Wonderbag, anyone?
I got a Wonderbag for Christmas, and am lovin' it. I really like it for thick recipes (like chili) which need stirred constantly when cooked on the stove so they won't stick and burn. No stirring, sticking and burning in the Wonderbag. I also love how the food doesn't get too watery like it does in a crock pot. The Chicken Marsala literally melts in your mouth when you follow the WB recipe. Does anyone else use one of these?
(If you're unfamiliar with it: it's an intensely insulated drawstring bag large enough to fit a medium sized soup pot, and you use it to cook food like a crock pot, but it uses no electricity or power of any kind. The food continues to cook with the heat you already created in it before placing it in the bag. You bring the food to an easy boil for about 15 min. first.)