10+ Important Things to Know If You're New to the Slow Cooker

If you're making a soup, a sauce, or something that requires blending, it's worth investing in an immersion blender. Using the handheld blender directly inside your slow cooker instead of transferring the ingredients in batches to a blender means you don't have to dirty even more dishes, and you blend the whole dish in one fell swoop.

Get the recipe: easy slow-cooker bolognese sauce