Reduce energy use, come home to a cooked meal: Is a slow-cooker the dream appliance? 

It's time to bring the slow cooker in from the cold, says dietitian Gillian McConnell who uses the appliance to make nutritious, delicious and inexpensive food 

As we look at the bottom line of our electricity bills, we’ve become acutely aware of what appliances are most expensive to run. 

Reduce energy use and come home to a cooked meal: that’s the slow cooker dream. 

As we look at the bottom line of our electricity bills, we’ve become acutely aware of what appliances are most expensive to run. Sadly, the oven is in the top three, behind the immersion and tumble dryer.