Before you reach for the phone or opt to order online, consider dusting off your slow cooker and letting it handle dinner instead. Tangy, spicy orange chicken is easy to get on the table when you use your kitchen tools.
If you've been following the Weeknight Shorts series, you may have noticed a pattern. Many of the recipes featured here take advantage of kitchen helpers. Notably, slow cookers are relied upon heavily. If you love the flavor of slow-cooked food but don't have time to spend most of the day in the kitchen, I've got another keeper for you!
Sometimes, oftentimes I'd argue, a tasty dinner is far more important than a pretty plate at the dinner table. With that in mind, get ready for a simple white chicken chili recipe that will have you reaching for seconds, if not a camera!
Sometimes you aren't in the mood to pull out a saucepan and create the perfect sauce for ribs from scratch. Is there shame in that? Not at all! What's more, there are some really fantastic options out there for putting together dinner in a snap if you have a couple of great bottled sauces and a slow cooker.
Continuing a theme on quick-to-prepare meals, we look to a chicken and potato dish that's brimming with lots of flavor. What's more, it can be assembled in about 15 minutes and then you let your slow cooker do the heavy lifting while you go about your day. Dinner is served!
January brings us some of our coldest weather of the year and this year is no exception. Fight back by eating your veggies via one of the most comfort food presentations I know: a creamy bisque brimming with everything from parsnips and broccoli to onions and celeriac.
Spoils from the recent spate of entertaining find their way into the slow cooker and a wonderful, steaming bowl of delicious soup is born. It's time to sing the praises of this ultimate comfort food and the time of the year made for it.
This is the time of the year when your slow cooker can be an incredible blessing. How else can spending 15-20 minutes of hands-on time give you a warm, spicy chicken curry dinner that is brimming with tender chicken, fresh garlic and ginger, and oodles of vegetables all swimming in an inspired curry sauce that will have you making it over and over?
The secret to warming yourself from the inside out? Good, comforting soups. But, in this day and age, who has time to spend hours simmering a soup on the stove? You don't need to if you have a slow cooker on hand. Get a hearty soup that will have you and yours smiling without spending much time in the kitchen.
As everyone gets ready for Thanksgiving, you will find lots of turkey recipes here and elsewhere, but don't forget to use that turkey carcass. Rich, delicious turkey stock is just a slow cooker and a good night's sleep away! It's even more to be grateful for this holiday season.
