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your health.

ROSS’S TIPS FOR
SLOW COOKER SUCCESS

• Fat can’t render in can extend cooking
a slow cooker, so use times by hours.
lean meat or trim off • If the dish is
any excess fat. cooked, you can
• Turn on the slow turn off the slow
cooker when you cooker and leave
begin prepping – the lid on until
starting cold will you’re ready to eat.
take more time. Remember to stir
• Unless the recipe well before serving
calls for it, don’t be and scrape down the
tempted to lift the lid sides of the bowl
to have a peek – this (often where the
releases heat and tastiest bits are).

delicious. TIP

Don’t put dried kidney, cannellini or broad
beans in a slow cooker. These contain toxins
that are not destroyed at lower temperatures.
Use tinned beans – or soak overnight and boil
the beans first for at least 10 minutes.