Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) [Plastic Comb]

Better Homes & Gardens (Author)

Book Description

Series: Better Homes & Gardens Cooking | Publication Date: September 6, 2005

• More than 200 satisfying—yet guilt-free—recipes for your countertop slow cooker, including main dishes, sides, soups, appetizers, and desserts.
• All recipes are lighter in calories, saturated fats, and sodium.
• Bonus chapter with recipes for 1-1/2-quart slow cookers—perfect for serving two.
• Complete nutrition information, including diabetic exchanges, with every recipe.
• Helpful at-a-glance chart of calorie counts for common foods.

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 256 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (September 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696226839
• ISBN-13: 978-0696226830
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #731,310 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title, May 22, 2006

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DustPixie "Liz" (Austin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) (Plastic Comb)

Not only are the recipes completely unoriginal (dried onion soup mix pot roast, coke pot roast, dump a can of something on a pot roast), I was quite disappointed to find that most of them call for heavily processed ingredients like the aforementioned cans of condensed soup or packages of dried soup mix. Nor is there any particular effort to present nutritionally balanced meals or menus.

I guess they thought that including the nutritional breakdown for each recipe qualifies them for the 'healthy' title, but I heartily disagree. This one's getting tossed or donated.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for the working mom, February 25, 2006

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Tricia Brownstein "Mother of Twins" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) (Plastic Comb)

I just got my first crock pot for x-mas this year and decided to stock up on crock pot cookbooks so I could put it to use while I'm at work. I haven't been disappointed with the recipes in this book so far. I especially like a chicken and wild rice stew that uses brown rice. My kids like the food, so I can't complain. This cookbook is definitely more old-fashioned American cooking rather than packed with dishes from other cultures and regions, but that was really what I wanted. Simple recipes that my kids won't frown at. For those who are looking for a book with recipes that take long enough so they can put in a full day's work and still make something in the crock, this book will satisfy your needs. Most recipes take at least 6 -8 hours on low and can usually be left to cook 1-2 hours extra without harm to the meal.

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A busy time-stressed homemaker's best friend in the kitchen, October 14, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy (Better Homes & Gardens Cooking) (Plastic Comb)

The slow cooker or crockpot is a busy time-stressed homemaker's best friend in the kitchen. Get up in the morning, put in the ingredients, turn on the heat, the walk away for the rest of the day until dinner time. Now even the most health conscious kitchen cook can take full advantage of the crockpot with the more than two hundred slow-cooker recipes comprising the new Better Homes and Gardens' Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy. From Five-Spice Chicken Wings; Slow-Cooked Beef Fajitas; Dijon Pork Chops; and Ginger-Tomato Chicken; to Pasta with Eggplant Sauce; Asian Turkey and Rice Soup; Mushroom Steak Diane Stew; and Savory Bread Pudding, the recipes are clearly laid out with ingredient lists, prep and cooking time estimates, number of servings, cooking directions, and even Slow Cooker Size. A very highly recommended addition to family kitchen cookbook collections, Slow Cooker Favorites Made Healthy comes with an exceptionally useful bonus chapter of outstanding recipes for small families using a one and one-half quart sized slow cooker.