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Title: Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes by Chuck Smothermon, Better Homes and Gardens, Carrie Holcomb, Better Homes and Gardens Books ISBN: 0-696-21546-2 Publisher: Meredith Books Pub. Date: August, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for vegetarians!
Comment: As a vegetarian, I have had a horrible time finding slow cooker cookbooks with interesting recipes. This one is a winner! I have made four recipes and we have really enjoyed each one. Many of the recipes that call for meat products can be converted to non-meat. For example, I made the Cheesy Enchilada Chowder and substituted cream of celery soup for the cream of chicken and it was fantastic! (I also usually substitute vegetable broth if chicken broth is called for with excellent results.) If you are a lacto or ovo lacto vegetarian, or you're just trying to make one meal for a family that includes omnivores and veggies, try this book. It goes way beyond the regular anemic "Meatless Main Dishes" chapters in most slow cooker books with easy, delicious recipes that incorporate flavors from Indian, Italian, German and Mexican cuisines.
Rating: 4
Summary: Like having a genie in your kitchen.
Comment: When things are really hectic, the crock-pot seems to take on a life of its own, slowing simmering away while the garlic and artichoke chicken, or vegetable curry, or pork roast with apricot/mustard glaze do their own thing, unattended. And there's nothing quite like coming home after a busy day to the down-home aromas of a dinner already cooked and ready to serve!
The Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes, like most Better Homes and Gardens products, is full of reliable, well-tested recipes, but this book seems to have more interesting recipes than the stews one finds in the average crock-pot cookbook. I was surprised to see a dozen recipes calling for parsnips in place of carrots, for example, while nine include artichoke hearts and six suggest eggplant. Several recipes are enhanced by a variety of gourmet mushrooms-shitake, crimini, and oyster mushrooms-while the pasta selections range from mostaccioli to orzo and tortellini.
The herbs and spices are well chosen, and most recipes call for more than one seasoning, giving interesting highlights to these dishes. I did find that I needed to use more of these than the recipes called for in most cases, though there are some curry recipes that call for a hefty tablespoonful of curry powder. Many of the recipes are heavy on tomatoes, tomato sauce, or tomato paste, and these sometimes seemed overpowering--in the Beef and Borscht Stew, for example--but adjusting downward to suit your own taste is not difficult.
Though the book calls its 59 pages of "one-dish" casserole dinners a "bonus," I was mystified as to why these were included here--none of them use the slow cooker at all! By contrast, only 24 pages of vegetarian main dishes for the crock-pot are included, despite the fact that beans, lentils, and chickpeas are at their best when cooked slowly. Over all, however, this is a tasty and unusual collection of recipes, many of which are sure to become family favorites. Mary Whipple
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book I have found yet for crock pots
Comment: This is a good book. Not exceptional, but good. The book covers all the meats, veggies, and even some deserts as well as good tips here and there. It's one of the better ones I have seen to date for crock pots. If you are loooking for an all around slow cooker book, pick this one up.
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Title: Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting With Your Slow Cooker by Dawn J. Ranck, Phyllis Pellman Good ISBN: 1561483397 Publisher: Good Books Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Betty Crocker's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Betty Crocker Editors, Betty Crocker ISBN: 0028634691 Publisher: Betty Crocker Pub. Date: 24 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Complete Crockpot Cookbook: Create Spectacular Meals in Your Slow Cooker by Wendy Louise ISBN: 1891400290 Publisher: Champion Pr Ltd Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes by Donna-Marie Pye ISBN: 0778800229 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: 07 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Busy People's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Dawn Hall ISBN: 1401601073 Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press Pub. Date: 11 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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