Fix-it and Forget-it Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes [Paperback]

Phyllis Pellman Good (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2010

"You absolutely can make holiday meals with ease and with pleasure!" says slow-cooker champion Phyllis Pellman Good.
Her latest collection, Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow-Cooker Holiday Recipes, will fill your head with menu ideas, give you gentle guidance with each recipe, and deliver dishes that your friends and family will love.
"Stop your fretting. Put an end to the nightmares. Get out your slow cookers!" Good urges.
"These are 600 stand-out, slow-cooker recipes - all from home cooks from across the country.
"These are 600 manageable, slow-cooker recipes - from cooks who want to feast with their loved ones without being exhausted and frazzled."
"Most of us prepare dozens of meals during the 60 days between early November and early January. Your slow cooker and these recipes can come to your rescue - whether you're making late suppers, family brunches, hot drinks in the afternoon, or scrumptious meals of celebration from Thanksgiving to New Year's."
Here's a recipe sampling:
Cornish Hens with Potatoes
Sausage Tortellini Soup
Fruited Turkey and Yams
Seafood Cheese Fondue
Vanilla Steamers
Beef Stroganoff in Patty Shells
Holiday Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Fudgy Peanut Butter Cake
A Bonus:
In addition to more than 600 irresistibly delicious slow-cooker recipes, the Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook offers "Ideas for Meaningful Holidays" and "Happy Hosting Tips." One more reason not to miss this cookbook - which will quickly become your kitchen companion!
One More Thing:
These recipes work at any time of the year! Don't restrict them to your holiday table.

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About the Author

Phyllis Pellman Good is a Good Books author.

Product Details

• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Good Books (October 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561487015
• ISBN-13: 978-1561487011
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #372,654 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Phyllis Pellman Good is a New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold more than 8.5 million copies. Good has authored the national #1 bestselling cookbook "Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker" (with Dawn J. Ranck), which appeared on The New York Times bestseller list, as well as the bestseller lists of USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Book Sense.

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Slow Christmas, November 4, 2010

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wogan "the book reader" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fix-it and Forget-it Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes (Paperback)

This is the usual fix it and forget it book with the exception that it includes recipes for creating the smells of Christmas using lemon, orange, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and bay leaves, leaving this to simmer it will make your house smell wonderful. Some of the recipes are named for Christmas such as Christmas meatloaf which includes a cranberry sauce, Christmas apple date pudding, Christmas wassail or Rudolph's nose wild rice; other than that many if not most of these recipes are what are in the other fix it and forget it books.
There are the usual tips for using slow cookers, substituting ingredients. Recipes included are: appetizers, snacks and spreads, breakfast and brunch, main dishes, vegetables, beverages, desserts and sweets.

If you do not already have one or two fix it and forget it books this would make a good addition to your cookbook collection, but if you already do, you will probably be getting duplicates of recipes you already have

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, January 30, 2011

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This review is from: Fix-it and Forget-it Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes (Paperback)

I was disappointed by the number of recipes which required just the tipping of pre-cooked cans into the slow cooker. Surely one of the big benefits of a slow cooker is that you can cook dried beans, etc "from scratch" easily rather than using cans. The same applies to all the recipes that called for the addition of cans of cream-of-chicken soup and so on.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bridget's Review, December 1, 2010

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bridget3420 "Bridget Hopper" (KY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fix-it and Forget-it Christmas Cookbook: 600 Slow Cooker Holiday Recipes (Hardcover)

I just got into cooking a couple of years ago. Before that I preferred to eat out because I didn't have time or the confidence to make a meal at home. Now, I have taken a total 180. I would much rather spend time perfecting my own meals and now, when we go to a restaurant, I'm like "I could make this better". So what's my secret? I turn to what I call my "Cookbooks For Dummies". The step by step directions are so easy that anyone can make the perfect meal. The Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook has become my bible in the kitchen. It contains all the recipes you could ever need, for any occasion. Appetizers, entrees, snacks, deserts, it's all there. The Holiday Spinach and Artichoke Dip is amazing! One thing I really love about this book is that you can make little changes and have exactly what you want at that moment. I made Chicken Tortellini Soup instead of using sausage and it was phenomenal! I love this book! It would make the perfect present for the holidays.