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These summer slow cooker dinner recipes are perfect meals to make for a crowd—or for yourself with plenty of leftovers for the week. Plus, they won't heat up your kitchen. There are some Allrecipes classics on here, like slow cooker pepper steak, cola beans, and a sirloin pot roast. Trust us, these are filling meals and a great way to unwind when the evening comes.

13 Summer Slow Cooker Dinners That Won't Heat Up Your Kitchen

It only takes a couple of hours, give or take, for a deli-fresh rotisserie chicken to go from under-the-warming-lamp hot to icebox frigid. How long it takes for it to go from cold to spoiled is an entirely different question. Although stashing your leftover bird in the fridge does slow down the bacteria colony that's trying to set up shop in your chillbox, it doesn't completely prevent it from becoming tomorrow's science experiment. After your rotisserie chicken goes in the fridge, you have three or four days to eat it before time's up.

Here's How Long Rotisserie Chicken Lasts In The Fridge

Cream cheese is one of the most versatile ingredients — it adds texture to baked goods, it's the perfect base for a good dip recipe, and it makes macaroni and cheese next-level creamy. It's always great to have a block of cream cheese on hand the same way you have butter; you never know when you'll need it. But if that cream cheese has already been opened, you don't have forever to use it. And if you forget how long it's been in the back of the refrigerator, then how can you tell when it's gone bad?

How Long Cream Cheese Stays Fresh After Opening

This is an easy dinner recipe that requires only 5 minutes of prep time to make super tender Crock Pot Pork Chops for just two people!. These Crock Pot Pork Chops for Two are so tender and juicy. They’re smothered in a brown gravy that’s soooo tasty. I love a good dinner that not only is easy make and tastes delicious, but doesn’t require me to stand around in the kitchen for hours on end. Perfect for when you aren’t feeding a ton of hungry mouths anymore or you just have a couple pork chops that you need to use up! Looking for more recipes for two? Be sure to check them out here!

Crock Pot Pork Chops For Two

This simple dish is loaded with lots of meat, cheese, and Mexican flavors that will surely make your tastebuds dance. It’s a very easy and quick recipe idea that you can make for dinner, lunch, or even breakfast if you want!. You can also adjust the seasonings depending on...

Easy Homemade Beef Enchiladas Recipe

I was working the soups and sauces station at a popular restaurant in the late '80s when the chef handed me a recipe to make as the special of the day. The chef, who was also the owner, had lived in France and taught me to make several authentic French dishes. This one, called a pan bagnat, opened my eyes to a whole different way to sandwich.

My 3-Ingredient Tuna Salad Takes 2 Minutes To Make

This old-fashioned butter noodles recipe by Simply Mamá Cooks is the perfect side dish for steaks, chicken, seafood, or meatballs. Not only is it tasty, but it is also easy and quick to prepare, making it the perfect dish for busy days. You can never go wrong with this classic recipe.

Old-Fashioned Butter Noodles Recipe

This delightful dish, known for its tender, melt-in-your-mouth texture and rich, smoky flavor, is a staple at barbecues, family gatherings, and casual weeknight dinners alike. But what if you could elevate this classic dish with a surprising twist? This slow cooker Dr. Pepper pulled pork from The Magical Slow Cooker on YouTube is a recipe that infuses the beloved barbecue staple with the sweet and spicy notes of everyone’s favorite soda.

Slow Cooker Dr. Pepper Pulled Pork

American fast food chain In-n-Out Burger has held a soft spot in the hearts of casual diners and professional chefs alike since the first location opened in 1948. Over the years, In-n-Out Burger has maintained its reputation for consistently better-than-average fast food fare. From the toasted hamburger buns and the fresh iceberg lettuce, to the melty American cheese and high-quality beef patties, their core menu always delivers the goods.

The In-N-Out Secret Menu Hack You Should Use On All Your Burgers

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Desiree Haros

Here's an easy recipe for one of my family's favorites. You'll want to add this to your monthly menu. 1 lb of stripped steak (flank, skirt, hangar, or ribeye) Fresh parsley, chopped (for garnish)

One Pot Beef Stroganoff Recipe

Need an easy dinner meal? Here’s a slow cooker Salisbury steak meatballs recipe by The Magical Slow Cooker! I made this last weekend, and it turned out incredibly delicious, better than I expected. It was gone in just a few minutes, and there were no leftovers. Everybody loved it! This recipe will surely go into your weekly meal rotation once you try it.

Slow Cooker Salisbury Steak Meatballs

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Damaging Winds Excess of 75mph, Large Hail & Isolated Tornado; Northern Plains; Evening of July 29th

Tin foil is a supremely useful invention: It can protect your lasagna or baked goods in the oven or catch drippy messes to save you from cleaning. But it doesn't play well with all appliances — it's common knowledge that microwaves and aluminum foil don't go well together. However, in an air fryer — which is similarly useful for quickly cooking or reheating food — that same foil is fairly safe to use (with some small caveats). The explanation lies in the way each appliance works: In short, they're two very different technologies.

Why Tin Foil Is Safe In The Air Fryer, But Not The Microwave

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Rebecca Blackwell

In this simple recipe, Tri-Tip Steak is cooked in a rich gravy flavored with fennel, coriander, and paprika until it's so tender that it falls apart. It's a deeply comforting meal that's satisfying in a heart warming, soul gratifying, stick-to-your-ribs kind of way.

This Recipe Will Make You Fall In Love With Your Slow Cooker All Over Again

If you’ve ever stared at the packet of chicken breasts you brought home from the store, fresh out of ideas, I feel you. Luckily, your dinner doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, you can have super flavorful chicken using just three (count them, three!) ingredients. Jarred salsa...

The 3-Ingredient Chicken I Make Once a Week

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One raunchy piece of advice made Haliey Welch an internet sensation — though her fame has come with a price. The 23-year-old, best known as "hawk tuah girl," has had to deal with some rather creepy fans ever since a video of Welch giving a tip about intercourse went insanely viral online.

'Hawk Tuah' Girl Haliey Welch Says She Was Offered $600 to 'Spit in a Jar' After Her Lovemaking Tip

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Bursting with tomato flavor and seasonings, who can say no to juicy and tender slow cooker sloppy joes? Not me and my family!. Homemade sloppy joes were one of my Mama’s favorite weeknight suppers for busy days and I’ve always loved them. I have my skillet sloppy joe recipe on here already (click here) but this slow cooker sloppy joes recipe is what I use on those days when I don’t have time to brown my beef so I just throw it all in the slow cooker. Yup, you don’t even have to cook the beef (as long as you use lean ground chuck). Toss it in and turn it on. Supper is ready when you are.

Mouthwatering Sloppy Joes Made Easy: Slow Cooker Recipe Magic!

From spicy peppercorns to vibrant jars of paprika, there are thousands of flavorful spices you can use to fill up the spaces on your kitchen shelves. While each comes with its own set of stipulations, there are some general guidelines you can learn to keep track of the freshness levels of all spices. For example, knowing that ground spices lose their quality faster than whole is important to note. And neither one is particularly better than the other either. Ground spices might be more convenient, but whole spices retain their flavor better.

Here's How Often You Actually Need To Replace Spices

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

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Here's another recipe for fudge that's very easy to make. You can double it, or quadruple it, for more servings. 4 tablespoons cocoa or cacao powder (I like 2 tablespoons of each)

3-Ingredient Fudge

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The One Mistake That's Ruining Your Slow Cooker Meals

The \"set it and forget it\" nature of the slow cooker sounds good in theory but is much harder to stick to in practice. After all,...

The "set it and forget it" nature of the slow cooker sounds good in theory but is much harder to stick to in practice. After all,...

The One Mistake That's Ruining Your Slow Cooker Meals

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