12 Things Your Slow Cooker Can Do That Nobody Told You | Seniors Living Alone

For years I thought my slow cooker only did one thing: stew. It turns out that pot can roast a whole chicken, bake a potato, make a proper layered lasagna, and even turn the bones you’d have thrown away into a freezer full of stock. In this video I’ll show you 12 things a slow cooker does that most people never try — all worked out for one person — plus the handful of rules nobody explains when you buy one.
Every temperature here is given in degrees Fahrenheit, and everything is scaled for cooking for one.
👉 12 Things Your Slow Cooker Can Do
01:07 A Whole Roast Chicken — no oven
02:47 Pulled Pork
04:21 Meatloaf
05:49 Lasagna
07:08 Baked Potatoes
08:26 Creamy Mac and Cheese
09:46 The slow cooker rules nobody explains
11:53 A Week of Shredded Chicken
13:07 Caramelized Onions
14:31 Chicken Stock (from the bones you’d throw away)
16:04 Overnight Steel-Cut Oats
17:12 Stewed Apples
18:20 Rice Pudding
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These recipes are shared for general enjoyment. Please adjust ingredients to your own tastes and any dietary needs, and check with your doctor about anything specific to your health.