Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker

20 Amazing Slow Cooker Summer Dinners!

We’re updating this collection of Slow Cooker Summer Dinners to remind you about these easy dinners to make all summer long! And all the summer dinners are slow cooker recipes that have been favorites on the site.

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These 20 Amazing Slow Cooker Summer Dinners are perfect for people who hate standing over the stove when it’s summer, and if you’re one of those people I think you’ll love some of these dinner ideas. Do you agree that using the slow cooker to keep the house cool is a great idea for summer?

Of course I realize some people have abandoned the slow cooker in favor of the Instant Pot, and quite a few of these recipe have Instant Pot options. But personally I still really love the way using the slow cooker makes the whole house smell good! Happy summer dinners everyone, and I hope you are managing to stay cool!

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Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Vegetarian Mexican Bowls

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These Vegetarian Mexican Bowls made in the Slow Cooker or Instant Pot are perfect for a meatless summer meal with Mexican flavors. And everyone can assemble their own Mexican bowl and choose the ingredients they prefer!

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Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Vegetarian Mexican Bowls are a perfect healthy option for dinner any time of year, but you might especially enjoy this type of meal when it’s summer and you don’t want to heat up the kitchen. And whether you’re just cutting back on meat or eating vegetarian all the time, this post has so many ideas for tasty Mexican bowls!

And many people love bowl meals because the prep is easy, every person can adapt the bowl to their own taste, and it’s easy to meal prep a few extra bowls for the week. This post has 12 delicious and different vegetarian Mexican Bowls to choose from; hope you’ll find one that looks like a winner for your family!

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Slow Cooker Zucchini Recipes

Slow Cooker Zucchini Recipes will be great when zucchini gets too plentiful, and using the slow cooker won’t heat up the kitchen! This post has 20 amazing ideas for using Zucchini in the slow cooker!

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Slow Cooker Zucchini Recipes are a great way to use summer zucchini and still keep the kitchen cool. And everyone grows zucchini in a vegetable garden or gets it in a CSA box knows how about mid summer you can suddenly have too much zucchini! That’s why these recipes can be so helpful, and it’s also why I have a collection with 50 Amazing Zucchini Recipes on Kalyn’s Kitchen.

This round-up has 20 delicious ideas for using zucchini in the slow cooker! You can never have too many zucchini recipes, right? We just kept finding good options for this collection, s0 be sure to check the list after the photos to see all the great recipes with zucchini that we discovered. And enjoy cooking something with zucchini without heating up the kitchen!

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Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Recipes with Corn

Here are Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Recipes with Corn, because corn is a family favorite side dish any time of year! And this collection has 20 amazing ideas using corn, including tips for cooking corn on the cob without heating up the kitchen!

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Corn is a vegetable that’s a favorite with kids, which is why many families serve it as a side dish all year long. So today we’re featuring Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Recipes with Corn!

And corn is a year-round vegetable and a favorite side dish or ingredient in many families. If your family loves corn, there are 20 amazing recipes here that I bet you’re going to love. Check out the options and see which corn recipes are going to be a repeater at your house!

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Ratatouille Recipes (Slow Cooker or Instant Pot)

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These Ratatouille Recipes are perfect when you have summer vegetables, and Ratatouille is easy to make in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot! And this classic vegetable stew is a great way to use zucchini if you have an abundance of that during the summer months.

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Have you ever made Ratatouille, the famous summer vegetable stew? It’s a great way to use garden vegetables, and these tasty Ratatouille recipes give you 12 different options for using your garden produce in a tasty summer stew.

And this is definitely the time of year when using up produce from the garden becomes a challenge for many people. That dilemma may have even been what inspired the first French cook who made Ratatouille, which uses generous amounts of tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, and peppers.

And of course you don’t want to turn on the stove this time of year, so using the Slow Cooker or the Instant Pot for Ratatouille is a great way to make this classic dish! Check out all the different Ratatouille recipes and see which one looks best to you. And then make some Ratatouille while the summer vegetables are fresh and tasty!

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