As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, there’s nothing quite like a hearty bowl of soup, like this slow cooker ...

Carefully remove the pot from the slow cooker and use a hand-held blender to blitz the soup until smooth – watch out for splashes. Stir in enough milk to reach your preferred consistency (see Tips).

Some of favorite slow cooker recipes include coconut curry chicken, pork rib tips, beef stew, and baked potato soup.

and don’t require you to stand over a stove—but there’s only so many times you can make soup. Don’t get the broth blues; ditch the soup spoon and try one of these 20 other slow cooker recipes.

While we can debate how to pronounce "potato," there is no need for deliberation on the taste of this soup — it's souperb. Smooth, smoky and savory, this potato leek soup hits the spot.

A creamy, cheesy potato ... ham in the slow cooker? A beautiful glaze, of course! It combines her favorite soda (Dr Pepper) with brown sugar, mustard, and apple cider vinegar. This soup is creamy ...