Simple dishes you’ve got the option to set and forget.

For that, I use my slow cooker.

I leisurely prepare the ingredients mid-morning and have it slow cooking before lunch.

Slow cooker filled with mac and cheese and two plated portions alongside

Simply Recipes / Nick Evans

Give yourself the gift of a warm meal and let the slow cooker do the work.

Below are hearty, warming dinners that arent soup or stew.

Serve with a crunchy salad.

Crockpot Beef Stroganoff served in a bowl

Marta Rivera

Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken

I make this shredded taco meat often and am never disappointed.

If I’m out of canned pineapple, I use orange juice.

Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Casserole

I never tire of chicken and rice.

Pulled Pork in the Slow Cooker shred the pulled pork

Summer Miller

This is a great recipe for a multi-cooker that can saute and slow cook all in one machine.

This one does both.

Boneless chicken thighs are coated in warming spices and brightened with green olives and raisins.

Slow Cooker Chinese Pulled Pork

Elise Bauer

Slow Cooker Jambalaya

This one-pot recipe is especially easy to make in a slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Taco Meat

Elise Bauer

Crockpot chickpea curry after cooking

Sabrina Modelle

Slow Cooker Chicken and Rice Casserole

Elise Bauer

Slow Cooker Chicken With Moroccan Spices

Elise Bauer

How to Make Jambalaya in the Slow Cooker

Nick Evans