I am a believer in crock pots.... a few years ago I started whipping up the mashed potatoes then putting them into a crock on warm. I put the entire ingredients for green bean casserole into another crock and let it cook in there...it sure helped not having to juggle time in the oven.
Yes, they’re very handy as an extra oven or burner. The most use mine has gotten has been to warm and keep things I’ve cooked by other methods, and then taken to potlucks; and the recipe we’ve made that turns out very well in the crockpot, is pulled-pork (crisped up in the oven, after shredding and saucing.) I’m sure it’s nothing like ‘real’ pulled pork, but it works in a little apt. with no outdoor space.
But I’d really like some of these easy crockpot meals to actually come out as tasty as they sound; and so far for me, they don’t :-(
Wow. I’m taking mashed potatoes. Please send me your recipe for crock pot mashed potatoes.