5 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes to Make this Week

Summer seems to speed by in the blink of an eye – it’ll be gone before we know it. As the kids head back to school and your weekly routine slowly goes back to normal (uninterrupted by family vacation, summer camps, and hunting down solar eclipse glasses), you’re probably searching for recipes to ease the transition. We’ve got you covered with these easy slow cooker recipes. Put them on this week’s dinner menu and all you have to do is set it – then you can forget it. Dinner, like the summer, will be finished in no time.

Slow Cooker Mesquite BBQ Pork Tenderloin

You’ll find any excuse to make this pork recipe before the summer is out. Whether it’s front and center at your gameday buffet, your backyard bbq go-to, or a simple weeknight dinner, you can’t go wrong with this 4-ingredient meal.

Slow Cooker Sausage, Peppers. & Onions

Whether you need to feed friends on a summer afternoon or just want to put an Italian dinner on the table for the family, slow cooker Italian sausage, peppers, and onions is a no-fail recipe you’ll make year round.

Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken

Save the leftovers and use to fill tacos, enchiladas, or burritos, as a protein add-on in a salad, or in a Mexican flavored lettuce wrap. Make salsa chicken over the weekend and use leftovers to help put lunch and dinner on the table throughout the week.

Slow Cooker Mississippi Chicken

Our recipe for the famed Mississippi Roast hit the blog last year, and we just knew we had to try a chicken version. This recipe is just as easy, and as delicious as you’d expect.

4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Kalua Pork

Serve slow cooker Kalua pork with grilled pineapple slices, as a building block for Hawaiian tacos, or with classic island sides like macaroni salad and rice for a take on a Hawaiian-style plate lunch (a Hawaiian meal similar to the meat-and-threes of the South). Another simple, slow cooker recipe to add to your summer luau menu.