These dishes cook slowly, but their prep is quick and easy.
Set up a toppings bar for efficient DIY assembly.
Just stretchpre-made pizza doughover the bottom, and then layer with sauce, cheese, and your favorite toppings.
Photo:Antonis Achilleos
Go ahead and delete your pizza delivery app, and make this your new pizza-night go-to.
Cooking the squash with the sauce is efficient and makes for easy serving and cleanup.
Top with tortilla chips, cheese, and a wedge of lime.
Kan Kanbayashi
For a twist, try swapping out corn for canned hominy or white beans for black.
The small ditalini pasta, tomatoes, and spinach make the dish a full meal: no sides necessary.
Try topping the rich, umami-forward chicken porridge with a fried orpoached egg.
Romulo Yanes
Use it as a great topper for baked potatoes or nachos, too!
Its rich, full of tangy sauce, and can be enjoyed withrice, naan, or both.
Slow Cooker Puttanesca With Roasted Broccolini
A restaurant-worthypasta dishwith less than 20 minutes of prep?
Victor Protasio
This tangy sauce is it.
Assemble sandwiches on toast or rolls and enjoy!
Cook the rice according to package directions just before serving.
Con Poulos
Regardless, this family-friendly dish makes for a great brunch, lunch, or dinner.
Leftovers make a great pull-pork sandwich!
Serve with homemade chimichurri and atasty side.
José Picayo
Slow Cooker Chicken Tostadas
Put a twist on taco night with a tasty tostada!
The chickenboneless, skinless thighsslow-cooks with onion, salsa, and poblano peppers for 4 to 5 hours.
Slow Cooker Mexican Beef Sliders
This beef dish requires no stovetop browning!
Antonis Achilleos
Slow-cooking granola for 3 hours is also one of the most delightful air fresheners you’ll ever come across!
The only part of this Asian-inspired dish that cooks outside the slow cooker is the long-grain white rice.
The secret is a slow cooker and a recipe shortcut of a can of refrigerator biscuits.
Caitlin Bensel
The great part is you might keep them warm in the slow cooker for self-serving all morning long.
Pour over cooked rice noodles as shown, or try it with basmati or jasmine rice.
Switch it up by using beer instead of water, adding onions, or serving with horseradish.
The hardest part is the 30-minute wait while it finishes cooking in the crockoutsideof the cooker.
After just 10 minutes of prep and 5 hours of slow-cooking, it’s soup!
And it’s easier to make than you think: just 10 minutes of prep and seven ingredients!
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