Many people love the idea of a slow cooker because it seems so simple — open the pot, insert ingredients, cover the pot, turn on the heat, then leave it alone. Eight hours later, after a hard day at ...

It was a strange confession to make, but I felt I had to fess up. A friend who once ran a large recipe-based website was recently explaining to me that slow cooker recipes are wildly more popular ...

Even after recently having wrapped up an Instant Pot/multicooker recipe series, I still couldn’t stop Instant Potting. This polenta recipe I had come across kept coming to mind. And wanting something ...

Red wine braised slow cooker short ribs. There is not a way to brown meat or vegetables within the moist confines of a slow cooker, which means that those ingredients will require some time in the ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

Many people love the idea of a slow cooker because it seems so simple – open the pot, insert ingredients, cover the pot, turn on the heat, then leave it alone. Eight hours later, after a hard day at ...

Slow cookers are a lot different than a generation ago. Many models now let you brown or saute right inside them, which saves the step of having to brown meat or vegetables in a skillet on the stove, ...