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Pecans and sweet potatoes: a delicious seasonal combination. ?With the slow cooker, you’ll enjoy that smell of them cooking for five sweet hours. ?A tasty holiday dish, that comes straight from your slow cooker. Serves 6 Ingredients 4 sweet potatoes (peeled and cut into 1?4-inch slices) 3/4 cups brown sugar (firmly packed) 1 (16-ounce) can whole-berry cranberry sauce 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup nonfat evaporated milk 4 tablespoons butter (cubed) 1 cup chopped pecans 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Directions 1. Use a 4-quart slow cooker. Stagger-stack sweet potatoes in your slow cooker. Cover with the brown sugar. Squish the cranberry sauce all over the top. Mix the vanilla with the milk, and pour on top. Dot with the butter. …

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Serves: 6 Prep time: 25 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Total time: 50 minutes Make Ahead Tip: Prepare salad without pecans up to 2 hours ahead. Stir in pecans just before serving. Ingredients 4 celery stalks (trimmed and cut in half crosswise) 2 tablespoons cider, pear, raspberry or other fruit vinegar 2 tablespoons honey 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 ripe pears (preferably red Bartlett or Anjou, diced) 1 cup white Cheddar cheese (finely diced) 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted Freshly ground pepper (to taste) 6 large leaves butterhead or other lettuce Tip: To toast chopped pecans, cook in a small dry skillet over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes. Directions 1. Soak celery in …

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