The term slow cooking tends to scare people away because they assume it will be tedious and need a lot of attention. Slow cooking is in fact the complete opposite. Yes it does take time to cook, but it doesn't need to take up your time. I love my slow cooker, or crock pot, and when I'm working a long day I love it even more. Simply place all your ingredients in the bowl, set the time and the temp, and come home after a long day at work to a perfectly cooked meal. Sounds too good to be true? Well give some of my favorite Low Carb slow cooker recipes a try this weekend.
Here is what makes the slow cooker such a friend to the Low Carb kitchen. It takes the cheap, tough cuts I love, chuck, pork shoulder, brisket, and turns them meltingly tender, and those are the very cuts that carry the fat that fits a Low Carb plate. No browning marathon, no babysitting the stove. The long, gentle cook also reduces the liquid on its own, so you get a rich sauce with no flour or cornstarch slurry and no sneaky carbs. It is wonderful for building broth and stock too, which means soup season basically cooks itself. One pot, set it, walk away. If you like the sound of that, you will find more ideas like these in my keto comfort dinners collection.
