If you think you have to spend hours slaving away in the kitchen to prepare a hearty home-cooked meal for the family, think again. Times have changed with the help of kitchen gadgets like the slow cooker. All that is involved is the preparation of yummy ingredients and you can head off to work, school or have a nap do something productive!

Here are some slow cooker recipes to try out!

1. Beef stew

Enjoy some meaty goodness after a long day at work with a slow-cooked beef stew. 

2. Minestrone soup

Nothing beats a bowl of piping hot soup on a cold day. Share a pot of minestrone soup with the family for dinner!

3. Roasted whole chicken

Yes, you can roast a whole chicken in the slow cooker too. And you can eat it as soon as you back from work.

4. Lasagna

Who says lasagna cannot be prepared in a slow cooker? With this recipe, you can. 

5. Oatmeal

Get that extra hour of sleep and wake up to a warm bowl of oatmeal for breakfast!

6. Nutella swirl chocolate chip pound cake

This proves the versatility of the slow cooker. Make your favourite cakes in the slow cooker or try out this chocolatey pound cake! 

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