Tag: slow cooker

Slow Cooked Pork

Slow Cooked Pork

I started cooking for myself when I was in college in Cleveland (in a dorm – but that’s another story…) When I moved into my room in September, my mother drove me out to a big supermarket to stock up on supplies. When we got 

Classic Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Classic Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Mom probably made pot roast – or Grandma did. If they didn’t, a neighbor did… and you’d come home and smell it in the hallway, or when you passed their kitchen window, and wonder what smelled so good… Everyone had some method of cooking a 

Basic Beans in a Slow Cooker

Basic Beans in a Slow Cooker

Well, I’ve been meaning to write this, ever since I wrote about cooking beans on top of the stove last June. So, since I seem to be obsessing about slow cookers at the moment… here we are. This is the way I cook beans in 

Thoughts About Slow Cookers

Thoughts About Slow Cookers

I have slow cookers on my mind… Is that a song? It should be…

Root Vegetables in a Slow Cooker

Root Vegetables in a Slow Cooker

  A Hot Thing in the last few years has been Roast Vegetables. Put all sorts of root vegetables – and sometimes sturdy green vegetables, too – in a pan and  put it in the oven…  The cooking concentrates the flavor, and you taste the