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Multi-cookers and slow cookers worth a look

Multi-cookers combine pressure cooking, slow cooking and more in one pot. A simple slow cooker is still the easiest way to come home to a ready meal.

Tip: a 3.5L slow cooker suits two to three people; 6L and up suits families and batch cooking.

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   Ninja Foodi 9-in-1 multi-cooker

   Pressure cooks and air-crisps in one pot, so you can tenderise and then crisp the same dish.

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   Morphy Richards 10-in-1 multicooker (6.5L)

   Fries, roasts, steams, sears, sautés and cooks rice in one large pot. Good for batch cooking, with over 14,000 reviews.

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   Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker 8-in-1

   An 8-in-1 slow cooker that can also sear and steam, so one pot covers several cooking jobs.

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   Morphy Richards Sear and Stew 3.5L slow cooker

   A simple slow cooker whose pot can also be used on the hob to brown meat first. Suits two to three people.

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5. 5

   COSORI rice cooker, slow cooker and steamer

   Cooks rice, steams vegetables and slow cooks in one compact unit.

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   Ninja HyperHeat 9-in-1 pressure cooker

   A 9-in-1 pressure and slow cooker from Ninja.

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