Holiday Gift for Cooks
From busy working moms to experienced cooks, who doesn’t love the versatility and convenience of a slow cooker? Crock-Pot slow cookers have been an essential kitchen appliances for households for the last 40 years and this Christmas, the company’s gorgeous Crock-Pot Designer Series slow cooker would make the perfect gift for the house chef!
The Crock-Pot Designer Series slow cooker really is something special. While slow cookers have become quite common today, there is nothing common about this one! From the sleek low-profile handles that fold down out of site when not in use to the removable dishwasher-safe stoneware and lid to the one-touch digital control, this gorgeous stainless steel slow cooker is in a class of its own.
My personal favourite feature was the digital control panel. By pressing the button, I was able to choose between Low Heat for either eight or ten hours or High Heat for four or six hours. Best of all, when the time was up, the Crock-Pot automatically switched to the Keep Warm setting! I have never used the warming feature on a slow cooker before; it’s just not something I think to do. But having it come on automatically when my food was cooked was so convenient and kept the food at just the right temperature until we were ready to eat.
I also received the Crock-Pot Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes cookbook. I have slow cooker recipes in various other cookbooks and I also invent recipes of my own fairly often. But I have always wanted a good cookbook just for slow cooking and this was a great one! It had recipes for everything from quick dinners to beverages.
I am in love with my Crock-Pot Designer Series slow cooker and I can’t wait to really start experimenting with it by testing out some of the recipes in the cookbook. The fill-and-forget cooking style of the slow cooker is perfect for my busy day, but I also love experimenting with fun new meals and desserts. I have a feeling trying recipes like Chocolate Delight and Chinese Cashew Chicken is going to keep me busy and happy for months to come!
The Crock-Pot Designer Series slow cooker is available at Sears stores across Canada and would make a wonderful gift for the person that does most of the cooking in your household. It’s a gift that’s sure to help make dinnertime less rushed while still being very delicious! For more savings, find current Sears coupons here.
ARV: $89.99
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I have recently tried the pulled pork. So easy. Just precook the pork in the slow cooker, and then add Diana’s bbq sauce, a little brown sugar, ginger and cook for a couple more hours. So good
My favorite recipes are pot roast and mexican style pulled pork for mexican pizzas.
Love a Beef Roast with Carrots, Potatoes, Turnips. Yummy.
My favorite slow cooker recipe is for BBQ beans. It uses two different kinds of canned beans, onion, carrot, celery, ketchup, brown sugar, mustard, salt, pepper and cayanne.
I love this. I love to make slow cooked pulled pork!
nathania.a at gmail dot com
My favorite slow cooker recipe is also pulled pork- but here is another… I like to make a nice roast just add meat and my trick is to use the dry au jue sauce or else a packet of dry onion soup and a bit of water. Add potatoes and carrots then use leftovers for a hearty beef stew.
ACK Canada only! Maybe next time.
I’ve only cooked one thing in a slow cooker and it was for sweet & hot pork. It was delish!
polled pork and chicken noodle soup
My favorite is beef stew! I don’t have a recipe I just eyeball everything!
I have a slow cooker Chinese chicken recipe that I love, or always love doing a roast in my slow cooker.
Clam Chowder
2 cans Clam Chowder condensed soup
2 Cream of Potato, and Cream of Celery condensed Soup
2 cans of clams drained
1 qt half and half
Put into crock pot and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8
I love sweet and sour chicken
I love chili, french dips, pork chops w/stuffing, beef stroganoff and so many other items made in my crockpot.
i love chili and a roast in a slow cooker, yum yum
One of my favorite slow-cooker recipes is my Chicken Stew with Dumplings. I’ve also been dying to make a crawfish dip that my sister has perfected.
i love to make chilli in the slowcooker but i dont have one of my own, so this would be awesome to win!!!
Pulled pork
I saw the Beef Meatballs in Tomato and Mushroom Sauce on http://www.crock-pot.ca/
I would like to try this but only use elk instead of beef. I have a freezer full of elk and sure welcome ideas on what to do with it.
Thanks for the review. This is an awesome cooker.
I’m sorry. I’m from USA. I didn’t notice it was for CA only.
My favorite is vegetable beef soup with a beef roast and lots of veggies. It is great on a cold day
My Husband makes Chili and a few recipes for Chili. Nice warm meal on these cold winter days. mmmm
silverneon2000 at yahoo dot com
I love chicken taco chili in my slow cooker
reneetaylor at sympatico dot ca
i like slow cooker lasagna and pulled pork! LOVE the design of this one!
Love chili
My favourite slow cooker recipe is ribs! YUMMY!
I dont have a favorite recipe because I have never owned or used a slow cooker before,but would love to try chili or beef stew!
ksceviour at hotmail dot com
I like to throw a roast beef in, with some mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, garlic, thyme, cracked black pepper and some red wine. It is really good.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
My crockpot is so old. I really hope I win this beautiful new one! I like to cook beef roast with veggies in my crockpot.
I love homemade beef stew in the crock pot.
janicebudgellpollard at hotmail dot com
My favorite is beef stew! LOVE it during the winter time
hOPING I can win!
I love making pot roast in the crock pot.
I have a hamburger and barley vegetable soup I make in the crockpot. Perfect for winter suppers because it is so hearty and filling.
I love making a chicken and veggies in the crockpot.
stew beef with ragu sauce, great with rice or spaghetti
I love making pot roast in slow-cooker. I have not made it in a while though because my slow-cooker broke
I found a recipe a few years back for slow cooker jambalya and it is amazing!!
MMMMMm……I have a “chicken surprise” recipe that my whole family just LOVES but my crockpot isnt big enough haha. I also love making meatball and BBQ ribs!
Classic Beef Bourguignon
Potroast in a Crockpot is the only way to go! I love to make potroast in my crockpot. I also make a mean beef brisket in my slow cooker as well. It’s perfect for someone who’s always on the go. Throw everything in in the morning and its ready for dinner. Love that this one is digital.
I have always wanted to have a slow cooker and cook some great food. I finally got one a year ago and used it for the first time last week. I made a meatloaf and potatoes and it came out so good. If I won this, I would give this to my brother who is learning to cook
I love pulled pork as well, but also BBQ chicken. Crockpots come in handy, especially with kids
I would love to try the Peach cobbler recipe I found online. It is so simple and looks so delicious.
I regularly make a curry chickpea recipe that is delicious
I love making roast with vegetables in my slow cooker!!
dalleykt at live dot ca
I love a vegan stew with chickpeas
baked potato soup! I actually have some cooking now!
I make pot roast & veggies and then use the juices to make gravy; yummy and easy!
I love making Crockpot Dressing it is really very good!
dhunter40@aol.com
I love cooking chicken in the crock pot add celery and carrots
chicken and dumplings is a family favorite!