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Never in a million years would I have thought that I'd be saying this, but what's cooking this weekend is tornado clean-up in our community. We are thankful that our loss only amounted to broken car windows, but many others were not as fortunate, so it's time to dish out some elbow grease.

I used a slow cooker for the first time last weekend (All-Clad 7 qt). I made pulled pork bbq for a family get-together. I put everything in the cooker at 10 pm and at 6am it was done. The cooker kept the pork warm until 10 am. I took the pork out, shredded it and put it back in the cooker to reheat. At noon we were all at the picnic table eating. The slow cooker experience was great. I slept while I was cooking and the kitchen stayed cool during a brutal 98 degree weekend.

I was at the grocery store yesterday thinking about what I could cook in my crock pot during the summer. For me, the crock pot makes great wintery food --hearty stews and soups. Does anyone have suggestions for summer crock pot recipes?