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July 1, 2024

Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Summer Dinners

This site finds Slow Cooker and Instant Pot Recipes for you to try! There are updates  twice a week, and you can also find recipes using the search bar. And see more tasty low-carb Slow Cooker recipes and low-carb Instant Pot recipes on my main site, Kalyn’s Kitchen. I hope you enjoy trying some recipes!

This round-up has 30 different ideas for Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Summer Dinners to make when it’s too hot to use the stove! And all the summer dinners have cooling ingredients that can really keep you cool!

PIN the Summer Dinners to try some later!

Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Summer Dinners collage showing featured recipes.

Summer starts officially on June 21 every year, but the weather heats up in many places long before that. And when it gets warm I hate standing over the hot stove, which is why I love using my favorite kitchen appliances to make Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Summer Dinners.

These dinners made in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot will keep your kitchen cool, and every one of the summer dinners included in this updated post really does look amazing!

And many of these summer dinners are low-carb or can easily be made low-carb with a few easy changes like using low-carb tortillas or pita bread, so if you’re watching carbs you might want to PIN this post so you can make tasty low-carb dinners all summer long!

What do we mean by Summer Dinners?

What I consider to be a summer dinner is a meal where there’s some protein cooked in the slow cooker or Instant Pot, but the final dish includes a cooling ingredient like lettuce, avocado, sour cream, yogurt, or slaw.

Are the Summer Dinners low in carbs?

Many of these summer dinners are low-carb or can easily be made low in carbs with a few easy changes like using low-carb tortillas or pita bread, so if you’re watching carbs you might want to PIN this post so you can make tasty low-carb dinners all summer long!

Want more ideas for summer cooking?

Here are all the Summer Dinners featured on this site. And if you still want more ideas for summer recipes, check out 20 Amazing Slow Cooker Summer Dinners, Easy Shredded Chicken Tacos in the Instant Pot, or Slow Cooker Lettuce Wraps.

How can you get the complete recipe?

Click any recipe title in this post to see the complete recipe on the original blog. All photos are copyrighted to the blog that originally posted the recipe.  

Buffalo Chicken Tacos from Kalyn's Kitchen

Buffalo Chicken Tacos
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Cafe Rio Style Sweet Pork Tostadas from Pressure Cooking Today

Cafe Rio Style Sweet Pork Tostadas
from Pressure Cooking Today

Slow Cooker Barbecued Chicken Lettuce Cups from Kalyn's Kitchen

Slow Cooker Barbecue Chicken
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

30 Amazing Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners found on SlowCookerFromScratch.com

Slow Cooker Roast Beef Po’ Boys
from The Kitchn

Green Chile Pork Taco Bowl from Kalyn's Kitchen

Green Chile Pork Taco Bowl
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

Instant Pot Chicken Tostadas from Taste and Tell

Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Chicken Tostadas
from Taste and Tell

Green Chile Shredded Beef Cabbage Bowl from Kalyn's Kitchen

Green Chile Shredded Beef Cabbage Bowl
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

30 Amazing Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners found on SlowCookerFromScratch.com

Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Chicken Salad
from Pressure Cooking Today

Spicy Shredded Chicken Lettuce Wrap Tacos from Kalyn's Kitchen

Spicy Shredded Chicken Lettuce Wrap Tacos
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

30 Amazing Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners found on SlowCookerFromScratch.com

Crock Pot or Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Lettuce Wraps
from Skinnytaste

30 Amazing Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners found on SlowCookerFromScratch.com

Shredded Beef Tacos with Spicy Slaw and Avocado
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

30 Amazing Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners found on SlowCookerFromScratch.com

Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Tacos with Blue Cheese Slaw
from Mountain Mama Cooks

Low-Carb Greek Pork Tacos from Kalyn's Kitchen

Low-Carb Greek Pork Tacos
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

30 Amazing Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners found on SlowCookerFromScratch.com

Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Lettuce Wraps
from Slow Cooker Gourmet

Low-Carb Flank Steak Tacos from Kalyn's Kitchen

Flank Steak Tacos 
from Kalyn’s Kitchen

30 Amazing Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners found on SlowCookerFromScratch.com

Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Pork Tostadas
from Aggie’s Kitchen

More Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Summer Dinners:

  • BBQ Pulled Chicken Tostadas with Cole Slaw from Bev Cooks
  • Slow-Cooked Carnitas Tacos from Recipe Girl
  • Instant Pot Taco Meat from Kalyn’s Kitchen
  • Slow Cooker Middle Eastern Garlic Chicken from The Perfect Pantry
  • Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas or Instant Pot Pork Carnitas from Skinnytaste
  • Thai Salad with Slow Cooked Tofu from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen
  • Slow Cooker Sweet and Smoky Beef from The Perfect Pantry
  • Instant Pot Chicken Gyros from 365 Days of Slow + Pressure Cooking Cooking
  • Slow Cooker Mexican Pulled Pork Tacos from Simply Recipes
  • Spicy Barbacoa Soft Tacos from Bev Cooks
  • Instant Pot Shredded Beef Tacos from Your HomeBased Mom
  • Instant Pot Burrito Bowls from 365 Days of Slow + Pressure Cooking
  • Slow Cooker Greek Pork Gyro from Your HomeBased Mom
  • Slow Cooker Shredded Hoisin Beef for Sandwiches, Slicers, or Lettuce Wraps from The Perfect Pantry

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  1. kalyn says

    May 26, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    Lydia, my pleasure! And I am totally with you on using the slow cooker when it's hot outside.

    Reply
  2. Lydia (The Perfect Pantry) says

    May 26, 2013 at 7:06 pm

    Fantastic idea! I'm a huge fan of using the slow cooker to keep my kitchen cool in the summer, and I'm always looking for new recipes to try. Thanks for including a couple of mine in this terrific roundup.

    Reply
  3. kalyn says

    May 26, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    Thanks Debby, so glad you like it!

    Reply
  4. Debby@Just Breathe says

    May 26, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    Awesome post!

    Reply

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