Get the latest recipes from Faith http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/faith This is a rich, robust beef stew or pasta sauce with a deep flavor imparted by red wine. This makes a lot but it's quite easy and a great recipe for the slow cooker. It also freezes very well, so this is a good candidate for make-ahead, freeze-ahead cooking. http://www.grouprecipes.com/526/rich-beef-ragu.html Homemade chicken stock is a great thing to have on hand for soups and stews. Just use your leftover chicken bones and carrot tops and dead celery stalks. This recipe shows you how to use a slow cooker for low-maintenance stock preparation. http://www.grouprecipes.com/525/slow-cooker-chicken-stock.html A modern classic: monster cookies! This recipe is all over the internet; here it is in my words. They are easy and yummy and people go crazy over them. Also, the dough freezes very well. Freeze the dough balls then take one or two out at any time and bake. http://www.grouprecipes.com/517/monster-cookies.html Lentils may not be the prettiest things to put on a plate, but they make up for their drab appearance with comforting flavor and warmth. This is a quick, basic way to cook lentils with Indian spices. I use homemade garam masala; there's a link below to a recipe. http://www.grouprecipes.com/516/spiced-smashed-lentils.html This pizza is a great one dish meal for a cold fall evening. The sweetness of the rosemary and sweet potato melds beautifully with deep, dark caramelized onions and salty Parmesan cheese. http://www.grouprecipes.com/494/sweet-potato-rosemary-pizza.html This is a smooth, rich cream cheese icing with a little more air in it than usual given the addition of well-whipped whipping cream. Full of vanilla and creamy sweetness. http://www.grouprecipes.com/493/creamy-vanilla-cream-cheese-icing.html Otherwise known as NOT Red Velvet cupcakes, these do share some similarities with the Southern cake classic while leaving out the prodigious amounts of food coloring. These have a light cocoa flavor with a soft, delicious texture. This recipe also makes quite a large batch, but they freeze very, very well. Frost with Creamy Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing http://www.grouprecipes.com/492/cocoa-velvet-cupcakes.html This is a basic recipe for pot beans, which, if you use fresh-dried, heirloom beans, can transcend boring mush to become one of the most delicious foods you can eat. http://www.grouprecipes.com/490/pot-beans-with-garlic.html