{"id":166077,"date":"2026-02-02T12:12:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=166077"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T17:12:36","slug":"employee-wellness-easy-crockpot-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=166077","title":{"rendered":"Employee Wellness: Easy crockpot recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for easy, affordable recipes? Our colleague, Brittany Hanbury, has been testing a few crockpot recipes that can be added to your recipe rotation.<\/p>\n<p>The first is a <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1sGieXXcxov5AaqTqF6BAQ9bBb1Zu7Dk6\/view?usp=sharing\">Chickpea Tortilla Soup<\/a> from LiveEatLearn. When Brittany tested this recipe she used the tip from the original blog post and froze most of the ingredients aside from the broth, cream cheese, cilantro and lime in a ziploc bag and then added the frozen ingredients to the crock pot the day of with the broth and cooked on low for 6 hours before finishing the dish with the cream cheese, cilantro and lime. She also added extra jalape\u00f1os because they love a little extra spice. She says that her family are not typically soup people but this has become a staple in their household.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The second recipe is <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1_3gLpy-7oZJMaI5zmGBlsNp90yOsSlwF\/view?usp=sharing\">Lentil Sloppy Joes<\/a> from Thyme and Love. Brittany has been a pescatarian for about 15 years and forgot how much she used to enjoy sloppy joes until she tried this recipe. She used regular Worcestershire sauce instead of vegan and says it still turned out great.<\/p>\n<p>Try these recipes and enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for easy, affordable recipes? Our colleague, Brittany Hanbury, has been testing a few crockpot recipes that can be added to your recipe rotation. The first is a Chickpea Tortilla Soup from LiveEatLearn. 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