The art of the slow cooker

For dinner, I am making "Game Hens Poelee with Spring Vegetables" from this book. I love my all-clad slow cooker with ceramic insert. It makes dinner so easy! Well for this recipe, Jeff cleaned up two small hens and split them. I browned them in a skillet, and set them aside while adding baby carrots, pearl onions, new potatoes, thyme, rosemary, garlic and artichoke hearts to the bottom of the slow cooker. I added the hens skin side up on top of the vegetables, and set it on low for 5.5 hours. Right before serving, I will add peas and tarragon. This morning, it took me only 10 minutes to do all this, and pretty soon the house will be smelling lovely.

(Both products pictured are from williams-sonoma... a store I adore!!)