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Slow cooker mashed potatoes made easy

Jump to the fast track on Thanksgiving side dishes and make the most effortless slow cooker mashed potatoes ever. Just set the slow cooker to high, load it with redskin potatoes, add a little water, butter and garlic, and in about four hours you’ll have perfectly rich and flavorful potatoes — no skin peeling and no boiling. Best of all, they’re fairly hands-off, so you’ll be able to use that extra time elsewhere. Slow Cooker Redskin Mashed Potatoes Makes about 10-12 servings Ingredients 3 pounds redskin potatoes, scrubbed (leave skin on) 1/4 cup butter 4 cloves crushed garlic, peeled 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese About 1/4 cup milk (more as needed) 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme 4 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped 1/4 cup water Directions  Place potatoes in slow cooker along with butter, garlic and water. Set to high for a cook time of 4 hours, then secure the lid. After 4…

10 Healthy slow cooker recipes to make this month

We’re all guilty of it. We play appliance favorites. Some months it’s the juicer. Some months its the Kitchen Aid mixer or the pizza stone. It seems I can’t balance my attention and use of my kitchen tools evenly. If they were children, I would have some problems to deal with. Thankfully, they are objects and can not notice or care — but I do. My crock pot sat unused last year until January when I finally brought it down off the shelf for the first time. I think of all the easy, healthy meals I missed making for myself last winter. This year, I’m making it a point to bring out the slow cooker early and use it often throughout the months to come. Here are a few slow cooker meals I’ve tried in the past that I can completely recommend. I’ll post a few of my own in the coming weeks, but enjoy…

Slow cooker caramelized onions

Caramelizing onions in a crock pot with just a bit of olive oil and salt is a fool-proof method for getting a huge batch of these delicious, golden-brown morsels just right. Since most busy weeknight cooks don’t have the time to let caramelized onions reach their peak flavor, the solution is setting the crockpot and making them for the months ahead. Onions are naturally sweet, and cooking them slowly allows the natural sugars in the onion to caramelize. The result is an intensely rich flavor that improves any pizza, onion soup, pasta, dip or sandwich. Caramelized onions are good on pretty much every… single… thing. What else do you like them on? Follow these easy steps for never mushy, perfectly tender caramelized onions: Slow cooker Caramelized onions Ingredients 7-8 medium to large onions 3 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp salt 1/2 tsp pepper Directions Peel and slice your onions about 1/8″ thick. Toss onions…