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With our busy schedules, it’s often daunting to think about cooking a hot, hearty dinner for the whole family at the end of the day. But you really don’t have to, if you rely on your trusty slow cooker. With just a little prep in the morning, you can have a delicious dinner waiting for you when you get home. It’s almost like having a live-in chef! And most recipes make enough for you to enjoy leftovers for lunch the next day, too.
Here are some of our go-to straightforward beef crockpot meals – but if you eat meatless all the time or occasionally, be sure to look at our vegetarian slow cooker recipe roundup as well.

1) Beef Chili
2) Burgundy Beef Stew
3) Vegetable Beef Soup
4) Italian Pot Roast
5) Hungarian Beef Goulash
6) Hearty Lasagna
7) French Dip Sandwiches
8) Barbacoa
9) Beef and Broccoli
10) Chipotle BBQ Beef
featured image via Better Homes and Gardens
Julianne Puckett is the creator of Yankee Kitchen Ninja, a blog about what she calls “stealthy homemaking” — healthy recipes that are quick and straightforward to prepare, Handmade gardening tips and the occasional craft project. A designer, writer and former suburban-dwelling IT professional, she lives in rural Vermont, where she struggles to balance the siren call of her inner farmer with her love of cute shoes and cocktails.







