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Another good thing that comes to mind, and you could sub out the dutch oven for it (you'd miss out on a few nice things like searing chuck roast without a ton of mess and baking bread, would be an Instantpot. They suck for searing, the sautee feature isn't the best, but it's good enough to cook down some aromatics. You might be able to use it as a stock pot, but I've never tried that. And thinking of stocks, I forgot to mention another thing that's borderline essential, pic rel. If you make stocks, you need to be able to filter it, and the mesh strainer does a good enough job as a colander for all but the biggest batches of pasts. You can use the Instantpot as a slow cooker and prep things before work and come home to a ready to eat meal. The pressure cook function can be nice for cooking braises in a couple hours instead of all day. Or if you're trying to eat on the cheap, buying dried beans and lentils in bulk to make highly nutritious meals that would normally take a long time really fast. Think things like Indian Dal Tadka, red beans and rice, frijoles charros, bean chili. I'm not a big vegitarian food fan, but beans and lentils make the best meatless meals to me. They are super slept on in the west for super cheap, very nutritious and filling, and pretty tasty meals.