Slow cookers cant cook everything.
Instead, youre better served bybrowning raw meatin askilletbefore adding it to the slow cooker with your other ingredients.
Trust us, youll end up with a significantly better dish.
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Rice
Similar to pasta, rice is starchy and doesnt take a long time to cook.
Insteadcook your rice on the stovetop, or use a rice cooker.
Its not great, however, for cooking delicate vegetables such asspinach, asparagus, andpeas.
Fresh Herbs
Like delicate vegetables,fresh herbshave no place in the slow cooker.
