Easy Everyday Slow Cooker Recipes: 200 Recipes

by Donna Pye

Whether cooking for two or serving a crowd, this book makes easy work of creating delicious, soul-satisfying slow cooker meals. In this gorgeous, full-color book with more than 80 photographs, there are 200 recipes to explore and experiment with, featuring the best of North American regional cuisine, as well as globally inspired dishes from cultures around the world. Each recipe is created with convenience in mind with a good balance of those that require a few extra minutes of preparation versus others where all the ingredients can be added at once. Most of the recipes serve from four to eight people and can be adapted to every slow cooker size. There are also many recipes that will suit any family from chapters such as Meals for Two and Big-Batch Dinners. With a bit of advance planning the inspiring recipes in Double-Duty Dinners will turn tonight's dinner into tomorrow's feast, simultaneously banishing that dreaded remark, "...That again?" Here is just a small sample of the delectable meals for virtually any time or Soups Stews Chili and Beans Poultry Desserts The author also provides throughout the book handy and extensive slow cooker tips and techniques, time savers and general slow cooker know-how.

352 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2014

Reviews

[Christiana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the recipe I tried (and marked others I was interested in), but I am never fully on board with recipes where you have to do some pre-stovetop stuff before throwing everything in the crock. Yeah, I know there's reasoning, but I am only interested in throwing things into an easy bake oven style device and having a meal when I come back. That being said, turkey bolognese over spaghetti squash did not disappoint. It was one of the better crock meals I've tried (and I have tried a lot)!

[Jocelyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I find a slow-cooker recipe for tomato soup to be a little ... beneath a slow-cooker. As in, 6-8 hours of electricity to stew tomatoes? Tad wasteful.

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 4 out of 5]

We have a slow cooker and I use it quite often, though not as much in the summer. I like using it so cookbooks with recipes for slow cookers always catch my eye.

The author starts with slow cooker know-how explaining the different parts of the slow cooker and essential tips (preparing what you can ahead of time, the cuts of meat to choose, using whole herbs and spices, etc.). Then she helps you adapt conventional recipes and provides a list of ingredient essentials (canned diced tomatoes rather than whole, using large eggs, crumbled dried herbs rather than ground, etc.)

The recipes in this book sound delicious. With each recipe (which look easy to follow), there is a description, the amount of servings and tips. There are lots of colourful pictures. What's missing, though, is the nutritional content ... it would be nice to know the calories, fibre, etc.

Blog review post: http://www.teenaintoronto.com/2014/07...

[Natashya KitchenPuppies · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple and delicious. 200 recipes, globally inspired but locally available ingredients.
See my full review here - http://livinginthekitchenwithpuppies....

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

My family and I whipped up several of the recipes. It is full of yummy photos, recipes and so much more. Thumbs up! :)