Back to school season means more than shopping for news clothes and pencils. It also means getting back into a more formal routine, hectic schedules, and juggling more each day. If there was ever a time to plan ahead and make for easier dinners, this is it!

Enter the trusty slow cooker, which lets you prep early and enjoy the fruits of your labor later. When those hungry students come barreling in the door, your meal will be ready to go.

There are unlimited dishes to make in a slow cooker. Here a few I love, from some of my favorite bloggers.

Crockpot Garlic Alfredo Chicken from The Frugal Girls

Slow Cooker Korean Beef from Damn Delicious

Crockpot Spanish Braised Chicken from A Year of Slow Cooking

4-Ingredient Slow Cooker Salsa Verde Chicken from Gimme Some Oven

Crock Pot Minestrone Soup from Skinnytaste

Crock Pot Crazy Pineapple Chili from Two Healthy Kitchens

Do you have any favorite slow cooker meals? What else do you do to save time when school starts up?

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