Beautiful to display and practical to use, Slow Cooker is truly a godsend for time-challenged cooks who want to prepare healthy, tasty, and satisfying meals but dont have hours to spend hovering over their stoves. Replete with all the high standards that have made Cooking Light a trusted favorite, this new edition provides over 58 beautifully photographed recipes with useful, easy-to-follow instruction.
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383 of 389 people found the following review helpful
By Ellie Brown
Format:Hardcover
I'm not much for creating my own recipes. I think I have the skill to do it, but I simply haven't the time, particularly not for a slow cooker (isn't the point of having one, after all, that you have so much to do, see, experience that you don't want to spend anymore time than necessary in the kitchen?). So-o-o it was with some trepidation that I ordered this book. Truth be told, it was to bump the order over $25, so S&H would be free. Imagine my delight and surprise when I found actual recipes inside, not meat-or-veg-with-canned-soup-poured-over. In particular I love the recipe for a tamale pie, with cornbread crust and cheese topping. As with any slow cooker, the special taste you get from high direct heat is missing, but most of these recipes are juicy, stewy things with delightful combinations of flavors. Best of all, each is accompanied by a nutritional analysis which allows me to cipher Weight Watchers points. I have found that one of the things I miss most about living alone is opening the apartment door after work and smelling -- what? -- furniture polish? something gone bad in the trash? This book and my slow cooker let me open the door to the delightful aroma of a supper I know I will enjoy. Buy it; you'll like it.
120 of 123 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Here is the Cooking Light 57 essential recipes for slow cooking. As other slow cooking cookbooks, this covers the bases: appetizers, desserts, main dishes, etc.
The layout is exceptional: clean with two pages per recipe, with one page full color photo. Other nice feature (especially for the cook not too familiar with certain ingredients or techniques) is a highlighted ingredient or technique, e.g. water bath, kitchen shears, rice wine vinegar, etc.
So far tried the following and turned out remarkably nice, easy to prepare and equally nice to dine: Turkey Thights with Olives and Dried Cherries; Pesto Lasagna with Spinach and Mushrooms; Chicken with Figs and Lemons; Fudgy Caramel Pudding Cake; Thai-Style Pork Stew.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive collection for slow cooker, but the pick of the crop, what the editors have determined to be 'essential' recipes for the slow cooker.
Nice to have in collection.
The layout is exceptional: clean with two pages per recipe, with one page full color photo. Other nice feature (especially for the cook not too familiar with certain ingredients or techniques) is a highlighted ingredient or technique, e.g. water bath, kitchen shears, rice wine vinegar, etc.
So far tried the following and turned out remarkably nice, easy to prepare and equally nice to dine: Turkey Thights with Olives and Dried Cherries; Pesto Lasagna with Spinach and Mushrooms; Chicken with Figs and Lemons; Fudgy Caramel Pudding Cake; Thai-Style Pork Stew.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive collection for slow cooker, but the pick of the crop, what the editors have determined to be 'essential' recipes for the slow cooker.
Nice to have in collection.
129 of 140 people found the following review helpful
By Love to read
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have tried several recipes from this cookbook as I love to use slow cookers. I have yet to find that "perfect" recipe that can be duplicated exactly as written for fabulous results. As the magazine, many of the recipes need some tweaking so that it can fit your taste. For instance the potato soup recipe was easy and produced a creamy soup (not as good as the Baked Potato Soup from Cooking Light - but the vegetable broth that I used gave it a sharp aftertaste. Next time I will use chicken broth. What I have always enjoyed about the recipes from the magazine is that one can go to the website and check out other readers experience with the recipe and read what they changed and why. I couldn't find any of these on their webpage so these recipes are uncharted territory. I don't think that this will become my favorite slow cooker cookbook but I will use it - with adjustments as I go.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
It's ok
I ordered it hoping to for some great recipes for the slowcooker. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I already had a majority of these recipes in my Weight Watcher slow... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Laura
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lack of great recipes
I found two recipes in her that I really like but all the other ones ended up tasting rather boring. I am slightly disappointed.
Published 5 months ago by U. Kane
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cooking Light's got a winner!!!!
tried a few of the recipes and found them very tasty, and simple to follow. Oh and not a lot of ingredients I have never heard of!
Published 5 months ago by GIJane279
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding Slow Cook Cookbook
I bought this book for myself when I began WeightWatcher's three years ago and have since given it as a gift to at least five others. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Cathie Deegan
4.0 out of 5 stars
We use this one often!
My friends loved the Rataouille. The Thai pork stew was easy and tasty. The Osso buco was also quite good. I could go on. We add a little extra salt at the end to some recipes. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Busy Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars
The BEST slow cooker cookbook I own!
I am a slow cooker fan & have tried recipes from many different chefs & sources. This is *by far* my favorite. Literally everything I have tried has been delicious! Read more
Published 14 months ago by foosemama
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not so pleased
I was really looking forward to a slow cooker recipe book but after going through the whole book when I received it, I saw only one recipe that sounded great. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Joyce
5.0 out of 5 stars
best slow cooker cookbook ever!
I cook a lot, and I use a slow cooker two nights per week because I'm at work several evenings per week. Read more
Published 23 months ago by asibley
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Nice Departure From Other Slow-Cooker Cookbooks
When I bought a crockpot, I noticed immediately that many of the associated cookbooks' recipes were extremely unhealthy. Read more
Published on April 14, 2011 by Samantha CW
3.0 out of 5 stars
Cooking Light Slow Cooker Recipe Book
This is a nice book...however, many of the recipes are really not things that I would make on a regular basis. I would prefer more "mundane" meals, i.e. stews, soups, etc. Read more
Published on April 6, 2011 by Patrick F. Sheehan
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