5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) [Plastic Comb]

Better Homes & Gardens (Author)

Book Description

Series: Better Homes & Gardens Cooking | Publication Date: September 21, 2004

• 237 tantalizing appetizers, savory soups, full-flavored stews, main dishes, meatless options, healthful choices, and luscious desserts.
• No more than 5 ingredients per recipe, each of which coaxes the most flavor from the least effort.
• A special bonus chapter features simple and quick-to-prepare 5-ingredient side-dish serve-alongs.
• Favorite cuisines: Asian, Italian, Mexican and Mediterranean, plus comfort food, vegetarian choices and more
• All recipes list ingredients needed, cook times, nutrition information, and calorie counts.

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About the Author

For more than 75 years the Better Homes and Gardens brand has been one of America’s most trusted sources for information on cooking, gardening, home improvement, home design, decorating and crafting. Through refreshing ideas, clear directions and beautiful photographs, the brand has inspired millions of Americans, with more than 38 million books sold since 1930, including the New Cook Book, New Garden Book, and New Decorating Book—all cornerstone titles in their categories. Today, the Better Homes and Gardens brand encompasses books, magazines, television, radio and online media. The greater BH&G family includes partner brands such as Family Circle, American Patchwork and Quilting, Country Garden, and Diabetic Living, all of which publish under the BH&G imprint.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (September 21, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 069622089X
• ISBN-13: 978-0696220890
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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101 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book that saved my marriage..., February 6, 2006

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Heather Hoffman "Grad Student" (Venice Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) (Plastic Comb)

So our baby gets up every day at 4:30am, and by dinnertime, I'm ready for bed, too tired to stand let alone cook. My husband, while great at cleaning, is lousy at cooking, so I got a crock pot for my birthday.

I bought this book because it looked like the recipies were interesting, not just variations on beef stew.

WOW, the recipies are amazing in this book! I may never order pizza again. Everything is quick and easy to prepare, all the measurements and cook times are correct, and there are a bunch of different flavors to sample.

This cookbook also uses a lot of frozen vegetables in the recipies, which is a must for a busy family. The Mediterrinean Chicken is super yummy, very non-traditional for a crock pot. The Original Beef stew is so good my husband practically licked the bowl, and the Cola Pot Roast is fun to make and delicious to eat.

People think I'm crazy to use my crock pot so much, and then they taste the food, and all of the suddent they're dragging out their crock pots and using this cookbook as well.

By the way, many of the roast recipies ask you to brown the meat. It's super fast and easy, and definitely worth the trouble.

76 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars * Saves Those Who Cannot Cook!! Or Who Don't Want To! *, January 30, 2005

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Christine "There are no secrets, only informa... (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) (Plastic Comb)

You cannot go wrong with this book. Many recipes are super simple... you buy five ingredients, throw it in the crockpot and PRESTO CHANG-O RE-ARRANGE-O: YOU HAVE A GREAT MEAL WHEN YOU GET HOME!!!!!!!! I sound corny about this, I know, but you don't know how wonderful it is to do so little and come home to such great, home cooked meals. I hate cooking. I cannot cook. This book is my saving grace. So far my favorite is the Keilbasa Black Bean Soup... hearty, thick, satisfying. Love it!

* If you like to cook (some odd balls find it theraputic???) then this book is not for you. If you like to eat but either do not have the time to cook good meals or cannot cook them for lack of skill, then this book is worth its weight in gold. One thing I love as a Capricorn is something that has value and something that I can use. This book will be in my regular book collection for the rest of my life -- -- I'm sure of it. ;)

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Good Recipes, December 15, 2006

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Mariah "Mariah" (Sunny California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) (Plastic Comb)

This is a great slow cooker cookbook, ESPECIALLY for "beginner" slow cooker chefs. I always feel free to vary the recipes (using more ingredients, usually) but they give be a good start from which to base a meal. Also, we travel A LOT in our 5th Wheel (RV) and this is the ONLY cookbook I bring... After a long day outside, we return to the RV and our nice crock pot. The recipe ingredients are easy to keep on hand (canned goods, frozen, etc) and so I can meal plan two-weeks worth of travel food from this cookbook without having to go back to a store in the meantime.