A collection 21+ Healthier Than Takeout Than Takeout alternatives to takeout! Best of all, they come together easily in the slow cooker – perfect for busy weeknights! Plus a short photo montage video.
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Are you a fan of takeout, but don’t want to splurge on all the calories? Maybe you love to indulge occasionally, but most of the time you want the flavors of those restaurant favorites all while keeping an eye on ingredients and a healthy diet.
With just a few key ingredients, you can often make healthier (and tastier!) versions of those dishes at home.
Whether you like Chinese take away or maybe a good homestyle pulled pork sandwich from your favorite BBQ place, there are tons of recipes out there to help you satisfy your craving!
Today, we’ve rounded up more than 21 delicious recipes from fellow bloggers — and they can all be made in your slow cooker! Nothing gets better than that.
2. Honey Garlic Beef Rice Bowls
3. Slow Cooker General Tso’s Chicken
3. Copycat Chipotle Barbacoa Slow Cooker
4. Slow Cooker Mongolian Chicken
5. Slow Cooker Chicken Lo Mein
6. Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala
7. Crock Pot West African Peanut Stew
9. Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Chicken
10. Slow Cooker Asian Chicken Broccoli Bowl
11. Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Chicken Drum Sticks
12. Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken
13. Teriyaki Chicken Quinoa & Veggies
14. Slow Cooker Orange Chicken
15. Chipotle Pulled Beef Tacos
17. Slow Cooker Garlic Honey Teriyaki Chicken Wings
21.Crock-pot Honey Sesame Chicken
22. Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
23. Slow Cooker Carnitas Tacos with Apple Salsa
24. Slow Cooker Asian Sweet Chili Chicken
26. Slow Cooker Balsamic Honey Pulled Pork Sliders
cheri -
What an amazing round-up, love that you can use a slow cooker in all of these meals.
Angie@Angie's Recipes -
Feedly is acting up again. Didn’t get any of the updates last weeks…then suddenly I got 7 updates today.
A great round up, Kelly. I would have never thought of using slow cooker to make General Tsao chicken.
Eva @ Eva Bakes -
What a great compilation, Kelly. I need to use my slow cooker more so this is wonderful inspiration!
Rachelle @ Beer Girl Cooks -
Homemade is always better than takeout and a slow cooker makes everything so much easier. Great roundup!!!
Monica -
It will be very hard to decide what to make first in my slow cooker, Kelly! ; )
Love this selection. You have the best slow cooker recipes and they’re all familiar dishes I crave often and I love that it’s lightened up. That is precisely what I need. Yum!!