Today's Kitchen Tip: Easier clean-up for crock pots

I am trying to use my crockpots more but for the time it saves me in food preparation, it takes me much longer for clean-up.  The ceramic insert can be very difficult to clean with the baked on food.  I have scratched up the interior of a crockpot trying to scrape off the dried on goo.

I found that there are a few things I can do.  I have had good luck with spraying the interior of my crockpot with cooking spray.  That works pretty well. 

What works even better is a crockpot liner  that lines the interior of the crockpot so all the goo gets on the food safe liner.  They are available at grocery stores snd are not very expensive. I try not to use my crockpot without using a liner.  Clean-up is easy.  Remove the food from the liner then throw the liner away.  Clean-up is a breeze.