For delicious, make-ahead, summertime meals, nothing beats a slow cooker. It’s the only tool you’ll need to transform simple ingredients and lean cuts of meat into filling, flavorful dishes.
There’s no doubt about it: Your oven is an essential part of your kitchen, but in the summer, it can just make everything too hot. Heat doesn’t stand in the way of hunger, though, and when it is too hot to contemplate using your oven and too hot to even consider standing outside with a fiery grill, you need some kind of solution — and that answer can’t always be salad or cold soups. To keep everyone fed and happy without causing too much heat in the kitchen here are 17 recipes to make for dinner when summer strikes.
BBQ Pulled Pork
BBQ Pulled Pork recipe by Our Footprints
BBQ Ribs
Slow Cooked BBQ Ribs recipe by A Bountiful Kitchen
Blueberry-Plum Butter
Blueberry-Plum Butter (in the slow-cooker) recipe by Simple Bites
Berry Cobbler
Crock Pot Berry Cobbler recipe by Jamie Cooks It Up!
Big Juicy Burgers
Big Juicy Burgers recipe by Fix-It and Forget-It
Strawberry Cheesecake
Slow-Cooker Strawberry Cheesecake for Two recipe by Betty Crocker
Citrus Salmon
Slow Cooker Citrus Salmon recipe by Clean Cuisine
Corn on the Cob with Garlic Butter
Easy Crock Pot Corn on the Cob with Garlic Butter recipe by Chef Mom
Greek Yogurt
Greek Yogurt recipe by The Little Red House
Jerk Chicken
Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken recipe by Bakers Royale
Lemon-Poppy Seed Bread
Lemon-Poppy Seed Bread recipe by Better Homes and Gardens
Leek & Potato Soup
Slow Cooker Leek & Potato Soup recipe by Diethood
Hawaiian BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
Slow Cooker Hawaiian BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches recipe by Cooking Classy
Vegan & Gluten-Free Ratatouille
Vegan & Gluten-Free Slow Cooker Ratatouille recipe by The Perfect Pantry
Fudgy S’more Cake
Slow-Cooker Fudgy S’more Cake recipe by Betty Crocker
Vegetable-Stuffed Peppers
Vegetable-Stuffed Peppers recipe by Fix-It and Forget-It
Barbacoa Beef Tacos
Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef Tacos recipe by The Kitchn
