The Best Whole30 & Paleo Recipes to Make in the Slow Cooker

The slow cooker always makes it possible to get dinner on the table with minimal effort, which is especially helpful if you’re doing a round of Whole30 or following a Paleo diet. From coconut and green curry pork to a whole chicken and eggplant caponata, here are 10 versatile Whole30 and Paleo-friendly recipes to make in your slow cooker.

With minimal work and just one ingredient, this recipe delivers chicken so tender and juicy that it practically falls right off the bone. Cook one up at the beginning of the week and then stretch it into several meals and use the leftover carcass to make stock.

During weekend meal prep, throw a few boneless chicken breasts in the slow cooker, and a few hours later you’ll have juicy shredded chicken to use for lettuce wraps, salads, and meaty mains all week long.

Skip the rice and serve this curry over a bed of riced cauliflower or broccoli, or even zucchini noodles.

The tortillas are out of the question, but don’t be so quick to rule out fajitas — especially when they are this easy to make. Serve them bowl-style, with cauliflower rice, or with a lettuce, chard, or collard leaf wrap.

If you’re stuck in a meat rut, I have no doubt that this smoky and tangy pork stew will pull you out.

Thanks to a low, slow simmer in the slow cooker, this version of caponata, a Sicilian eggplant relish, can’t be beat. Top it with an egg to give breakfast a fresh spin or spoon it over chicken, pork chops, or fish.

This comforting and nostalgic dinner gets even easier to bring to the table when you pull out your slow cooker. It’s a dump-and-go recipe that will turn out just fine when you omit the honey. Serve over a baked sweet potato instead of the traditional bun.

If salmon is a regular part of your diet, you’ve got to try making it in the slow cooker. The low cooking temperature leaves you with a tender, succulent piece of fish every single time.

Can’t find pumpkin at your local grocery store? Swap it for butternut or kabocha squash instead. The addition of curry paste infuses the squash and broth with the aroma of garlic, ginger, and lemongrass. Serve it over a bed of cauliflower rice.

An otherwise tough cut of meat, brisket becomes ultra-tender after cooking all day in the slow cooker. Partner it with a splash of beef stock and a mountain of caramelized red onions for even more flavor. You can swap the soy sauce in the recipe for coconut aminos.

This heavenly spiced slow-cooker pork is just the thing to make when you’re getting bored of baked chicken. Serve over cauliflower rice.