PIN Green Chile Chicken Tacos to try them later!

These Green Chile Chicken Tacos are going to be perfect for Cinco de Mayo, and Kara and I really enjoyed this when we worked on the recipe! We loved the spicy green chile chicken, the slightly-spicy slaw with chopped Poblano peppers, and the squeeze of lime we added at the table. And when Kara took leftovers home, her family devoured the tacos too.

And I’m happy to have both an Instant Pot and a Slow Cooker version of this recipe. The tacos were originally inspired by my love of Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce, something I’ve used often since I first tried it. Any recipe with that sauce is going to be something I’ll enjoy! And recently I discovered that my original nutrition calculator sometimes was not accurate for low-carb tortillas, and I’m happy to say these tacos are even lower in carbs than I thought, see more below about that.

Either version of Green Chile Chicken Tacos will be tasty, and even the slow cooker method only takes a little over three hours to cook. So this is pretty easy for a chicken taco dinner no matter which method you choose! I hope you enjoy trying it.

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PIN the Slow Cooker Sausage Stew to try it later!

Many readers know that I started my carb-conscious eating journey with the original South Beach Diet. Back then I ate a lot of dried beans, but for years now I’ve been creating lower-carb versions for earlier recipes that had beans. And this Slow Cooker Sausage Stew is an easy recipe with some of my favorite flavors, and I’ve updated it to be lower in carbs. 

This new slow cooker stew with Italian sausage uses cauliflower rice to replace the Cannellini beans in the original version of the recipe. (If you were a fan of that one, you can still find it by using the link.) I tested the new version with my assistant Kara, and we both loved it. And my neighbor John came over to be a taste tester, and he also pronounced it delicious!

One thing I love in this slow cooker stew is adding chopped kale to the slow cooker after the sausage, broth, tomatoes, spices, and cauliflower rice have cooked for a few hours. The raw kale softens perfectly in the last hour of cooking time. Or cook it a little bit longer if you want even softer kale. And the kale is one of my favorite parts of this dish!

I know my site has a lot of recipes that use Italian sausage, and I never get tired of it. If you’re also a sausage fan who likes the slow cooker, I hope you give this a try. And personally I’d always eat this kind of stew with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on at the table!

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PIN the recipe for Slow Cooker Taco Meat to make some later!

This tasty Slow Cooker Taco Meat that cooks unattended without pre-browning the meat is an idea I loved the minute I saw it. When I taught school I’d take Taco Salad for lunch several times a week. Now I’m still a huge taco salad fan, even though I have more lunch options. And for years I’ve loved this method of cooking ground beef to use for tacos or taco salad, and this ground beef taco meat is something you’ll always find in my freezer!

This recipe is also perfect when you want to make tacos for a crowd. Make a batch of taco meat for perfect game-day food! Then keep the meat warm in the slow cooker and let everyone assemble their tacos with the ingredients they prefer.

If you don’t want to use a slow cooker, I’m also a big fan of taco meat made in the Instant Pot. That’s another option for making easy perfect taco meat. No matter which method you prefer, I hope you try my recipe and make some tacos soon!

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PIN Slow Cooker Blueberry Crisp to try it later!

Slow Cooker Blueberry Crisp is an easy recipe that’s perfect to make as a treat for a special occasion! And this uses frozen blueberries with other ingredients you might keep on hand, so you can make it any time of year.

When I first tested this recipe with Kara, we loved, loved, loved the blueberry crisp! And while we were cooking it my sister Pam and sister-in-law Lisa both dropped by, and they devoured it too. And the leftovers were also a hit with Kara’s kids.

A few years later Kara and I decided to update this recipe when we realized the original recipe for Blueberry Crisp served ten people and was made in the extra-large Casserole Crock Pot. (You can still find that larger recipe below this new one in this post if you want a bigger size.)

We worked on a smaller version of Slow Cooker Blueberry Crisp and improved the photos to see if we could entice you to try this recipe that’s been SUCH a hit in my family. I hope your family will also love it. And this will be such a fun change from the usual sweets people make in December; enjoy!

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PIN the Chicken Lettuce Wrap Tacos to try them later!

These Spicy Shredded Chicken Lettuce Wrap Tacos are a recipe that every Instant Pot or slow cooker fan will appreciate when it’s hot outside, because this is a perfect idea for a summer dinner! And once you’ve made the spicy shredded chicken there are endless ways to use it if you don’t want lettuce wraps.

When I first made this recipe I experimented with the cooking sauce to get just the right spicy flavor, and then we made the chicken lettuce wrap tacos with an amazing avocado salsa that was so tasty! But you could also use the shredded chicken with my favorite low-carb tortillas to make regular tacos, chicken tostadas, or burritos.

And whether you make this spicy shredded chicken into chicken lettuce wrap tacos or some other variation of tacos, I hope you don’t skip the avocado salsa, which was the perfect thing to go with the spicy meat. I hope you enjoy this recipe if you need something to help you stay cool!

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PIN the Green Chile Pork bowl to make it later.

This tasty Green Chile Pork Taco Bowl is a perfect dish to make in the Instant Pot, or use instructions from Slow Cooker Pulled Pork and make it in a slow cooker if you prefer! But please make these taco bowls if you like the sound of slightly-spicy green chile pork served over cauliflower rice for a tasty low-carb meal!

We used the inexpensive pork sirloin roasts from Costco, and that worked worked perfectly. And yes, you can make the green chile pork bowl with frozen cauliflower rice! One thing that bumped up the flavor for this recipe was adding finely diced Poblano chile pepper to my Easy Cauliflower Rice, but if you don’t have that, the recipe will still be great.

And this perfect Cinco de Mayo dinner is a meal where every family member can assemble the taco bowl the way they prefer. Or some people can eat the green chile pork inside tortillas as a taco. I hope you will try this for dinner soon!

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PIN Slow Cooker Turkey Stew to make it later!

This flavorful Slow Cooker Turkey Stew is a recipe that was adapted from a sweet and spicy pork stew I spotted in Real Simple Magazine years ago. My version with ground turkey has had lots of fans through the years. But I wasn’t that happy with the photos, and when I decided to update them I couldn’t resist updating the recipe a bit. And now it’s quite low in carbs! (If anyone was a fan of the earlier recipe, you can still find it back in the archives.)

For the new lower-carb turkey stew recipe I replaced one of the sweet potatoes with a red bell pepper, which was a win in the flavor department besides being lower in carbs. And I had already modified this recipe to use more turkey compared to the other ingredients, which also reduces the net carbs. The old photos showed the stew served over cauliflower rice, which would definitely be delicious. But this time we just ate it in a bowl, and both Kara and I loved the updated version!

The Asian-inspired turkey stew cooks on high in the slow cooker and it’s done in less than three hours. That makes it a good option to start after lunch on the weekend, and if you’re lucky you might have some leftovers to eat during the week!

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PIN Sausage and Chickpea Stew to try it later!

This new recipe for Sausage and Chickpea Stew is an updated version of an older slow cooker stew that was much higher in carbs, and this is the latest in an ongoing series of recipes I’m updating to make lower in carbs. Of course I realize some people might be fans of the older recipe or don’t especially care about the carbs, so you can find the original version of this recipe back in the archives.

This is the kind of slow cooker recipe that’s perfect to make on an afternoon when you’ll be home, and I had fun with Kara turning this fairly simple stew into a recipe that’s a lot more interesting! And when we tested it Kara said, “This is so flavorful!” and I loved it too. 

The updated version makes eight generous servings, will keep in the fridge for quite a few days, and also freezes well too, so I hope you feel like it’s worth pulling out the slow cooker for a stew that will make at least two meals for most families. I hope you enjoy this interesting chunky stew if you try it!

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PIN Slow Cooker Corned Beef to try it later!

Slow Cooker Corned Beef  is a recipe I’ve been making for years and years for St. Patrick’s Day, and I have good memories of enjoying it with my slightly Irish father, who loved corned beef and wouldn’t have minded it for dinner any time of year. And if you’re still a fan of the slow cooker, I think this slow cooker corned beef that’s cooked with cabbage and carrots is so delicious for a great Irish-American dish to make on the holiday.

I also love to use the slow cooker (or the Instant Pot) to cook corned beef and then make Roasted Cabbage with Lemon to go with it. That’s a slightly different twist on corned beef and cabbage that’s low in carbs. And it’s definitely been one of my favorite St. Patrick’s Day dinners the last few years.

If you live in the U. S. most packages of corned beef will come with a spice packet included. But if you don’t have one of those packets this recipe will tell you what spices you should use. Corned beef is easy to cook, but be careful not to overcook the vegetables if you’re including them. And I hope you try the recipe soon!

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PIN Green Chile Beef Cabbage Bowl to make it later!

This Green Chile Beef Cabbage Bowl is a tasty dinner idea that I’d enjoy any time of year. But March is the month when cabbage goes on sale, so it seems like the perfect time to make a tasty cabbage bowl meal. And if you look in the Cabbage Archives on Kalyn’s Kitchen, it’s not hard to see that I’m a huge cabbage fan!

I first made the green chile beef for this recipe in the slow cooker. But now the recipe has instructions for the Instant Pot. And your family will love this slightly-spicy beef with green chiles no matter which way you make it!

I really loved the cabbage bowls with slightly-spicy beef flavored with green chiles, cabbage slaw, and a tasty avocado topping! The salsa could be optional if you want fewer carbs, but I would never skip it myself.  For me the tasty avocado salsa makes this cabbage bowl with green chile beef  an absolute wow! I hope you try it soon.

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