Meatloaf From the Slow Cooker

I love meatloaf, but it’s hard to fit into a sensible diet and a busy schedule. This recipe takes care of both those concerns.

It’s not exactly a fix-it-and-forget it recipe, because it cooks in 3 or…

Roast Beef With Italian Peppers

How’s this for easy? Slice some onions, put them in a slow cooker, plop in a beef roast and a jar of pepperoncini or banana peppers, juice and all, and cook until done. I tasted the…

Hot mulled cider (Shutterstock image)

Here’s a lovely way to welcome guests to a winter gathering, be it Thanksgiving dinner, a cookie exchange party, the first night of Hanukkah, Christmas Eve, a Kwanzaa celebration, a New Year’s open house … (you…

Turkey and Cranberry Pot Pie

If your idea of a slow-cooker recipe starts and ends with a hunk of meat and an envelope of dried soup or seasonings, Art of the Slow Cooker: 80 Exciting New Recipes, by Andrew Schloss (Chronicle Books,…

This recipe has a lot going for it. Put three ingredients into a slow cooker, take the pork roast out six to nine hours later, add another half-dozen ingredients, and dinner is done.

You’ll get 10 servings — plenty for leftovers…