It's Valentine's Day, and Slow Cooked Beef Ragu is on the Daybreak Menu! This dish will let you spend time together celebrating the holiday instead waiting for a meal in a busy restaurant. It takes ...

1) Heat a heavy frying pan on a high heat, brown each side of the meat really well, paying special attention to the fat side. 2) Finely slice the onions and garlic, lay them in a layer at the bottom ...

In a large skillet, cook the Italian sausage and ground beef over medium heat, crumbling the meat with a spatula, until beginning to brown. Add the chopped onion and cook until meat is no longer pink ...

How do you improve upon perfection? If you’re Giada De Laurentiis, you get the slow cooker involved. The Everyday Italian author and television star had already mastered her short rib ragu recipe, but ...

When the heart of winter hits and daytime temperatures stay well below freezing, there's a lot to be said for coming home to a warm meal bubbling away in a slow cooker. That's why we chose to kick off ...

If you haven't broken out your slow cooker in a while, then now's the time! That steady workhorse, the Crock Pot, with its simple settings ("high, low, warm") and heavy ceramic interior is a valuable ...

Sauce is one of those things that only gets better with time, but that's the one thing none of us seem to have to spare. Instead of checking on a stovetop pot of simmering sauce all day, why not let ...

When it comes to preparing delicious meals without breaking the bank, slow cooking cheap cuts of beef is a savvy strategy.

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1. In a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker, combine onion, garlic, tomato paste and oregano. Season roast with salt and pepper and place on top of onion mixture. Add 2 cups water, cover and cook on high until ...

Something warm, heavy and filling sounded pretty wonderful during these past few snow days. I'd purchased stew beef to make some beef stew, but our carrots had disappeared somehow overnight (I think ...