She Cracked the Code on Flavorful, Foolproof Slow Cooker Meals

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese lowers calories while maintaining flavor.

refrigerated biscuit dough

🥗Healthier: homemade dough

💰Cheaper: bread dough

Homemade dough can be healthier and cheaper.

hot dogs

🥗Healthier: turkey hot dogs

💰Cheaper: pork hot dogs

Turkey hot dogs are lower in fat.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is a healthier fat alternative.

Line slow cooker with parchment paper, ensuring the paper comes far enough up the insides of the pot to use the edges as a handle to lift the finished dish out.

Cut hot dogs into thirds.

Cut crescent roll dough into small triangles (5-6 small triangles out of each roll).

Wrap hot dogs individually into crescent roll dough.

Place a small ramekin in the middle of the slow cooker pot.

Place wrapped hot dog pieces in slow cooker vertically (dough to the sides, one end of each hotdog facing up).

Cook on high for 2-4 hours (depending on your slow cooker). The dish is finished when the internal dough is flaky and the internal temperature of the centermost hotdogs reaches 160°F.

Remove from slow cooker carefully using edges of parchment paper.

Place your favorite hotdog dip into the ramekin(s) and you are ready to serve!

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