These slow-cooker pinto beans are full of flavor—and they're nutritious too. Once you've mastered the recipe, try your own take by adding extra spice or other favorite ingredients. Prep ...

Our colorful beans with bacon are as easy as stirring together the ingredients and dumping them into your slow cooker. 1 package (2.1 oz.) bacon 2 cans (28 oz. each) baked beans 1 can (19 oz.) ...

Two Bean Slow Cooker Chili, an easy and affordable recipe that doesn't require advance soaking of beans. (Nathan Hostler/Special to The Oregonian) By IVY MANNING I love the idea of making a huge ...

Then, add them to the slow cooker, just as you would if you were using the tempeh bacon, along with all of the other ingredients.

Here's a super easy - and inexpensive - recipe that requires a little chopping, but mostly dumping ingredients in your slow cooker ... different dried beans as well - pinto beans or black beans ...