Ready to eat in 15 minutes or less, this tuna bean salad is a perfect make-ahead option for those busy days. While this nutritious and delicious salad is best enjoyed immediately, the dressing and tuna-bean mixture can be stored separately in the fridge, then tossed together with a fresh squeeze of lemon when you’re ready to serve on a bed of baby spinach for a meal that’s crisp, bright, and so satisfying!

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Dive in to discover 25 flavorful ways to let your slow cooker do all the work!

Easy Crock Pot Recipes for Breakfast

Christmas Morning Breakfast

Wake up to a fully loaded crock pot breakfast casserole with hash browns, bacon, peppers, eggs, and cheese. It’s a holiday lifesaver that can be prepped the night before, freeing you up to enjoy the morning. Serve it with apple cinnamon rolls, fresh fruit, and banana bread for the ultimate festive spread.

Find the full Christmas Morning Slow Cooker Breakfast recipe here.

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Serving a bowl of hearty Southwest Chicken Chili is my kind of dinner, because it leaves you full and satitsfied. With just a few minutes of prep, this wholesome dinner is prepped and simmering on the stove. Chicken chili in the slow cooker is also quite easy, as the crock pot will do the hard work! The addition of poblano peppers gives it a Southwestern flair—so don’t skip them! This recipe takes no time to make, but if you cook it in the slow cooker (option below), it’s about 4 hours on high, or 8 hours on low.

This cozy chicken chili is delicious served with fresh avocoado and sour cream (and a few sprinkles of green onions), with either sturdy tortilla chips or soak up the juices with hot crunchy bread. Or, make a Southwest Chicken Chili with cream cheese for a “creamy” chili dish. We also love Southwest Bowls for dinner!

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I love Baked Beans with Ground Turkey, but I don’t love making them from dried beans. Instead, I take a few shortcuts using canned baked beans. A few other ingredients, some tasty ground turkey, and before long, you’ve got cooked-all-day-flavor ready to eat in under an hour–this post will show you how to make baked beans!

How do you cook beans from a can?

This recipe is so versatile! You bake them in a 9×13-inch baking dish so they make enough to feed a small crowd. But here’s the secret. You start with two large cans of baked beans, easily found the grocery store, and you add meat, spice, and more. Basicially you embelish the beans by adding simple ingredients, to make the best baked beans.

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What goes with black eyed peas? We love these peas (which look like beans with little black eyes!) that come in a can. This Corn and Black Eyed Pea Salad is a recipe that you can make ahead, full of fresh corn and tomatoes and other veggies. We love to serve this salad in our epic salad bowls (2 sizes).

This salad also has jicama. What is jicama? It’s a mild, sweet, and nutty flavor, sort of a cross between an apple and a potatoand. It has a crunchy, watery texture. I buy it pre-cut at Trader Joe’s.

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Healthy eating is the main conversation in our home, since it’s winter and the beginning of the year (goals, goals, goals)!  So today we have this easy White Bean and Chicken Soup simmering on the stove.

Just garnish with fresh Parmesan and red onions, and you’ll be filling up your bowl for seconds, I promise. Oh, and these Cheesy Bread Bites are a welcomed side dish to serve with this soup. Our guests always ask for the recipe.

White Bean and Chicken Soup

Starting off with wholesome ingredients, like chicken, beans, and veggies cooking together in a slow cooker all day long–feels just right at the end of the day. You may also want to try this Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup (for Taco Tuesday this week!)

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Oh I love a good slow cooker soup recipe, especially during busy times or the holidays, when you have out of town guests coming. This chicken soup is made with simple ingredients, and it’s another great Skinnytaste recipe! It has amazing flavors, light and healthy!

Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup

It’s great to get a main dish recipe cooking in the slow cooker early in the morning, and know that you’ll have a tasty dinner ready to serve in the evening. That is why I love crock pot recipes, especially soup in the wintertime.

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I love a good soup recipe, especially when it involves chicken meatballs! This Italian Wedding Soup is a hearty, classic soup made on the stovetop! Made with the most perfectly tender, juicy, chicken meatballs, the flavor is hearty and comforting. Not to mention, this recipe is great for hosting!

Chicken Meatballs in Soup

The Chicken Meatballs in Soup, with the kale and sweet potatoes, make this meal very healthy and delicious to serve for fall and holiday entertaining. We love to set out a big pot for “soup night” along with hot crunchy bread and an Arugula Pear Salad. The chicken meatballs are really the star of this soup recipe!

Why I love this recipe

• It’s healthy!
• You can replace the ground chicken for ground turkey.
• It comes together quickly for the perfect weeknight meal.
• Always a hit for a potluck, or a “soup night” gathering.

Gather these ingredients

First comes the easy chicken meatballs. You can replace the ground chicken for ground turkey. The dried spices really make these little meatballs!

Chicken Meatballs:

• Ground chicken
• Spices: Oregano + dried marjoram + dried thyme + dried basil + dried rosemary + paprika
• Fresh rosemary + parsley
• Black pepper
• Fennel seeds
• Salt
• Garlic powder
• Egg
• Olive oil

What is Italian Wedding Soup made of?

A typical Wedding Soup consists of green vegetables (usually endive and escarole or cabbage, lettuce, kale, and/or spinach) and meat (usually meatballs and/or sausage). We made our soup with chicken meatballs containing Italian parsley and Parmesan cheese,) in a clear, chicken-based broth.

Gather these ingredients to make the soup

• Chicken meatballs
• Garlic
• Sweet potatoes
• Kosher salt
• White onion
• Red pepper flakes
• Dry white whine
• Cannellini (white kidney) beans
• Fresh spinach
• Chicken broth
• Parmesan cheese
• Fresh herbs

How to make Italian Wedding Soup with Chicken Meatballs

Make the meatballs:

This can be done ahead of time, and after baking, you can even freeze them so they are ready to make the soup. 

Next, you add the ingredients together with a chicken broth and white wine, to make a hearty soup. 

Delicious broth with veggies and meatballs and Parmesan cheese? You can’t go wrong.

1. Over medium-low heat add olive oil and heat until shimmery. Add onions, sweet potato, chili flakes, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until ingredients are tender and aromatics are translucent.
2. When aromatics are cooked down, add the white wine, and scrape the brown bits at the bottom of the skillet. Add in the chicken stock and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Salt and pepper to taste, and make sure sweet potatoes are tender.
3. Add the beans and meatballs to the broth and simmer some more. Finally, add the spinach and stir until leaves are wilted. Serve with fresh herbs and freshly shaven cheese.

Tips and substitutions:

• This is a low-cal chicken meatballs recipe with lots of veggies.
• Swap out the ground chicken for ground turkey, beef, or ground sausage.
• Pack it full of other veggies, like endive and escarole or cabbage or lettuce.
• Use regular kidney beans (in place of the white ones).
• Make ahead! This soup is easy to make the day before if you need to.
• It’s perfect for a potluck or gathering, a Friendsgiving meal, or even the day after Thanksgiving. So many options.

Serving

• This soup is popular served as an appetizer in small bowls.
• It’s also a great well-balanced meal that can be served as a main dish with salad and bread.
• Make ahead and bring to a potluck. Bring it in the slow cooker if you need to keep it warm.
• Add toppings like various kinds of Parmesan cheese and fresh herbs for toppings. 

Delicious served as leftovers. Keep in the fridge covered for 2-4 days!

Be sure to check out these other chicken soup recipes!

• Chicken Bacon Sweet Potato Soup
• Italian Minestrone Soup
• Slow Cooker White Bean Basil Chicken Soup
• Elbow Macaroni Chicken Noodle Soup
• Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup

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Chicken Meatballs in the Soup

Enjoy a warm bowl of Italian Wedding Soup, with chicken meatballs in the soup recipe, along with sweet potato, kale, beans and warm spices.

Course Soup

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes minutes

Total Time 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Calories 347kcal

Author Sandy Coughlin

Ingredients

For the Meatballs:

• 2 lb ground chicken
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 tsp dried marjoram
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried rosemary or 1 tsp fresh
• 2 tsp dried parsley
• 1 ½ tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1 tsp paprika
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 egg beaten
• 6 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil divided

For the Soup:

• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 2 medium sweet potatoes cut into 3/4’’ cubes
• Kosher salt to taste
• 1 large white onion coarsely chopped
• ½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• ½ cup dry white wine
• 1 15-oz can cannellini (white kidney) beans
• 3 handfuls spinach
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• Parmesan to garnish
• Fresh herbs

Instructions

Make the meatballs:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the meat and spices listed for the meatballs. Mix gently, just until combined, then portion out into 1 1/2’’ to 2 ‘’ thick meatballs onto wax paper.
• In a large pot, coat the bottom with a thin layer of olive oil, and heat over medium-high. When oil is hot, add the meatballs and brown each side—4-5 minutes per side. When meatballs are cooked and browned (the meat will not be as glossy as red meats that render more fat, but that’s okay!), turn off heat and remove from the pan. Repeat for any remaining meatballs. If the pan is black and crusty on the bottom, deglaze with water, and rinse before cooking onions and garlic.

Make the soup:

• Over medium-low heat in the same pan, add 4 Tbsp more olive oil and heat until shimmery. Add onions, sweet potato, chili flakes, garlic, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until ingredients are tender and aromatics are translucent—10-12 minutes.
• When aromatics are cooked down, add the white wine, and scrape the brown bits at the bottom of the skillet. Add in the chicken stock and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste, and make sure sweet potatoes are tender.
• Add the beans and meatballs to the broth and simmer for another 15 minutes. Finally, add the spinach and stir until leaves are wilted. Serve with fresh herbs and freshly shaven cheese. Enjoy!

Notes

This recipe has been updated with new text from October 2019, but the recipe is unchanged.

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 120mg | Sodium: 1131mg | Potassium: 889mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 8268IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 2mg

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I love a good chili recipe! Fall reminds me of slow cooker meals, earlier dinners with family and friends, and just an overall cozier feel to hosting.

When I think of cozy foods, I think of slow cooker and one-pot recipes, when you know you have a busy day ahead, or you don’t have time for dinner prep. This is where this Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Chili comes in handy!

Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Chili

You can shred the pork or leave it in chunks, like we did. Great either way! Each bowl is delicious served with cornbread, Southern Spoon Bread, and a fresh green salad. This recipe comes from The Foolproof Family Slow Cooker cookbook, by Valerie Brunmeier.

Why I love this recipe

• It’s a great “one pot recipe” that you can start making in the morning.
• Such a savory, delicious chili to serve for guests.
• Pork is reasonably priced, so this chili is more affordable.

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I love a good chili for falltime. This Healthy Pumpkin Chili recipe not only makes the house smell so good, it’s everyone’s favorite served with a variety of toppings. It’s savory, and an easy weeknight meal that you’ll make over and over for your family or friends. My favorite way to serve chili? On an Chili Charcuterie Board.

Healthy Pumpkin Chili Recipe

A simple recipe to make for fall is a big pot of chili. It’s one of the easiest meals you can make, and perfect for a “fall flavor” is to add pumpkin. Why is this healthy? This chili is packed with wholesome ingredients like veggies, beans, and a lean protein.

Try adding in cooked chunks of fresh pumpkin, like you would chunks of squash. It’s delish!

Also, if you’re looking for a comfort dish to serve your family (or last-minute guests?), then give our chili a try!

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