Crock pot cooking is no 'nonsense'

Are you ready to say goodbye to summer? Have you gotten out your slow cooker yet? (Mine rarely sees the inside of the storage cupboard.)

As summer turns into fall, it’s nice to take one last longing tasteful glance at fresh vegetable salads, berries filling the fridge and pie tins, and the whiff of grilled beef on the patio.

But wait a minute. We live in the get-anything-you-want grocery market era. You can still have fresh tomatoes on a grilled burger. Maybe not picked out of your back yard since it will soon be covered in ice and snow, but fresh tomato nonetheless. And many of us were garden...