Slow cooking is something that can save you a lot of time. Once you have experimented with crockpot cooking and easy slow cooker recipes, you will want to use the crockpot more and more for these delicious meals.Get up before everyone else. I admit this is the hardest one for me, but if you do wake up first you can get your first cup of coffee or juice in peace, take a shower and some mornings even get dressed all by yourself.Are you a huge soup fan? Well with the crock pot you most likely will never want to ever open a can of soup in the future. You certainly want to try such absolute favorites as Chicken Tortilla Soup or possibly Roast Tomato-Basil soup. Basic slow cooker tasty recipes for a pot of soup are scrumptious and offer a little something for all. There will always be those long time absolute favorites of Manhattan clam chowder, New England clam chowder or even Easy Corn Chowder.I ordered the cheese enchilada dinner with chili gravy and rice and beans. I have never heard of chili gravy and just assumed it meant best crockpot chili. I was wrong. When they brought my food out I thought they mistakenly put queso on my enchiladas instead of chili so instead of returning the food I requested a bowl of chili. They brought out a bowl of the same looking cheese sauce. Not really sure what it was. Perhaps it was chili as in chili pepper? Overall, the enchiladas didn't taste that bad. The rice was very good, but the refried beans were oversalted. So much so that they were not edible.Cube Velvetta and put in a large slow cooked chili. Pour in green chili and add in browned ground beef and stir well. Cook on high for one hour, then stir again and switch to low setting. Serve with jicama slices, red pepper strips, pork rinds and cucumber slices.Beef has always been an easy cut of meat that is never forgiving in the oven. A beef roast prepared in a slow cooker chili cooker, stewing and marinating in its juices will be tender and moist every time you make it. Adding some vegetable and spices in the last hour of cooking will assure a delicious and filling meal. Why not bake some bread from the freezer case at your grocery store and add another amazing aroma to your already mouth-watering meal?Chili with beans could have come about during the Great Depression as an inexpensive way to stretch out the dish, because by the 1950's, the controversy had began.When ready to eat, check the stew for chili con carne army. The beef stew seasoning and the flour on the meat usually makes a rich thick broth which is of a gravy consistency. If you want it thicker, add a pack of beef gravy mix. If you want it thinner, just add a bit more water.