Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes (Better Homes & Gardens) (Paperback)

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Product Description
* Great value-hundreds of tested and perfected recipes, informative tips, plus two bonus chapters-all-in-one economical resource for time-crunched cooks from the brand they know and trust. * Recipes for appetizers, beverages, soups, stews, main dishes, and desserts. * 416 pages-about one recipe per page-makes this the largest book of its kind. * Bonus chapters offer 5-ingredient recipes and one-dish meals. * Plenty of timesaving tips and advice for smoother meal prep.

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Dinner time is still family time - even with everyone's busy schedule - so you don't want to spend a lot of time planning, shopping and cooking great meals. 3-Step 30-Minute Recipes from Better Homes and Gardens offers up short ingredient lists and lip-smacking recipes for every meal (desserts and appetizers, too) so it easy for your focus to be on family and not on how long the meal took to prepare. And, if that isn't enough, each of the more than 200 recipes takes 30 minutes or less to prepare and includes a complete nutritional analysis.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (August 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696215462
• ISBN-13: 978-0696215469
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (79 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,465 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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503 of 519 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars For me, a lot of wasted pages, November 17, 2005

By	John Schultz (Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Of the 400+ pages only 190 of them are of any use to me. I use a crockpot because it is simple and tasty cooking. So, I was expecting alot of main dish recipies. And I was also expecting them all to be for the crockpot. There is over 60 pages of recipes that do not use the crockpot. There is over 125 pages dedicated to beverages, soups, breads, and desserts. I have never met anyone who has made hot chocolate or apple bread in a crockpot. Of the 190 pages of worth. only 25 pages were the type of recipies that I was looking for. ie. the chop-it up and throw it in the pot type. everything else involved browning or braising or some other type of stove technique. I guess I'm just the kind of cook who doesn't want to screw around with browning anything. I bought this specifically because of the reviews on amazon. Hopefully this review will speak to those of you like me that are not chefs and are just looking for something easy and tasty to cook.

176 of 183 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Like having a genie in your kitchen., December 3, 2002

By	Mary Whipple (New England) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

When things are really hectic, the crock-pot seems to take on a life of its own, slowing simmering away while the garlic and artichoke chicken, or vegetable curry, or pork roast with apricot/mustard glaze do their own thing, unattended. And there's nothing quite like coming home after a busy day to the down-home aromas of a dinner already cooked and ready to serve!

The Biggest Book of Slow Cooker Recipes, like most Better Homes and Gardens products, is full of reliable, well-tested recipes, but this book seems to have more interesting recipes than the stews one finds in the average crock-pot cookbook. I was surprised to see a dozen recipes calling for parsnips in place of carrots, for example, while nine include artichoke hearts and six suggest eggplant. Several recipes are enhanced by a variety of gourmet mushrooms--shiitake, crimini, and oyster mushrooms--while the pasta selections range from mostaccioli to orzo and tortellini.

The herbs and spices are well chosen, and most recipes call for more than one seasoning, giving interesting highlights to these dishes. I did find that I needed to use more of these than the recipes called for in most cases, though there are some curry recipes that call for a hefty tablespoonful of curry powder. Many of the recipes are heavy on tomatoes, tomato sauce, or tomato paste, and these sometimes seemed overpowering--in the Beef and Borscht Stew, for example--but adjusting downward to suit your own taste is not difficult.

Though the book calls its 59 pages of "one-dish" casserole dinners a "bonus," I was mystified as to why these were included here--none of them use the slow cooker at all! By contrast, only 24 pages of vegetarian main dishes for the crock-pot are included, despite the fact that beans, lentils, and chickpeas are at their best when cooked slowly. Over all, however, this is a tasty and unusual collection of recipes, many of which are sure to become family favorites. Mary Whipple

57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gourmet Crockery- WITH nutrition info!!, December 30, 2002

By A Customer

Most slow-cooker books offer recipes for food you would find in a diner. Chilis and stews abound. This book is different. It's for the busy gourmet, and it's for the person who likes to cook up a big pot of something yummy on Sunday and then heat up portions for lunches and dinner during the week. Yesterday I made the Indian Curry Soup, and today for lunch I heated up a delicious, spicy soup filled with garbanzo beans, red potatoes, tomatoes, and tantalizing spices.

The best part about this book is that it includes key nutrition info- fat, fiber, and calories... it's all there! Weight Watchers will love it, because calculating the point value of each dish is a snap.

In short, a must-have for the career person who wants a home-cooked meal. My crock pot had been left abandoned in a cabinet, but now it's back on the counter!