15 Slow Cooker Dinners With Only 3Ingredients (Dump It In, Walk Away, Nothing to Chop)

15 Slow Cooker Dinners With Only 3Ingredients (Dump It In, Walk Away, Nothing to Chop): whole cuts of meat, frozen chopped onions, pre-cut vegetables and a jar or a packet, then you just set it and forget it. These old fashioned slow cooker recipes are made for cooking for one or two, for tough cheap cuts that turn fall-apart tender, and for evenings when you'd rather sit down than stand at the counter. Subscribe for more old fashioned tips:    / @sarahsoldfashionedtips   Food safety: thaw raw meat in the refrigerator the day before (only fully cooked foods like packaged meatballs go in frozen), cook chicken and turkey to 165°F, refrigerate leftovers promptly, and keep them 3 to 4 days in the fridge or 2 to 3 months in the freezer. Prices in this video are national average prices from fall 2026 and change by store and region. Facts and dates in this video were checked before publishing. Sarah is an AI narrator voice. Some scenes use real historic film and patent drawings from the time. Scenes marked "AI illustration" are AI images made to show what the story describes. The story starts in Pennsylvania around 1974, with a woman named Martha who started dinner in her slow cooker every morning before work. Her pot now sits in a museum in Washington, and the dish her family carried to every reunion is the last one on this list. Along the way you'll hear how a 1936 patent for an electric cooker became the Crock-Pot on your shelf. The 15 dinners: pork carnitas, pepper steak, teriyaki chicken, Italian chicken and baby potatoes, sweet potato and black bean chili, beef tips in mushroom gravy, a whole chicken, pork shoulder with applesauce, round steak in tomatoes, ranch chicken, chicken cacciatore, turkey tenderloin with gravy, meatball subs, mac and cheese, and halushki. What you'll take away: Which cheap, tough cuts turn tender in a slow cooker, and which lean cuts dry out Four simple rules: thaw first, keep the lid on, potatoes on the bottom, never fill to the rim How to cook one small pot for two people and turn leftovers into easy dinners all week Two dinners the grandchildren can help make Which dinner will you make first this week? And what color is your pot: harvest gold, avocado green or plain white? Tell me in the comments, and tell me where you're watching from. I read every one. CHAPTERS 00:00 Every recipe assumes two strong hands 01:20 1. Pork carnitas 03:06 2. Pepper steak 04:17 Martha's pot in the museum 05:22 3. Teriyaki chicken with frozen vegetables 06:38 4. Italian chicken and baby potatoes 08:10 The 1936 patent behind the pot 08:53 5. Sweet potato and black bean chili 10:14 From a drawing to the Crock-Pot 11:37 6. Beef tips in mushroom gravy over egg noodles 12:36 7. Whole chicken in the slow cooker 13:49 8. Pork shoulder with applesauce 15:02 9. Round steak simmered in tomatoes 16:28 Dinner for one or two 17:44 10. Ranch chicken with cream cheese 19:02 11. Chicken cacciatore 19:37 12. Turkey tenderloin with gravy 20:27 My verdict and a sample week 21:38 13. Meatball subs 22:49 14. Mac and cheese 24:01 Martha's family dish 25:02 15. Halushki, cabbage and noodles 26:14 Pick one dinner this week #crockpot #slowcookerrecipes #oldfashioned #cookingforone