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Healthier Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes is a healthy and easy Easter recipe to add to the holiday menu. No butter or cream added to this side dish, but you still have all that creamy goodness thanks to addition of nonfat greek yogurt!
Yum
I can’t believe that it is March already and Easter is just around the corner! It is crazy how fast this year is flying by!! Anyone with me??? But I am glad that it is almost springtime and the days are getting longer and warmer!! We are having some gorgeous weather right now with temperatures in the upper 70’s and even some low 80’s 😆
Just this past weekend the whole family went down to Orlando to go to a Braves Spring Training game for my dad’s birthday and we had a blast 😀 My dad loves all things Braves and baseball, so he was in heaven!! We were supposed to just go down for a day trip, but Chris surprised lil man and me with a stay at an amazing resort called the Orange Lake Resort!! We stayed in a lovely two bedroom villa and this place has all the amenities! From a 2-acre Waterpark with a tropical lazy river, 7 pools, waterslides and an 80-acre lake with watersports to 4 golf courses (hubby’s fav) and putt-putt and plenty of other family friendly activities!! We didn’t even leave the resort during our time there. There was that much to do!! Nope, they didn’t pay me or give us a free stay for me to mention all of this…I just really enjoyed our stay there and wanted to share that with you. Nobody wanted to leave and we are planning on going back soon 😛
On the car ride home, I started thinking about what I wanted to serve for Easter dinner…I have already had requests for the Jack Daniel’s Glazed Ham that I made for Christmas (I promise that it will make it to the blog soon) and I really wanted to try again on an au gratin potatoes (I had a total fail on Christmas 😥 ) I decided that I would try my hand at au gratin potatoes again and BEFORE Easter…
Spoiler Alert!! These Healthier Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes turned out amazing!! Everyone loved how creamy and tasty they turned out and couldn’t believe that I didn’t use any butter or cream! They were so easy too (thanks to my trusty friends Mr. Food Processor – this is the one that we have: http://amzn.to/1LaGUCf and Mr. Slow Cooker – this is the one that we have: http://amzn.to/1U49F6f). They did all the heavy lifting so we could do all the get in my belly eating 😆
My Healthier Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes have now been approved for our Easter menu and I hope that you will consider them on yours 😛
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Here is your recipe and nutritional information for Healthier Slow Cooker Au Gratin Potatoes:
- 3 lbs. medium russet potatoes, peeled and sliced as thin as possible
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 2 medium yellow onions, chopped
- 4-5 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 3 tbsp. flour
- 1½ cup low fat milk
- 1 tsp. fresh ground nutmeg
- sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
- ½ cup nonfat greek yogurt
- 1 cup shredded cheddar jack cheese
- Chopped parsley and grated parmesan cheese for garnish
- Slice potatoes as thin as possible. I use the slicer attachment for my food processor to make quick and easy work of this and to get the potatoes super thin.
- Heat olive oil in a large sauce pan over medium heat.
- Once hot, add onions and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes or until the onions are soft and turning translucent.
- Sprinkle in flour, stir to combine and form a paste, cook flour for one minute.
- Add milk slowly, whisking to combine and bring to a low simmer.
- Add nutmeg, salt and pepper.
- Once the mixture thickens, remove from heat and stir in greek yogurt and shredded cheese.
- Whisk to combine and melt cheese.
- Line your slow cooker with a slow cooker liner (best for easy clean-up) or coat with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add ⅓ of the sliced potatoes to the bottom of the bowl and cover with ⅓ of the cheese mixture.
- Repeat two more times, pouring remaining cheese mixture over the top making sure that the potatoes are covered.
- Cover and cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4 hours.
- Pierce potatoes with a fork or knife to make sure they are cooked through and tender.
- Serve with parsley and parmesan cheese.
So tell me…what is on your Easter menu?
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I haven’t had au gratin potatoes since I was a kid. I think it’s neat that you can make them in the crockpot!
I have some potatoes that I need to use.Thanks for the great idea.
You are my hero! I LOVE Au Gratin and I love it and I stopped eating it since I am trying to loose some weight!
I am making these tomorrow. I love using my slow cooker and to make a recipe with potatoes healthier is for me. Thanks for sharing
I love potatoes au gratin. This sounds like such a great recipe. And I love anything I can make in my slow cooker.
I love this! Au gratin potatoes are my family’s favorite, and if I can make it healthier for us, I’m all about it.
That looks delicious! I need to make that this weekend for my family.
I am all about using the slow cooker while entertaining but I’ve never thought about making potatoes in a slow cooker. Will definitely try this out for Easter.
Oooh, that sounds delicious! We tend to love any kind of cheesy potato and I love being able to do things in the slow cooker. We will have to give these a try!
I think that the slow cooker is the second coming and I love recipes that can be made in it. I also like that this is something I can eat as a vegetarian. Thank you for sharing .
First let me say I love lazy rivers and golf – sounds like a great place. I seldom use my slow cooker, but I might try this,
I have never used a slow cooker before. I guess I have to give it a try one of these days
I love this dish but I’ve never made it before. Thanks for the recipe! Potatoes are awesome ingredients! They go so well with pretty much anything.
These look great! 🙂
I’m definitely going to try these!
That looks amazing. I love that this is a healthier version. I can’t wait to try the recipe.
These sound really good. I love Au Gratin potatoes and I haven’t had them since our big family dinner in December.
Awww sweet. I wish I could enjoy these right now. Soon. Soon. Soon.
These look amazing! Finally a healthier option 😉 I need to try this recipe!
I love Au Gratin potatoes, and I love a good slow cooker recipe. This would be a huge hit on my house.
I love au gratin potatoes but they can be super unhealthy. I cheat and use the crappy box mix. These would be so much better. I’m not sure what I’m serving for Easter.
Hi, Becky! Thanks for your recipe! I love it when you include the nutrition facts. I’d try to prepare this.
Au gratin potatoes are both delicious as a side dish and as a main meal! Looks delicious!
I’d potatoes when it comes to assuaging my hunger. Thanks for giving me a new idea on how to prepare it.
This is the first time that I heard this recipe and it look great. I would love to try this
This looks delicious and so easy peasy 🙂
Au gratin potatoes are one of my favorite dishes! I will make them tomorrow! Thanks for sharing!
Oh my this sounds so tasty and so filling. I would love to try this recipe over the weekend. I’m all for healthy and easy meals!
That is a nifty idea. I have to try that for my son. Potatoes and Cheese. He will lose his mind!
Becky, those look fabulous. I totally love the idea of them being in the slow cooker too! YUM!
This dish looks ah-mazing!! I love cooking in the crockpot and slow cooking meals. Can’t wait to try these potatoes. Yum!
Oh this looks and sounds amazing I must give it a try myself I think
Anything that has potatoes is fine by me but its always good to have this recipe on hand.
Wow this looks so delicious! I need to give this a try this weekend, my kids LOVE au gratin potatoes.
These look amazing! Au Gratin potatoes are my favorite! I never thought to make them in a slow cooker either. I’m going to save this recipe to make later. Yum!
Potatoes have so many ways to be cooked. It is awesome!
This recipe looks so delicious and easy to make. My kids are going to love this dish.
Au Gratin potatoes seriously remind me of my childhood. I LOVE them! And these look delicious!!!
This is a side everyone loves. What a great way to make them too!
I love using my slow cooker! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
It sounds so good! I can’t wait to try your recipe! We love potatoes!
Wow. That was an easy recipe to follow. We love potatoes and this would be a new way to serve it to my family. Thanks for the idea!
Those potatoes look divine! I will definitely have to try this method over the oven! Thanks for sharing the recipe with us!
Hope i can make this next week or the day after tomorrow.
Yummy! Im sure my husband and my kids would also love this.
Never thought of using yogurt! These look delicious.
Yummy that looks so good, i want it with me right now lol.
That is really looks delicious. I want to try this for our family dinner
We always have a lotttt of potatoes at home sometimes I don’t know where to use them anymore. Haha! I tried to add them on most of our dishes but I really haven’t thought of making it the basic ingredient. I’ll be trying this recipe once I’m totally done with my dairy-free diet. I know I almost am.
I absolutely love potatoes of any sort and these look so good! I need to give them a try!