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Dinner is ready and waiting! These are 12 of our favorite Instant Pot and slow cooker recipes that everyone will love.
Fall is where the Instant Pot and slow cooker really shine. They are perfect for making hearty stews and soups. Plus when the weeks feel busy and rushed you can have dinner ready and waiting for you.
These are some of our favorite ways to use the Instant Pot and slow cooker but don't worry if you don't have one. Most of these recipes include ways to make the recipe on the stovetop or oven so everyone can enjoy them. Make dinner easy this week and add some of these to your menu!
Ridiculously Easy Slow Cooked Apple Butter
Ready for the taste of fall? With minimal effort on your part? Welcome to our Ridiculously Easy Slow Cooked Apple Butter! Simply throw everything in the slow cooker and wait for the magic to happen! It's fabulous on toast, biscuits, scones and English muffins and is a wonderful addition to cheese and charcuterie appetizer boards.Â
Pasta Beef Soup (in the Instant Pot or oven)
This fabulous Instant Pot (or oven) Pasta and Beef Soup is a throw-it-all in-the-pot soup that's loaded with tender chunks of beef and lots of healthy veggies!
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili
Drawing on the flavor of classic Buffalo chicken wings, this chili is super easy, and loaded with delicious flavor!
Slow Cooker Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes
The easiest mashed potatoes ever, with no last minute fussing! These Slow Cooker Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes are super delicious and can be made a few days in advance.
Slow Cooker Indian Butter Chicken
With less than 30 minutes of hands-on time, this delicious Slow Cooker Indian Butter Chicken is super elegant, yet easy enough for weeknight dinners!
Brown Sugar Balsamic Pulled Pork
This easy Brown Sugar Balsamic Pulled Pork takes minutes to put together, then the slow cooker (or instant pot) takes over. It's a delicious crowd pleaser!
Instant Pot (or oven) Italian Vegetable Beef Soup
This Instant Pot (or oven) Italian Vegetable Beef Soup is bursting with vibrant Italian flavor, tender beef and an array of fresh veggies!
Instant Pot Black Bean Beef Tortilla Soup
An easy crowd-pleaser, this Instant Pot (or oven) Black Bean Beef Tortilla Soup is loaded with healthy veggies and lots of delicious south-of-the-border flavor!
Slow Cooker Lemon Orzo Chicken Soup
Slow Cooker Lemon Orzo Chicken Soup - for those days that you want a delicious dinner ready quickly, with minimal effort.
Slow Cooker Pasta e Fagioli Soup
The slow cooker does the magic on this delicious, classic Italian soup.
Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Beef
This Slow Cooker Mexican Shredded Beef is perfect for all sorts of south-of-the-border entrees - tacos, enchiladas, burritos, tamales, Mexican salads, etc. And the slow cooker does most of the work!
Slow Cooker Black Bean and Chicken Sausage Tortilla Soup
This wonderful soup is an easy, fun and super delicious recipe! Perfect for slow cookers; it'll guarantee smiles all around the table when you serve it!
Thought for the day:
What we're listening to for inspiration:
And on His robe and on His thigh
He has a name written,
"KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Revelation 19:16
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Please more vegetarian recipes.
Thanks, Sally!