Slow Cooker Summer Dinners: For when it’s too hot to turn on the oven!
Many times we think of using crockpots during the winter months, because recipes for slow cookers are often rich, heavy, and cozy. Funnily enough, I use my crockpot during the summer months more than in the winter, because I’m too hot to turn on the stove and oven! Here are some of my favorite crockpot dinners that won’t weigh you down and will keep you from sweating in the kitchen.
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Beef
Slow Cooker Flank Steak
This Slow Cooker Flank Steak is ultra tender and coated in a flavorful brown sugar chili powder rub. This easy weeknight dinner requires less than 10 ingredients!
Slow Cooker Carne Asada Recipe
Everything you love about carne asada made easier with a crockpot! This Slow Cooker Carne Asada is so juicy, tender, and topped w/ the best pico de gallo!
Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef
This Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef is easier, tastier, and healthier than takeout! Flank steak is slow cooked until tender in a sweet, sticky, perfectly spiced sauce.
Mississippi Roast
This Mississippi Roast is an ultra-tender and flavorful comfort food meal. Chuck roast is slow cooked with ranch seasoning and Pepperoncini peppers for a quick, easy, family favorite dinner.
Chicken
Crockpot Thai Chicken Curry
This Crockpot Thai Chicken Curry is healthy, tasty, & only takes one dish & five minutes to put together! 3 hours of cook time & you've got one yummy meal!
Slow Cooker Honey Sriracha Chicken Recipe
This Slow Cooker Honey Sriracha Chicken is easy, healthy, and the perfect combination of sweet and spicy! With very little active time required, this recipe is perfect for when you want a healthy AND delicious meal without spending tons of time in the kitchen!
Crockpot Orange Chicken
This Crockpot Orange Chicken is better than take out! It tastes better, is so much healthier, and is ridiculously easy to make. Orange chicken for the win!
Crockpot Sesame Chicken Recipe
This Crockpot Sesame Chicken is a slow-cooked, flavorful dish made with tender chicken and a sweet, tangy sauce. It's better than takeout and good for you too!
Sweet Hawaiian Crockpot Chicken
This Sweet Hawaiian Crockpot Chicken is loaded with tropical flavor. Chicken thighs and a colorful blend of bell peppers are cooked low and slow in a thick, sweet, and tangy pineapple brown sugar sauce then served over rice!
Slow Cooker Teriyaki Chicken
This better than take out Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken Recipe is the perfect easy, healthy, and delicious weeknight dinner. My new favorite throw-and-go slow cooker recipe!
Pork
Slow Cooker Ribs
These fall-off-the-bone Slow Cooker Ribs are the ultimate comfort food! These pork ribs are slow-cooked to perfection and slathered in a sweet and tangy homemade BBQ sauce.
Slow Cooker Carnitas Recipe
These Slow Cooker Carnitas are packed with juicy, tender pork, zesty citrus, and bold spices that'll have everyone coming back for seconds.
Crockpot Meatballs
These Crockpot Meatballs require just 4 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep! Serve them over rice, mashed potatoes, or eat them as-is. They're so versatile, so easy-to-make, and SO YUMMY!
Pulled Pork Recipe
This Pulled Pork Recipe is made in the crockpot for a super moist and tender meat. Serve it in sandwiches, as tacos or nachos, or with pasta!
Vegetarian
Crockpot Vegetarian Chili Recipe
This Crockpot Vegetarian Chili is vegan, gluten free, SO healthy, and loaded with veggies, spices, and THREE kinds of beans!
Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry Recipe
This Slow Cooker Vegetable Curry is packed with vegetables, chickpeas, and all your favorite Thai flavors: red curry paste, coconut milk, peanut butter, and more! It's vegan, gluten-free, and ultra-healthy!
Bonus: dessert
Crockpot Peach Cobbler
This Crockpot Peach Cobbler is a classic dessert made in the slow cooker. Frozen peaches are topped with a spice cake mix then slow cooked to ooey-gooey perfection. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Crockpot Apple Cobbler
This Crockpot Apple Cobbler is the coziest Fall dessert. Tart Granny Smith apples are slow cooked into an ooey-gooey, caramel-y filling and finished off with a fluffy, yet slightly crisp topping.
Crockpot Zucchini Bread
This Crockpot Zucchini Bread is rich, yet fluffy, and tastes like chocolate cake! This throw-and-go recipe is the best way to use up all those extra zucchinis.
Easy Slow Cooker Carrot Cake
This Slow Cooker Carrot Cake Recipe is quick, easy, and so decadent! Spice cake is layered with cheesecake pudding, pecans, coconut, and carrots, drizzled with caramel, then finished off with a crunchy streusel topping.
– Jennifer