The sear and stew slow cooker allows you to create a wide range of meals with the added benefit of being able to sear the meat in the same pan searing meat in the cooking pan means that the juices from the meat combine with the rest of the ingredients creating richer fuller flavours in your dishes the light weight non stick coated aluminum pot is durable and dishwasher safe so cleaning up afterwards is easy the instruction booklet contains over 25 recipes from soups and traditional favouri