11 Foods You Should Never Put in a Slow Cooker

and sour cream can often be stirred in during the final 15–30 minutes, depending on the recipe.

For milk or cream-based sauces, you may get better results making the creamy component separately and combining it with the cooked dish just before serving.

2. Pasta

Pasta and slow cookers aren’t exactly best friends.

Leave dry pasta cooking for several hours and you’ll likely end up with overly soft, swollen noodles. Nobody wants spaghetti that has completely surrendered!

What to do instead

Cook pasta separately and stir it into your