Making dry beans in a slow cooker Beans are delicious when cooked from scratch, but the process can be frustrating. When cooking them on the stovetop, you need to keep a close eye on them to make ...

Cook the beef. Start with cooking 1 1/2 pounds of ground beef in a skillet until browned and cooked through, around 7 minutes ...

I'm always on the lookout for an easy recipe that requires just dumping a bunch of ingredients in the slower cooker, turning it on and opening it up to a delicious meal at six to eight hours later.

Put beans and water or stock in the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 to 6 hours, or on low for 6 to 10 hours. Black eyed peas will be on the shorter end of that timeframe, while chickpeas will ...