Sure, slow cooker meals are easy peasy but you can't discount the fact that they turn out so intensely rich and yummy. Here we have slow-cooked short ribs, sweet and salty and caramelly mmm. In the background, D's amazing mashed potatoes--add a squeeze of lemon and loads of fresh basil, and you'll be amazed at how much that transforms simple mashed potatoes and elevates them to citrusy fresh aromatic heights, it's like an entirely different dish!
And may I just show off, the short ribs are sitting in a C&B angled glass bowl I had been lusting after for over a year. They are finally mine and they make me So Happy, no idea why I was holding out for so long. I love tilted/asymmetrical dishware that's still clean and modern.