Looking for easy weekend comfort meals? A Crockpot is the best set-and-forget option for busy families with packed schedules. Discover dozens of my most cozy soups, stews, roasts, and dinners the whole family will love.
After a busy week, I love turning to my crockpot for healthy, hearty meals that I can just set and forget while I go about my weekend plans. Whatever your weekend plans are, these cozy slow cooker recipes bring all the comfort with almost no effort. Just a little prep work in the morning or afternoon, and you’ll have a delicious dinner that cooked itself all day. Here you’ll find warming soups, hearty roasts and stews, pastas, and more — each one made for effortless cooking and cozy weekends. So get ready to relax and enjoy this collection of easy, comforting meals the whole family will love.
Slow Cooker Ham and White Bean Soup is the perfect recipe after your holiday ham when you want a cozy warm soup to help you recover from holiday cooking!
Slow Cooker Stuffed Pepper Soup Recipe
Easy Slow Cooker Stuffed Pepper Soup is made with ground beef, bell peppers, rice, and all the flavors of stuffed peppers in every bite!
BBQ Beef Short Ribs are fall-off-the-bone tender, cooked in a tomato, beef broth, brown sugar, and vinegar sauce with stovetop and slow cooker options.
Keep warm and full this cold weather season with one of these hearty crockpot recipes with pasta. Feed a crowd, or just a hungry bunch, with a flavorful meal.
Slow Cooker Beef Ragu Recipe
Slow Cooker Beef Ragu is a melt-in-your-mouth Italian comfort food with tender chuck roast in a rich red wine sauce. Perfect for a cold day!
Slow Cooker Chicken Bacon Ranch Sandwiches, also sometimes referred to as “crack chicken” are made with bacon, cream cheese, chicken, cheddar cheese and ranch seasonings and they’re a family favorite!
Whether you are looking for a stress free dinner after a long week or are craving comfort food without a lot of prep work, I’m sure you’ll find the perfect recipe in this collection. My family’s most requested dish is my Beef Ragu, but I’d love to hear which recipes your family loves in the comments! For more crockpot dinner ideas, I’ve also rounded up over 30 of the Best Slow Cooker Chicken Recipes in one convenient post.
No slow cooker? No problem! Check out my collection of Fall Dinners for recipes made with the stovetop, oven, Instant Pot and Air Fryer.
About the Author: Sabrina Snyder
Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.
Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.
She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.
She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.
As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.
Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.
As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.
Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.
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