Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be stressful if you are hosting or in charge of bringing something- especially if you have a slow cooker! You can cook LITERALLY ALL of your favorite classic Thanksgiving dishes using your trusty crockpot, saving you labor, stress, and most of all- oven space. You can make everything from the Thanksgiving turkey to cranberry sauce to cocktails to sides to dessert in your slow cooker. And you can usually assemble everything the day before in the crockpot. Just turn it on the next day! So bust out one of the best small kitchen appliances for busy people and plan on one of these classic Thanksgiving recipes in your slow cooker! (By the way, here’s my favorite slow cooker that I use all the time!) This post originally appeared on Bowl of Delicious on November 19, 2015. It has been republished with new recipes and more pertinent information.