Ridiculously easy crock pot meals - no meat/chicken

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Hi Moms,

I'm exercising more and want to be more efficient with meal prep. My hubby will eat almost anything, but he's staying away from meat - he'll eat fish, seafood, etc., and veggie crumbles, etc.

I'm a bit less adventurous but am willing to try things. I don't like textures like pastina, and a strong mediterranean taste is a bit much for me.

Are there any SUPER RIDICULOUSLY easy crock pot recipes? I've seen some where they want you to do a lot of prep of ingredients first and I am so NOT looking for that. Just dump and go, or slice/dice and go.

Thanks for your input!

If you have a great one that includes meat, give it to me anyway just in case I can substitute the vegie crumbles, etc. Thanks!

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That’s tough, without meat. :wink:

I do baked beans in the crockpot…not really a full meal, but it’s easy. Sort and soak your beans overnight (okay, that’s prep, but it’s super easy and only takes a few minutes.)

Add your beans, molasses, sugar or brown sugar, mustard, and whatever seasonings you’d like, cover with water, and let simmer all day. I love homemade baked beans!

We also do chili in the crockpot, with tofu instead of meat. You could try that…it’s basically the same as above, but with different seasonings.

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Roasted veggies.
cut’em up, put them in the crock pot with a bit of broth and herbs. Cook’em up.

I found this one last week and tried it (sans onion, as I don’t tolerate it)-- still turned out great:
http://www.examiner.com/article/slow-cooker-potatoes-and-carrots-with-rosemary-recipe

The next time I make it, I’ll likely add in some red peppers too.
You can also do potatoes, sweet potatoes, minced red onion, red pepper, mushrooms, carrots and kalamata olives with a tin of mandarin oranges, some fresh thyme and garlic. It will stew up, but it’s heavenly.

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The thing about a crock pot is it’s really, mostly a meat cooker. Slow-cooking means you can take larger, tougher, cheaper cuts, like roasts and whole chickens, and cook them all day until they fall off the bone due to tenderness.

Here’s a link to Allrecipes.com’s veggie slow cooker recipes. But without meat you’re pretty much left with soups and chili. I wish I had more for you. Sorry.

http://allrecipes.com/recipes/everyday-cooking/vegetarian/slow-cooker/Top.aspx

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It’s more of an addition to a meal, but you can bake potatoes in the crock pot, too. Just put them on low all day, and you have baked potatoes for dinner, without having your oven on for a couple of hours.

I also make jambalaya in the crock pot, from the Zataran’s box mix. Just dump the mix and additions called for on the box (water and butter, I think), and leave it for maybe three hours on low. If you’re going to be gone all day, add a little extra water. I like to add a bag of frozen salad shrimp at the end - they are pre-boiled and pre-peeled - they just need to get warm.

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Google UNstugged cabbage.
You could easily leave out the meat or use the faux meat crumbles.
Soooooo yummy!

You can make soups in the crock pot–potato, veggie, etc.

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Mix cooked noodles and a can of white clam sauce. Drain liquid but not clams. Add alfredo sauce and keep on very low or warm for no more than 4 hrs.

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All my crock pot recipes involve meat but would suggest you check out the soups on allrecipe. They seems to have good recipes. Good luck!

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These vegetarian recipes don’t require much work outside of chopping & dumping:

This describes no-meat crockpot recipes, but you’ll have to click links to get to the actual instructions:

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Thanks for asking this question. My husband is vegetarian and I am pescatarian, and I would love a chance to use my crockpot more often.