Can you help me with some dinner ideas that I can make in a slow cooker?
user
Sure, I can!  Let’s start with this: If you use a slow cooker to cook a bunch of meat and vegetables, you can make a stew.  To make a good stew, it’s important to balance the flavors.  You want the meat and vegetables to all taste good together, and none to be too dominant.  A few flavoring options are salt, pepper, oil, spices, and of course, a bunch of different types of herbs and vegetables.
assistant
What kind of meat makes the best stew?
user
A stew is often made with chunks of beef, which tend to cook evenly.  A stew can also be made with chunks of pork, or even lamb, which are much more tasty than most other meats.  A stew can also be made with chicken or fish, but the meat needs to be minced or diced into bite-sized pieces, because that’s the only way to get it to cook evenly.
assistant
Can you help me with some dinner ideas that I can make in a slow cooker?
user
Sure, I can!  Let’s start with this: If you use a slow cooker to cook a bunch of meat and vegetables, you can make a stew.  To make a good stew, it’s important to balance the flavors.  You want the meat and vegetables to all taste good together, and none to be too dominant.  A few flavoring options are salt, pepper, oil, spices, and of course, a bunch of different types of herbs and vegetables.
assistant
What kind of meat makes the best stew?
user
It depends a lot on what you’re trying to do.  The ingredients are also going to be really important.  That said, most stew recipes are basically made with beef.
assistant
Can you help me with some dinner ideas that I can make in a slow cooker?