When fall sports take over the calendar, dinner needs to keep cooking while everyone is somewhere else. These 13 slow cooker recipes cover chicken, pork, beef, soup, chili, meatballs, ribs, and stew with very little last-minute work. Most need only a short prep before the lid goes on, then the slow cooker handles the long stretch. That leaves more room for practices, games, pickups, and the rush back home.

A bowl of beef stew with chunks of meat, carrots, potatoes, and garnished with fresh herbs in a thick, reddish-brown broth.
Slow Cooker Beef Stew. Photo credit: Hungry Cooks Kitchen.

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