Slow Cooking Two Ways: Favorite Slow-Cooked Recipes Made Two Ways: Dutch Oven and Slow Cooker

By having a choice between slow cooking with your crock pot or your Dutch oven, you have more flexibility and can plan your meals better depending on the time you have and your inclination towards either method. Both give excellent results and flavorful meals your family will enjoy.
Slow cooking is a great way to prepare tougher cuts of meat, which is a great way to keep your grocery bill down while still providing all that nutrition your family needs. Here, we’ve shared a variety of recipes for easy casseroles, soups, stews, and even breakfasts and desserts!
Recipes in this collection are not relying on a lot of canned or processed ingredients. This makes for healthier choices and the kids won’t even notice they are eating their vegetables!
Cooking with a slow cooker
Slow cookers allow you to go home to a flavorful one-pot meal ready to eat All you have to do is to prepare the ingredients in the morning, put them in the slow cooker and leave it. No mess, no dishes to clean, and little time spent in the kitchen. This also means less work and faster preparation time.
Compared to ovens, slow cookers require a significantly lower amount of electricity. This means lower bills for you to pay. Another money-saver is that with slow cookers, you can buy less expensive, tougher meats because the slow cookers will make them more tender.
Slow cooking with Dutch ovens
There will be days when you want to make one of these dishes and maybe you didn’t think to set up your slow cooker before you left. Or maybe you’re home and you’d just rather use your Dutch oven. Go ahead! For every recipe, we’ve given you directions for the Dutch oven as well. In your Dutch oven, you can still have tender, succulent meats, but you can brown them quickly without dirtying an extra skillet. Also, your Dutch oven is just as happy in the oven as it is on your stovetop, so it’s one of the most versatile pots you likely own. And you will have only one pot to clean! Most recipes can be made ahead of time too! Talking about an easy way to plan and prepare your meals!
Either way, you’ll be preparing a nutritious, home-cooked meal for yourself and your loved ones, using whole ingredients that you probably have on hand or can easily find at your grocery store.
We have included at the beginning of the book a whole section on both how cook perfect one-pot meals with the crock pot and with a Dutch oven with plenty of tips for beginners to more seasoned cooks.