10 of Martha Stewart’s Slow Cooker Recipes We Can’t Get Enough Of (2024)

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published Oct 3, 2019

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Martha Stewart is a low-key slow cooker genius. While you might not think of her as synonymous with slow cooking, she knows just the right moments to break one out and plug it in. And her tips on how to build flavor are just as brilliant when she’s cooking low and slow as they are for her stovetop and oven dishes. She even wrote a pretty good book on the subject a few years ago.

So when fall rolls around and we start thinking about all the hearty meals we can make in our slow cooker, we often turn to Martha for inspiration. And we think you should, too! Here are 10 slow cooker recipes from Martha Stewart that we’ll be making all fall. The list includes everything from Italian braised pork to slow cooker brownies.

1. Slow Cooker Chicken Chili Tacos

You know about rich and deeply savory chicken chili, right? Well, Martha puts all those flavors into the slow cooker and then fills hard taco shells with the results. It’s a great take on taco Tuesday that could not be easier.

2. Slow Cooker Marmalade and Vinegar Pork

Everyone knows the slow cooker is perfect for making a braised pork shoulder, but this marmalade and vinegar version is amazingly good. The sweetness of the marmalade mingles with the tart vinegar and delicious pork fat to make a dinner that tastes special but is oh-so-simple.

3. Vegetable, Beef, and Barley Stew

Beef and barley stew is a simple slow cooker classic. Martha’s version includes hearty vegetables like potatoes and butternut squash. You simply brown the beef, and then let everything cook together while you’re at work.

4. Loaded Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes

This dinner recipe is perfect for a hungry crowd that might eat at different times throughout the evening. The slow cooker makes easy work of baking the potatoes without an oven.

5. Italian Braised Pork

Braised pork hardly gets better than this. The tomatoes and red wine give it a deeply rich flavor. You can serve this saucy pork over pasta, polenta, or even put it in sub rolls.

6. Slow Cooker Cajun Stew

You don’t have to host a backyard seafood boil to revel in the goodness of a Cajun shrimp and sausage stew. The slow cooker all but guarantees your shrimp won’t overcook.

7. Soy-Ginger Chicken

We all need more reliably delicious ways to serve chicken for dinner, and this really is a good one. Your family gets all their favorite pieces and you get the joy of not having much cleanup after dinner!

8. Slow Cooker Triple Chocolate Brownies

If it’s still too hot to bake where you live or your oven is busy and you still need brownies (since it’s also bake-sale season), these slow cooker brownies are here to save the day. It doesn’t hurt that they have triple the chocolate and walnuts too.

9. Slow Cooker Cinnamon Rolls

The smartest thing you could possibly do is take a few minutes on Saturday night getting these cinnamon rolls into your slow cooker. Then you can wake up on Sunday to their glorious scent wafting through the house. Your family will love it, and you’ll feel like a slow cooker genius.

10. Martha Stewart’s Slow Cooker Cheesecake

For an impossibly smooth cheesecake with a flawless top, just slow cook it! Martha’s recipe follows a pretty basic cheesecake formula but skips the fussy water bath, and the results are amazing.

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