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7 Cheap Crockpot Meals

BY: Michele
PUBLISHED: Sep 22, 2020
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7 Cheap Crockpot Meals are great when you have no money and no time! Yet they are all fabulously delicious, filling and wholesome!

Crockpots (or Slow Cookers, if you prefer) are a fantastic time saver for a busy family. Throw the ingredients in the crockpot at the beginning of the day and when you return home at the end of the day, the house smells wonderful, and dinner is ready!

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Last week I shared 10 Cheap Soups and this week it is 7 Cheap Crockpot Meals. Do you notice a theme? A lot of people are going through tough times right now.

I, too, lost my full time job and we will have to tighten our belts until I find another job. So I understand how challenging it can be to plan meals when you are a budget.

As a result, I’m sharing some of my favorite Crock Pot recipes, as well as some ideas of how to use leftovers in other recipes so you can get multiple meals from what you cook in the Slow Cooker.

  • Crock Pot Chuck Roast
  • Crock Pot Roasted Chicken
  • Slow Cooker Chicken Marrakesh
  • Crock Pot Chicken Chili
  • Crock Pot Chicken Tacos
  • Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs
  • Poor Man’s Stew by Kylee Cooks
Slow Cooker Chuck Roast Recipe
This easy Crock Pot Chuck Roast or Pot Roast recipe, with roasted potatoes, carrots, and onions, is so juicy, tender and flavorful, no one would ever believe how easy it is to make this dinner in the slow cooker!
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Crockpot Roast Chicken
Crockpot Roast Chicken makes a wonderful tender, juicy rotisserie seasoned whole roast chicken main dish, Sunday supper, or holiday dinner cooked in a slow cooker.
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Crock Pot Roast Chicken
Slow Cooker Chicken Marrakesh
Slow Cooker Chicken Marrakesh is a delicious, healthy, easy, budget-friendly, one-dish meal.
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Easy Crockpot Chicken Chili
Easy Crockpot Chicken Chili with white beans and spices is delicious and comforting, and perfect for game day, or a cold winter's dinner.
Check out this recipe
Overhead view of Easy Crockpot Chicken Chili
Crockpot Chicken Tacos
These Crockpot Chicken Tacos need only 5-ingredients and a crockpot, or slow cooker, to make incredibly moist and tender Mexican style chicken tacos for taco night or any night.
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Crockpot Chicken Tacos
Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs
This Slow Cooker Italian Meatballs recipe makes a family favorite Italian-American main dish even easier by making it in the slow cooker.
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Hamburger Stew (aka Poor Man’s Stew)
One of the biggest reasons to like this stew? it’s budget-friendly, delicious, and has ingredients you likely already have on hand!
Check out this recipe

Recipes You Can Make With Leftovers from CrockPot Meals

The great things about slow cooking the chicken or Chuck Roast is that you can use the stock from it to make a soup to stretch your dollars more by getting more meals out of the chuck roast or chicken.

Whether you make a soup, or casserole, or salad, you are getting more meals from one chuck roast or one roast chicken.

Beef Tips and Rice Recipe
Beef Tips and Rice, with sauteed onions and peppers covered in a savory gravy, made in a dutch oven or crockpot, make an easy, delicious, and hearty dinner your family will love.
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Thai Steak Salad #WeekdaySupper
Thai Steak Salad is incredibly flavorful with grilled sirloin steak on top of crisp salad greens, shredded carrots, red Thai chili peppers, and cilantro, and drizzled with a Thai Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette.
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Beef Vegetable and Barley Soup
Renee’s Kitchen Adventures is a recipe blog featuring easy, healthy comfort food recipes made in a real midwest kitchen suitable for the whole family.
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Easy Enchiladas Suizas Recipe
Easy Enchiladas Suizas are creamy, cheesy, spicy white chicken enchiladas made with sour cream, mozzarella cheese, salsa verde, chicken, and corn tortillas.
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Chicken Noodle Soup
There is something about good old fashioned homemade chicken noodle soup. Those chicken pieces, noodles, and vegetables in a steaming broth make you feel all warm inside after you eat it.
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Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce
This incredibly delicious Chicken Tetrazzini with Asiago Cream Sauce with chicken (or turkey) and linguine (or spaghetti) pasta, is easy to make and is a real crowd-pleaser. It is a great recipe to use up leftover chicken or turkey after a holiday or any day.
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There you have 7 budget friendly Crock Pot Recipes and 6 recipes you can make from leftovers. Do you have any favorites? Which one are you going to try first?

I think I will start with the roast chicken and then make the Chicken Tetrazzini, or maybe I’ll start with the Chuck Roast and then make the Beef Vegetable and Barley Soup! Decisions, Decisions. 

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