Every fall and winter I have an affair. It’s okay. Ryan knows. The affair happens to be with my slow cooker. And, its completely forgivable because Ryan actually gave me the slow cooker as a gift for my first Mother’s Day after the twins were born . . . not jewelry, a slow cooker. Before everyone persecutes Ryan – it is actually what I asked for. He questioned it and worried the purchase would come back to haunt him. Now it has, on this blog… But at the time, the All-Clad slow cooker I wanted was an expensive appliance. However, if you break down cost per use, this appliance has…