Instructions: * Buy roasts in sizes and shapes that fit your cooker. Otherwise, youll have to hunt up a meat cleaver and cut them to fit.

* Use lean cuts of meat and poultry for low-fat meals. Before cooking, trim away all visible fat and remove poultry skin.

* Brown ground beef, lamb, chicken) and turkey in a skillet over medium-high heat to give chilies, pasta sauces, and other dishes rich flavor and appealing dark color. To brown the low-fat way, use a nonstick skillet and mist it with a nonstick spray. After the meat is browned, transfer it to the slow cooker, using a slotted spoon so excess fat remains in the skillet.

* Cook cubed beef, chicken, pork, and turkey on LOW for up to 10 hours, but check them after 7 hours. They may be done. For added flavor, brown the cubes before putting them in the slow cooker.

* Add visual appeal and rich braised flavor by browning roasts before cooking them in the slow cooker.

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