11 Foods You Should Never Put in a Slow Cooker

What to Do Instead

Use the amount specified in a tested recipe. For extra depth, you can also reduce wine separately before adding it to the dish.

A little wine can be wonderful, but too much can overwhelm the other flavors.

10. Quick-Cooking Greens

Spinach, arugula, Swiss chard, and other tender greens do not need hours of cooking.

Long cooking can turn them into dark, wilted, overcooked greens and make them lose the fresh character you are looking for.

What to Do Instead

Add tender greens toward the end of

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