4 Secrets for the Best Slow Cooker Beef Stew  4 Secrets for the
Best Slow Cooker Beef StewBy Hilary Meyer, Associate Food
Editor, EatingWell Magazine  When I was in culinary school we
learned a lot about how to develop flavors. These methods
usually involved high-end ingredients, a lot of prep time and
sometimes following complicated procedures to get good results.
Little did I know a much easier path to culinary greatness was
sitting in my pantry the whole time I was sweating in a
restaurant kitchen. That would be my slow cooker.  The humble
slow cooker can turn out some pretty mean food if you know a few
tricks. Not to mention it's convenient, relatively inexpensive
and very easy to use. (Dinner practically cooks itself!) Take
EatingWell's recipe for Flemish Beef Stew (see full recipe
below), for example. In culinary school I would have been
meticulously trimming an expensive cut of meat, tournéing
vegetables and bathing them all in veal stock.  Don't Miss: 12
Tips to Think Like a Chef  But in this version,