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Posts tagged “CrockPot”

How Do I Learn To Use My Crock-Pot?
Good Questions

Q: My parents just handed down their old crockpot to me, and I do mean old. It’s colored in pastel hues of peach, green, and pink. While the outside is dated, I’m looking for some modern recipes t...

How To Cook Artichokes in the Slow Cooker

In a recent post on prepping artichokes, reader cmcinnyc wondered whether artichokes could be steamed in the slow cooker. We were totally intrigued by this idea, since we often don't think to make art...

Recipe Basics: How to Cook Beans in the Slow Cooker

If you've been following along this past month, you know that we love beans. We also love our slow-cooker. Lucky for us, it just so happens that beans and slow-cookers make excellent friends! Here's h...

Try This! DIY Air Freshener in the Crockpot

Getting rid of lingering food odors is a constant challenge for home cooks. We've tried candles and open windows (even in winter) and simmering pots of vinegar. Here's one more trick to add to our lis...

Slow-Cooker Recipe: Curried Vegetable and Chickpea Stew

If yesterday's talk of slow-cookers didn't convince you to break yours out of storage, we hope this recipe will do the trick! Creamy and mild, this simple curried soup is full of tender fall vegetable...

Fall Weekend Cooking: Break Out the Slow-Cooker!

What can be better than coming in from the cold after a long day at work to the delicious aroma of dinner, cooked and ready to eat? Nothing, we say! Let's get those slow-cookers dusted off and put the...

Two Slow Cooker Meals for Hot Weather

We mentioned in a recent weekend roundup that we were planning on using the slow cooker for our weekend cooking. The slow cooker is invaluable in hot weather; you can start it up in the morning and th...

Recipe: Slow-Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken

This chicken is poached in a small amount of liquid in the slow-cooker and the cooked meat literally falls off the bone--you don't even need a knife! The flavors of garlic, lemon, thyme, and rosemary ...

CrockPot Meals: How to Braise in a Slow Cooker

Wow - our All-Clad slow cooker admiration post hit a nerve yesterday. Some of you are quite happy with your $40 slow cookers; others say that yes, a $150 slow cooker is absolutely worth it. The best...

New From All-Clad: The All-Clad Slow Cooker

We're pretty happy with our $40 Rival slow cooker. It makes lovely chicken stock, pork roast, and tender curry. But we just about fell over when we saw this new slow cooker from All-Clad... ...