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Your Slow Cooker Questions, Answered: Part 9

Friday, November 18th, 2011
by Irina Gonzalez

Your Slow Cooker Questions, Answered: Part 9 This week our regular Slow Cooker chat turned to tips for crock pot Thanksgiving recipes, beef stew and a reader shared her recipe for Apricot Chicken. We also discussed pot roast, slow cooker macaroni and cheese,... Read More >

Categories: Slow Cooker Chronicles

Your Favorite Slow Cooker Recipes

Monday, November 14th, 2011
by Heather Eng

slow cooker As a slow cooker newbie, I've really enjoyed experimenting with my crock-pot and learning from my successes and failures. But what's been equally fun is hearing the great concoctions all of you... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Slow Cooker Chronicles

Slow Cooker Curried Eggplant Soup

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
by Irina Gonzalez

curriedsoup1 When I saw our food editor make Chicken Curry for the What We're Eating column, I immediately wanted to make something with curry myself. As a fan of seasonal eating, I also wanted to make something with the Italian purple eggplant I had bought at the local farmer's market the other day. Digging around on the internet, I... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Slow Cooker Chronicles

Slow Cooker Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
by Irina Gonzalez

stuffedpeppercrop When walking through the farmer's market the other day, I found some amazing "ivory peppers". Not being able to resist, I bought them immediately and brought them home. I remembered seeing a Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers recipe on our site, but they... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Slow Cooker Chronicles

Slow Cooker Jerk-Marinated Mahi Mahi

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
by Irina Gonzalez

Slow Cooker Jerk-Marinated Mahi Mahi We're always talking about great chicken, pork or beef recipes over on Family Circle's Slow Cooker Recipes page. But as someone who's lost a lot of weight, I try to eat as healthy as I can. As you can see by my first Slow Cooker attempt, that usually means making vegetarian meals. I loved making last week's baked potato soup but... Read More >

Categories: Food & Recipes, Slow Cooker Chronicles