In this video I show you how to make slow cooker lemon chicken and quinoa, and slow cooker salmon with olives, tomatoes and quinoa!
Both recipes are Mediterranean diet-friendly dinners, and they use a lot of the same ingredients! Share with someone who loves healthy crockpot dinners!
All of my Mediterranean Diet recipes – https://recipehippie.com/category/mediterranean-diet-recipes/
Here are a few tips:
Make sure all of the quinoa is in the liquid – You want to make sure that you pour the quinoa into the liquid because it needs to be submerged to cook properly. You will also want to push any quinoa that sticks to the sides of the crockpot down into the broth.
Use as much or as little salmon/chicke as you want – These recipe can be made with 1/2 a pound all the way up to 2 pounds of salmon/chicken. As long as you keep the amount of all of the other ingredients the same, it will work! Just don’t stack the proteins, obviously.
Use a rectangular crockpot instead of a deep circle one – As you can tell from the photos, I use a shallow rectangular crockpot instead of an oval deeper one. I find that you can fit more food onto the larger surface area and it cooks more evenly. If you don’t have one, don’t worry about it. The recipes will still work with an oval one. If you are interested in purchasing one, this is the one I have!
Crock-Pot Small 3.5 Quart Casserole Manual Slow Cooker and Food Warmer – https://amzn.to/3uNufTb
Make sure to consult with your doctor before making any changes to your diet!
Hey guys so today I’m going to be showing you two Mediterranean diet friendly slow cooker recipes they are really easy to make and I make sure that we don’t do any pan searing in these recipes so that we don’t dirty up any pans when I do a slow cooker recipe I
Want to throw everything in the slow cooker and let it cook by itself I don’t want to have to worry about it I don’t want to have to do dishes so these recipes are super simple both recipes are actually very similar we use a lot of the same ingredients like lemon and
Tomato and quinoa and both so they’re really versatile and even if you wanted to swap out the proteins in each of the recipes you can absolutely do that the first recipe is going to be a slow cooker lemon chicken recipe and the second recipe is a slow cooker salmon
Recipe both of the recipes use quinoa as the whole green because it’s really easy you just throw it into the slow cooker and let it sit for an hour hour an hour and a half until it absorbs all of that liquid and it tastes amazing because all
Of the flavor gets absorbed as always I’m going to link both of these recipes in the description of this video they can be found at recipe.com which is my food blog and if you enjoyed these recipes please consider liking and subscribing if you haven’t already so
That I can get more of these videos out to you all right let’s get Started okay so we’re going to start out with a slow cooker lemon chicken and quinoa recipe so you want to start by slicing a lemon into six slices that are about a 4 of an inch thick from here you want to cut off any of the peel and the
White pith that’s underneath the peel this step is actually really important because the pith is what gives you that bitter flavor so you want to make sure that you get as much of it off as you can unless you don’t mind your broth and your quinoa being a little bit bitter
You want to place the lemon slice in the bottom of a slow cooker and then Place one chicken breast on each row of the slices I like to use three slices per chicken breast I do season the chicken I just didn’t show it um you’re going to
Toss in four garlic cloves two cups of chicken broth and half a teaspoon of table salt you want to cover that and cook it on low for 6 hours and then about 1 and 1/2 hours before serving go in and mash the garlic cloves with a
Fork and pour in 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice and then toss in 10 oz of cherry tomatoes and 3/4 of a cup of dried quinoa you want to stir it and make sure that every piece of the quinoa is in the liquid you may need to push it down off
The sides of the slow cooker just to make sure place the lid back on and increase the heat to high you want to cook it until the liquid is fully absorbed by the quinoa which takes about 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours you can tell that
It was not fully cooked here so I did continue cooking it for a little while longer when it’s done don’t forget to remove the lemon slices unless you want to eat them I recommend serving this with a big heap of whatever vegetable side that you want the chicken will be
Extremely tender and I find that it’s the perfect texture to feed my 2-year-old and my 10-month old next we’re going to make slow cooker salmon with olives tomatoes and quinoa drizzle 1 tsp of olive oil into a slow cooker and then place the salmon on it skinside Down Season the salmon with a
Pinch of salt a pinch of pepper an e/ of a teaspoon of paprika and an eigh of a teaspoon of cumin use your hands to spread it around on the salmon in a large mixing bowl add 2 tbsp of olive oil four garlic cloves that are
Minced 2/3 of a cup of dry white wine 1/4 of a cup of lemon juice 10 oz cherry tomatoes 1 and 1/2 tbsp of Italian seasoning 15 oz ofed olives 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt and half a cup of vegetable broth pour the mixture over
The salmon and place a lid on the slow cooker cook it on high for 2 hours until it’s nice and bubbly and then pour in 3/4 of a cup of dry quinoa and use a wooden spoon to make sure that it’s fully submerged in the liquid like we did in the first recipe
Place the lid back on the slow cooker and then turn the heat to low and cook for about 1 hour and 15 minutes you’ll know it’s done when all of the liquid is fully absorbed sprinkle salmon parsley and then transfer it to a plate and serve it with a vegetable side like
Roasted broccoli carrots or a large side salad the salmon will flake perfectly onto your your fork and you can store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days so that’s it these recipes are really easy to make like I said they’re very similar they use similar
Ingredients and a similar cooking style uh we use quinoa for both of them because it’s just so simple just throw it in let it cook and it’s done and it’s super flavorful I do recommend serving both with whatever vegetable that you choose I love to use broccoli personally
Cuz it’s just so easy just throw it in the oven you could even try throwing the broccoli into the slow cooker it won’t get that charred flavor that’s really tasty but it will still taste good and it should cook all the way through in the time that we have for the slow
Cooker all right guys thanks again and please consider subscribing and liking if you haven’t already I look forward to seeing you guys in the next video bye