The Best Healthy Meal Prep Dinner for Busy Weeknights
If you’re looking for healthy meal prep ideas that actually deliver on flavor, this slow cooker chicken and white beans is the recipe to bookmark. Load the slow cooker in the morning with chicken breasts, white beans, crushed tomatoes, and a splash of North Coast Apple Cider Vinegar, and come home to a hearty, protein-packed family dinner that practically made itself. It serves six, reheats beautifully, and works over pasta, rice, or on its own — making it one of our favorite healthy dinner ideas for family nights and week-ahead meal prep alike. Naturally gluten-free and loaded with vegetables, it’s comfort food that earns its place in your weekly rotation.
North Coast Chicken and White Beans Recipe
Servings: 6 people
Equipment
- 1 Slow cooker
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 pounds Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 2-15 oz cans White Beans drained and rinsed
- 1-15 oz can Crushed Tomatoes
- 2 cups diced Carrots
- 2 cups diced Celery
- 1 cup diced Onion
- 3 Garlic Cloves minced
- 2 Tbsp Capers
- 2 cups Corn
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 2 sprigs fresh Thyme
- ¼ cup chopped Italian Parsley
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 32 ounces chicken broth
- ½ cup North Coast Apple Cider Vinegar
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat.
- When hot, brown chicken quickly on both sides until golden brown.
- Place in bottom of slow cooker and add the rest of ingredients on top.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
- Discard bay leaf.
- Shred the chicken with two forks right in the slow cooker so it can soak up all the juices.
- Can be served over pasta or rice of your choice. Garish with sliced red peppers and Italian Parsley.
