Crock Pot Cooking

When you are doing slow cooker recipes - especially favorites that you might want to double up in order to freeze the extras for your freezer cooking - but can you safely double your slow cooker …

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How many times have you served up dinner from the crock pot for your family but realized that you forgot to turn it off and tell the leftover sauce has turned into a crusty mess? And when it's gotten …

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Whenever you are cooking something in the slow cooker, it can be pretty tempting to lift the lid to peak on it cooking or to give it an extra stir or two.  But everytime you lift the lid (unless …

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If you have an older model slow cooker or you purchase one used at a garage sale, you should make sure you test it to ensure that it will raise the temperature to a high enough degree that will kill …

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With all the time you save when you make your meal in the slow cooker, it can be just as tempting to pre-assemble all the ingredients right in the slow cooker the night before, so you simply have to …

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Especially if you are creating your own crock pot recipe, it can be hard to know how full it should be when you are busy creating a masterpiece. Fortunately, there is a rule of thumb you can follow to …

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The vast majority of slow cooker recipes have instructions for both low and high settings. But what is the difference between the two in terms of cooking time? When you are cooking in your slow …

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