan of the slow cooker and confessed cookbook addict, when she's not experimenting in the kitchen, you're likely to find Martha on her yoga mat.
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Judi
Would love some pressure cooker receipts