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Low-Calorie Slow-Cooker & Crockpot Recipes

Find healthy, delicious low-calorie slow-cooker & crockpot recipes including crockpot chicken, stew and vegetable recipes. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

Slow-Cooker Vegetarian Lasagna

"This is one of the best recipes I've ever made and we cook something new at least once or twice a week." - Brian Varbel

Slow-Cooker Vegetarian Lasagna

Try These 5 Healthy Crockpot Recipes

Check out these five healthy favorite healthy crockpot recipes that cost less than $3 per serving to try.

Try These 5 Healthy Crockpot Recipes

How to Make a Stout and Chicken Stew

This healthy chicken stew recipe cooks in the slow-cooker all day so you come home to a hot, satisfying dinner that's ready to eat.

How to Make a Stout and Chicken Stew

Slow-Cooker Honey-Orange Chicken Drumsticks

This slow-cooker chicken recipe makes a perfect alternative to standard tomato-based barbecued chicken. Both kids and adults will devour these drumsticks, doused in a honey-sweetened sauce spiked with orange, ginger and garlic.

Slow-Cooker Quinoa-Summer Squash Casserole

As this layered slow-cooker squash casserole recipe cooks, the liquid from the tangy tomatillo salsa and summer squash is absorbed by the quinoa, adding tons of flavor to the final dish.

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Slow-Cooker Black Bean-Mushroom Chili

Black beans, earthy mushrooms and tangy tomatillos combine with a variety of spices and smoky chipotles to create a fantastic full-flavored chili. It can simmer in the slow cooker all day, which makes it perfect for a healthy supper when the end of your day is rushed.

Fragrant Shredded Beef Stew

This stew has a simple list of ingredients, but plenty of great flavor thanks to flank steak, a cut that's known for its excellent meaty flavor. The flank is also known for its long grainy, and sometimes tough texture. In this stew the texture is a great asset--the meat shreds apart into tasty strips after it's cooked in the slow cooker.

Slow-Cooker Picadillo

Swedish Yellow Split Pea Soup with Ham

Fennel & Pork Stew

Slow-Cooker Stout & Chicken Stew

Low-Calorie Crock Pot Recipes to Feed a Crowd

Pull out your crock pot and prepare a delicious and healthy dinner with our low-calorie slow-cooker recipes. Whether you’re feeding a crowd or just love leftovers, these healthy crock pot recipes serve eight or more. Try one of our low-calorie crock pot recipes for dinner tonight, such as Slow-Cooker Picadillo for a Mexican-inspired meal or Slow-Cooker Stout & Chicken Stew for a hearty chicken stew recipe.

Slow-Cooker Pork Tinga Tacos

Saucy tinga is most often made with chicken, but we opted for pork shoulder, which becomes meltingly tender in the slow cooker. Either way, it features a smoky chipotle-laced tomato sauce and a crispy chorizo topping. Serve with Greek yogurt or sour cream, if desired.

Lentil Sloppy Joes

This simple recipe for slow-cooked sloppy joes is perfect for vegetarians as the traditional beef is replaced with heart-healthy lentils.

Slow-Cooked Beef with Carrots & Cabbage

In this main-dish recipe, the pot roast is slow-cooked with carrots and low-sodium beef broth. Toward the end of the cooking time, shredded cabbage is added in to round out the meal. Each of the two servings has just 215 calories.

Saucy Pot Roast with Noodles

Sometimes the best meals are the ones that are the easiest to prepare. This pot roast is simple to make--a quick searing on the stove and then a long simmer in the slow cooker with vegetables and stewed tomatoes. Served over hot noodles, this flavorful recipe is one you'll love.

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Black Beans & Avocado on Quinoa

Healthy fats, plant protein, vitamins and minerals are just some of the benefits to this delicious vegetarian main dish.

Lemon & Dill Chicken Noodle Soup

The addition of lemon and dill adds a welcome twist to this classic, slow-cooked chicken noodle soup recipe.

Layered Brisket Dinner with Tangy Mustard Sauce

Perfectly seasoned red potatoes and baby carrots accompany this filling brisket dish.

Moroccan Lamb Tagine

A tagine is a Moroccan stew that is named after the earthenware dish it is cooked in. We use a slow cooker for this tasty version, which features lamb, sweet potatoes, dates and olives.

Lamb & Rice

The sauce in this recipe is a heavenly mixture of tomatoes, spices, herbs and mustard. It provides amazing flavor to the lamb as they spend up to 12 hours together in the slow cooker.

Lamb & Lentil Shepherd's Pie

This twist on a traditional Shepard's Pie recipe uses lentils and is garnished with fresh mint.

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Jamaican Jerk Chicken

This easy, slow-cooker recipe will have you planning a trip to the islands. Moist, Jamaican-jerk chicken thighs, hearty black beans, tropical pineapple and a hint of jalapeño are served up over brown rice for a truly tasty and satisfying meal.

Italian Cocktail Meatballs

Use your slow-cooker to make this tasty appetizer.

Barley-Squash Gratin

Barley is an excellent source of fiber, and in this slow-cooker recipe it's paired with nutrient-dense spinach and butternut squash. Topped with shredded Parmesan cheese, this side dish will be happy sharing a plate with whatever else you're serving.

Hungarian Goulash

Layer the vegetables, meat and tomato mixture in your slow cooker in the morning and let it cook it until dinner. All you'll need to do is prepare the noodles and this beef stew will be ready to serve.

Dijon-Pepper Steak

Pepper steak is a classic French dish in which a sirloin steak is coated with cracked black pepper, seared in a hot skillet and served with a simple sauce. This variation is similar but after the steak is seared, it's finished off in a slow-cooker and served over multi-grain pasta with a creamy-Dijon sauce.

Slow-Cooker Clam Chowder

Plan to make this slow-cooker chowder recipe when you have a busy day at work. Put in just a few minutes of prep in the morning and you'll be rewarded with a hearty clam chowder come dinnertime.

Cider-Sauced Pork Chops

The apple cider sauce in this slow-cooker pork chop recipe gets extra flavor from chipotle chile peppers. The sauce is absorbed by the butternut squash while cooking, and the end result is a meal the whole family will love.

Plum-Sauced Chicken in Tortillas

Asian sauce on the chicken adds sweet-and-spicy flavor, while broccoli slaw adds crunch to this main-dish sandwich recipe.

Open-Face Shredded Beef Sandwiches

Use your slow cooker to make this tasty beef mixture, then spoon onto toasted bread and top with melty cheese.

Pasta with Eggplant-Tomato Sauce

Tender chunks of eggplant take the place of ground beef or sausage in this vegetarian pasta sauce recipe, which is made in your slow cooker.