The Vegetarian Slow Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) [Paperback]

Joanna White (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nitty Gritty Cookbooks | Publication Date: October 2001

The Vegetarian Slow Cooker: For crock-pot®, slow cooker, oven and multi-cooker is full of vegetable, grain and bean recipes for the slow cooker. It includes tofu or nut substitutes for dairy products and options for adding fish or tofu to dishes. Be health-conscious with the convenience of the slow cooker.

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About the Author

Joanna White is a classically trained chef and author of many best-selling nitty gritty cookbooks, including Slow Cooking, Fondue and Hot Dips, Party Foods, and Quick and Easy Low Carb Recipes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Bristol Publishing Enterprises (October 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558672680
• ISBN-13: 978-1558672680
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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134 of 134 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If looking for all day crock-pot recipes - don't bother, October 4, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Vegetarian Slow Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

What a dissapointment. I was looking for a book with recipes in which I could set the crock pot up and go to work, coming home to dinner. Which is the reason why I bought it. This is not the book for that - these seem to be regular recipes that could be made in a regular oven much more easily. There is a significant amount of preparation for almost all of them, and I can't seem to find any benefit to using the crock pot rather than a regular oven, which sort of defeats the point. Most recipes take far less hours than are in a regular workday, or need to be turned off or stirred during cooking. Simply not worth the money unless you have a lot of time on your hands, or work from home.

108 of 111 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Truly disappointing..., January 4, 2002

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"kq2002" (Burlingame, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Vegetarian Slow Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

UGH! This book was such a disappointment that I couldn't find a single recipe I wanted to try - I returned it the very next day.

Based on the only review that was here, I thought I'd find nice, healthy stuff that was simple to do with little preparation... there were too many "nut loaf"-type dishes for my taste, and most seemed to begin with time-intensive ("first, saute the onions in a frying pan") steps. Also, possibly due to the quick-cooking veggie ingredients, many recipes were too short to suit working folks for daytime use AND too long for evening use ("4 hours on low").

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, July 15, 2005

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Suzette Winters "Suzette" (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Vegetarian Slow Cooker (Nitty Gritty Cookbooks) (Paperback)

I have only made one recipe from this cookbook. It was very tasty, but required some "pre-cooking" before putting all the ingredients in the crock pot. Many of the recipes call for this. I really don't want to have to saute first and then use the slow cooker. I want to cut down on time. Also, many of the recipes call for using a coffee can or rack in the bottom of the crock pot. I don't have empty clean coffee cans lying around and my crock pot doesn't have a rack.