The Complete Slow Cooker Cookbook: Essential Recipes for Hearty and Delicious Crockery Meals, Menus, and More

by Wendy Louise

Overview

Rediscover the joys of family dinners and togetherness

Slow cooking is more than jut soups and stews. Crock pots and pressure cookers are bringing thousands of families back to the dinner table for hearty, hand's off dinners that are delicious, nutritious, and easy to prepare.

The Complete Slow Cooker Cookbook is filled with more than 200 slow cooker favorites the entire family will love, with easy recipes for:

• Soups, stews, and chilies
• Comforting side dishes
• Simple main courses, and fancier entrees
• Perfect foods for holiday parties and gatherings
• Sumptuous desserts
• And more!

Author and crockery connoisseur Wendy Louise also shows you how to revive recipes long buried in your recipe box and bring back memories of Grandma's cooking, with instructions for converting"from scratch" recipes into delicious slow cooker creations of your own.

Families love coming home to the aromas of these foolproof, slow cooked meals that are a breeze to prepare with no mess and no stress. For experienced cooks and newcomers alike, The Complete Slow Cooker Cookbook is the perfect guide to the delicious world of family style, slow cooked crockery meals.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

"If you truly want to use your slow cooker regularly in your meal preparation, I feel this book would be an excellent choice for you. Enjoy it! I am."

"Quick to read, easy to make, great to eat. Now you can make more than just pot roast and potatoes."

"A surprising collection of recipes that will please anyone looking for new ways to use their slow cooker for some delicious meals."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402248115
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	12/01/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	633 KB

About the Author

A Wisconsin resident, Wendy Louise currently lives near her daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter. When she is not busy pursuing life-long interests in the fine arts, quilting, crafting, and gardening, she turns her interest to cooking and sharing in the family dinner hour. She believes that enjoying good food is one of the finer pleasures in life and that eating well is an important element toward attaining family comfort and well-being.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Soup's On: Soups, Stews, Chilis, and Beans

Chapter 2: Come and Get It! Everyday Entrées

Chapter 3: What's Cookin'? Hand-Me-Down Entrées

Chapter 4: Dinner Is Served: Fancier Entrées

Chapter 5: Putting on the Ritz: Parties, Holidays, and Festive Foods

Chapter 6: Side Dishes to Round Out Your Meal

Chapter 7: Th e Finishing Touches: Desserts and Beverages

Recipe Index

About the Author

Editorial Reviews

In this collection of over 200 recipes for slow cookers, Louise (The Complete Crockery Cookbook) gives cooks and civilians a range of convenient options. Culled from a variety of sources, Louise's compilation uses a can opener almost as often as a knife, but the variety, ease of preparation and crowd-pleasing flavors will keep diners happy. Standards like pea soup, beef stew, chili, fondue and roasts dominate, but more sophisticated fare such as beef fajitas, risotto, salmon poached with white wine and herbs and Chicken with Champagne and Cream will also satisfy. Imaginative uses for chicken, either whole or in part, will make welcome additions to kitchen canon, as well as appetizers like Olives Steeped in Wine, mulled wine and cider, and desserts. Canned cream of mushroom soup seems omnipresent, (even in a recipe for shredded BBQ beef), and some dishes are clearly phoned in (Caleb's Brat's 'N Beer, Easy Chili Cheese Dip). Still, those seeking new uses for that dusty cooker will appreciate Louise's variety this winter.
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