10 Easy Slow Cooker Recipes That Will Actually Keep You Full

These easy slow cooker meals are packed full of protein — in the form of chicken, shrimp, beef, eggs, beans, and more — meaning your stomach won’t be growling 20 minutes later. For the easiest weeknight meals, prep the ingredients on Sunday during meal prep, then toss the ready-to-go components into the slow cooker throughout the week.

You only need five ingredients (not including olive oil, salt, and pepper) for this easy, family-friendly dinner: chicken breasts, garlic, fresh basil, pine nuts, and cherry tomatoes. But if you want an even easier recipe, start with store-bought pesto.

Fresh summer peaches star in two ways in this dish: Half of them cook alongside the pork in the slow cooker, and the other half are made into a quick fresh peach salsa. Pile them both into tortillas for the best warm-weather tacos around.

Skip the giant pot on the stove and make a shrimp boil in your slow cooker instead. Not only does it keep the kitchen cool, but the low and slow heat also allows the flavors to develop and intensify.

Transport yourself to the islands of Hawaii with these assemble-it-yourself sandwiches. Each sweet Hawaiian roll is piled high with warm sliced brisket, a pineapple ring, cabbage slaw, and lots of sauce.

These burrito bowls are the ultimate breakfast-for-dinner meal. All the best parts of a breakfast burrito — sausage, potatoes, beans, and salsa — are piled into the slow cooker until the potatoes are tender. When you’re ready to eat, top each bowl with fried or scrambled eggs.

Here’s another meal that’s delicious any time of day — it’s just as suitable for weekend brunch as it is for a weeknight dinner. The best trick of this dish is that after it’s done cooking, you’ll cover the top with a layer of Swiss cheese, then top with the lid to allow the cheese to melt.

Grab just four ingredients at Trader Joe’s — their spicy zhoug sauce, chicken breasts, fire-roasted red and yellow peppers, and jumbo pitted Greek Kalamata olives — and you’re on your way to pure chicken dinner bliss.

This vegetarian slow cooker soup couldn’t be easier. Everything except zucchini gets tossed into the slow cooker, then left to cook until the vegetables are tender. Thirty minutes before serving, you’ll add the zucchini, then spoon into bowls and top with crunchy croutons.

Few things are better than coming home to tender sausages that have been braising in beer all day. Pile into buns with the sweet peppers and onions, or serve with potato salad and mustard for dipping.

You can’t go wrong with chicken tinga. Pile the saucy shredded chicken into tortillas or eat as a burrito bowl — it’s delicious every which way you serve it.