When it comes to weeknights, few things are as daunting as the daily “What’s for dinner?” dilemma. Most home cooks have their go-tos: pasta, chicken, soup or takeout when things are feeling just a ...

On busy days, it’s so tempting to hit up a drive-thru so you can skip cooking and cleanup time. But you can also skip that stuff with a slow cooker. With these tips on how to use a slow cooker, dinner ...

Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann offer these tips and reminders for turning out appetizing food in your slow cooker: • The steaming-braising method of cooking uses less liquid than conventional ...

Here's some advice on successful slow-cooking from veteran cooking instructor Bev Grimm of Fargo and Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann, the authors of "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker": ...

What's for dinner? We asked, you answered. And now we share some of our readers' savvy, time-saving tips for making dinnertime less of a mad... We touched a nerve recently when we asked about ...