15 Cheap 3-Ingredient Slow Cooker Soups for Seniors Living Alone (Dump It In, Walk Away)

Fifteen small slow cooker soups for one person, each made with just three things from the store (salt, pepper and water don't count). Nothing is browned first and nothing needs stirring partway: you put it in, put the lid on and walk away. Ham and white bean, chicken enchilada, butternut squash, red beans and andouille, beef and barley, pork pozole verde, cauliflower and cheddar, kielbasa and cabbage, chicken corn soup, Texas charro beans, lentil and ham, black bean and andouille, smoked sausage and potato, salsa chicken and pumpkin. Every one makes one or two bowls, with H-E-B prices and how long each keeps. Prices: heb.com, read 26 Oct 2026. Yours may differ. Food safety: thaw meat and chicken in the refrigerator before it goes into a slow cooker. Refrigerate leftovers in shallow covered containers within 2 hours; soups keep 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator and 2 to 3 months in the freezer (the cauliflower and cheddar soup does not freeze well). Reheat on the stove or in the microwave until steaming hot, not in the slow cooker. Use canned red kidney beans and canned black beans only; dry ones must be boiled first. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TAGS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- slow cooker soups, 3 ingredient soups, crock pot soups for one, soups for seniors, seniors living alone, cooking for one, easy soup recipes, cheap soup recipes, dump and go soup, small slow cooker recipes, ham and bean soup, pozole verde, red beans and andouille, pumpkin soup, charro beans, Denise