5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes For Those Busy Weeknights | HuffPost Life

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We love the slow cooker for how much easier it makes our lives. Not only does it cook us dinner and dessert, but we can hack it into a steamer when needed. Plus, it turns out, it's pretty easy to clean, too.

In the name of ease and simplicity, we set out to find the easiest, simplest slow cooker recipes on the planet. These recipes call for no more than 5 ingredients. These recipes take less than 10 minutes to prep. These recipes are what you're busy weeknights have been missing.

Mississippi Roast

Table For Two

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Crock Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches

Iowa Girl Eats

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White Bean And Sausage

Deliciously Organic

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3-Ingredient Sweet And Sour Slow Cooker Chicken

Seeded at the Table

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5-Ingredient Easy White Chicken Chili

Gimme Some Oven

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Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken

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Slow Cooker Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork

Cincy Shopper

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4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Salsa Verde

Gimme Some Oven

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3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Ground Turkey And Mushrooms

365 Days of Crock Pot

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Slow Cooker Kalua Pig

Nom Nom Paleo

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Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler

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