Best of Bridge Slow Cooker Cookbook: 200 Delicious Recipes

by Best of Bridge, Sally Vaughan-Johnston (Editor)

"An exciting new collection of recipes from the Bridge kitchen that are not only delicious but incredibly convenient."

Sally Vaughan-Johnston and Best of Bridge -- the winning team that brought you "Bravo " and "Fan Fare " -- are back with this collection of brand-new recipes created specifically for the slow cooker. This truly is a winning combination: the convenience of a slow cooker combined with absolutely sure-to-please Bridge recipes.

There are loads of recipes that will help you deal with the madness of meal preparation quickly and easily, with ingredients that can be found at any local supermarket across North America. This collection of recipes features everything from the perfect choice for your next neighborhood potluck, to elegant appetizers, breakfast and brunch ideas to delectable desserts. There's even a special chapter devoted to classic Bridge recipes that have been updated for today's tastes and slow cookers.

This wide range of Bridge recipes are sure to satisfy and delight everyone and they're categorized into the following tantalizing chapters: All-Day Breakfast Nibbles, Dips and Drinks Soups Beef and Veal Pork and Lamb Chicken and Turkey Meatless Mains Sides and Accompaniments Desserts.

The Best of Bridge motto remains the same: "Simple recipes with gourmet results." The recipes work and the one-liners will keep you smiling in the kitchen.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Cooking

352 pages, Spiral-bound

First published July 31, 2012

Reviews

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 5 out of 5]

When Gord moved in more than ten years ago, he brought along his crockpot. He'd gotten it as a wedding present with his first wife back in 1976. I'd never used a crockpot so stored it away. Then I saw that my pal, Angie, was making crockpot meals. It sounded easy so I got ours out ... and it was very easy yet yummy.

This book appealed to me because I thought it would be fun to expand past just chicken pieces and a bottle of BBQ sauce (though delicious) ... and it was.

It starts with "Slow Cooker 101", which was helpful and I learned a lot.

Then on to the 200 recipes, which are divided up into different sections and lots of colourful pictures:

* All-day breakfast - yes, you can make French toast and banana bread!
* Nibbles, dips and drinks
* Soups
* Beef, veal and lamb
* Pork
* Turkey and chicken
* Meatless mains
* Side dishes
* Dessert - how about some pears poached in red wine or Christmas pudding?

So far, we've made three things from this book and they were yummy:

* Alison's Dad's Chicken Bacon Special
* Chicken with 30 to 40 Cloves of Garlic
* Best-Ever Braised Short Ribs

We'll be making a lot more!

If you have a slow cooker, this book should become your bible.

Blog review

[Lenore Webb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cooking, hot tub, videos and even steamy reading for me! So what do you want me to share with you? Well let's start off with some really great food that was easy to prepare. Best of Bridge Slow Cooker Cookbook was a great help. It was very different than what we Southern women are use to in a crock pot cookbook. This is from Canada and from what we see in this book there is not as easy access to fresh food. So it has more canned and frozen food used. But there are some good recipes.

Nessa love the Sunrise-Sunset Apple Bacon Strata. Of course it has bacon so you know we are all there for that! I am partial to the Sweet Potato Cannelloni but I have always been a fan of the yam. It is great that there are tips for using a slow cooker. Many people have not been introduced to them. JD tried to make beans the other day while she was at work. When she opened the door to the apartment building she could already smell the burnt beans. Yes high is not a good place to cook them ALL day.

[Cristi Marashi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was a wonderful compliation of some really terrific recipes. Everything I have tried so far has been rather tasty, and I still have a long way to go to get through each recipe I am interested in trying. This is one of the best slow cooker cookbooks I have seen thus far.

*disclosure- I received a complimentary copy of this book via the publisher. See my full review at http://myproductreviews-cristi.blogsp...

[Amie Heaslip-cosgrove · Rating 4 out of 5]

Received this book for Christmas. Love it so far! So many tasty adventures to go on. Recipes are as always, well laid out and easy to read with easily obtainable ingredients.
The photographs are lovely, they make me hungry just flipping through the book.

[Ayny · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 helpful, easy to read format. some tasty main dishes for sure!

[Marianna Hofmeister · Rating 5 out of 5]

not the usual slow cooker recipes.