289 slow cook recipes

Stir-fried chicken breast with angel hair pasta, snow peas, and carrots tossed in savory sauce and topped with sesame seeds. Better than takeout, ready at home.

Light pasta in chicken broth with wilted spinach chiffonade, garlic, olive oil, and Parmesan. A brothy, clean-flavored Italian dish ready in under 15 minutes.

Dilly rice muffins fold cooked rice, fresh dill, scallions, and parsley into a quick muffin batter. Savory, herby, and ready in 30 minutes. A great way to use leftover rice.

Roasted butternut squash makes this delicious lasagna!

Grilled hoisin-marinated pork strips tucked into crisp lettuce cups with rice noodles, crunchy veggies, and a sweet peanut-chile dipping sauce. A fresh, hands-on Thai dinner for a crowd.

Crustless vegetable quiche with broccoli, potatoes, and red peppers in a light cottage cheese and egg substitute base. Low-fat, high-protein, and packed with fresh vegetables.

Low-fat marbled pumpkin cheesecake swirls spiced pumpkin into a creamy vanilla filling over a gingersnap crust. Pureed cottage cheese keeps it light while a water bath gives a silky, crack-free top.

The Kaufmans' apple butter, a slow-cooked spread made from cooking apples, reduced apple cider, and sugar simmered for hours into a deep, glossy spread. The Pennsylvania Dutch farmhouse classic, ready for water-bath canning.

Orange, lemon, and grapefruit marmalade slow-cooks three citrus fruits with sugar into a glossy bittersweet preserve. British-style marmalade with no commercial pectin needed.

Granatír-potato noodles is a humble Hungarian peasant dish of cubed potatoes, boiled pasta, and slow-cooked onions, finished with sweet pepper and a hit of hot pepper jelly. Frugal, filling, and oddly addictive.

Make your own apple butter using your slow cooker.

Slow cooker spiced cranberry cider, apple cider mulled low with cranberries, orange, and a generous mix of cinnamon, clove, star anise, and candied ginger. A fragrant, hands-off hot drink for fall and holiday gatherings.

Leather britches beans: the classic Appalachian method of stringing and drying green beans, then cooking low and slow with bacon grease. Traditional shuck beans recipe.

Classic French chicken braised with 40 whole cloves of garlic, cognac, vermouth, and warm spices. Sealed and slow-cooked for fall-off-the-bone tenderness.

Delicious Pickled Ox Tongue. A classic recipe for tender, flavorful ox tongue. Slow-cooked with aromatic vegetables, served hot or cold with your choice of delectable sauces.

Homemade lemon shred marmalade with fine lemon peel and grapefruit, cooked low and slow with no added pectin. Just four ingredients for a classic citrus preserve.