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Healthy Crock Pot Recipes

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Easy Crock Pot Potato Soup

Easy, Affordable and Delicious

6h385 cal14g proteinServes 81,240 saves

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Ingredients

6 Yukon gold potatoes
8 oz Sour cream
1 Medium onion
1 cup Milk
3 cloves Garlic
6 cups Chicken broth
1 tsp P and S
16 oz Valveeta Chez
optional Bacon
optional Green onion

Instructions

1Dice the potatoes and onions and add to the crock pot.
2Add all other ingredients.
3Cook on high for 6 hours.
4Top with more Chez, green onion and bacon and ENJOY!

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What Makes a Crock Pot Meal Actually Healthy

"Healthy" and "crock pot" get separated by a lot of canned soup. The recipes here skip the shortcuts that add sodium and preservatives — chicken thighs and stock instead of ranch packets and Velveeta.

Slow cookers are perfect for the healthy stack: lean cuts stay tender for hours, dry beans and lentils cook without babysitting, and fibrous vegetables melt into the sauce instead of sitting on top.

Every recipe is sourced from the Pepper community, then filtered for real ingredients and under 550 calories per serving. Weeknight dinner without the after-guilt.

Quick Tips

1
Trim visible fat
Slow cooking renders fat into the broth. Trim before it goes in and the whole dish reads leaner.
2
Add greens at the end
Spinach, kale, or peas in the last 20 minutes stay green and vitamin-rich instead of grey and gone.
3
Salt at the finish
8 hours of cooking concentrates sodium. Season lightly up front, taste before serving, adjust then.
4
Serve over cauliflower rice
Same texture, quarter the calories. The sauce doesn't know the difference.