The Everyday Low-Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook: Over 120 Delicious Low-Carb Recipes That Cook Themselves (Paperback)

~ M.S. Kitty Broihier M.S. R.D. M.S. R.D. (Author), (Contributor) "IF IT'S BEEN a few years since you've even looked at your slow cooker, or if you've never slow cooked before, there are a few..." (more)
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We all love to eat good, home-cooked meals, but with our busy lifestyles, who has the time or energy to make them anymore? Now, in The Everyday Low-Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook, authors Kitty Broihier and Kimberly Mayone offer you a way to cook hearty, delicious low-carb meals from scratch everyday—with very little effort or attention—that your whole family will enjoy. Broihier and Mayone have created over 120 delectable low-carb recipes that cover everything from breakfast to dessert and take full advantage of the timing and convenience of a slow cooker—all you need to do is add the ingredients to the pot, close the lid, and by mealtime, a hot and delicious low-carb meal will be ready and waiting. Recipes include:

Creamy Blueberry French Toast Casserole * Chicken Cordon Bleu Roll-Ups * Mixed Sausage with Fennel * French Onion Soup * Stuffed Bell Peppers * Thai Red Curry Chicken * Pork with Roasted Red Peppers, Herbs and Olives * Classic Country–Style BBQ Pork Ribs * Sesame Tuna with Bok Choy and Shitake Mushrooms * Onion and Spinach Dip * Dijon Ranch Chicken Salad * Faux Potato Salad * Peanut Butter Fudge Cake with Peanut Butter Drizzle

Complete with information on how to use and care for a slow cooker, how to convert your favorite low-carb recipes for slow cooking, and macronutrient counts for each recipe, The Everyday Low-Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook is guaranteed to put the fun back into cooking and make your life a whole lot easier.

From the Publisher

Includes a special section with low-carb non-slow cooker recipes to help you make great use of your leftovers and features cooking tips, serving suggestions, and tasty recipe substitutions throughout

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (February 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569244286
• ISBN-13: 978-1569244289
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,260 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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302 of 306 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy, delicious, quick -- this book has it all!, June 30, 2004

By	A. Ryan "Merribelle" (Westminster, CA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

So you're on a low carb diet, looking good and feeling great, but your family is definitely on a high carb diet and getting tired of the plain meat dishes you've been serving up lately. Or maybe you are the one who's tired of them. You would like to be able to expand your low carb recipe list, but you don't have a lot of time to spend on the fancy schmancy rigamarole that some low carb cookbooks require. If only you could have your fine palate and your waistline both satisfied...

Say no more my meat-eatin' bretheren! The Everyday Low Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook was literally the answer to my prayers some months ago. As a mom of two small boys and wife to a very picky man I was having a hard time keeping everybody happy at the dinner table while I watched my weight; the "two-entrée meal" was becoming the norm and it took way too much time. In my high carb days I had used my blessed time saver, the crock pot, regularly but recently it was gathering dust on the top shelf. Thank the Lord I can put it to work again and regain my time/sanity.

Now I have to try a minimum of six recipes before I feel that I can review a cookbook with fairness. The recipes that I have completed from TELCSCC are:

Seafood Crustless Quiche (I didn't miss the crust and neither did they - Fabulous!)
Orange Pork
Sausage and White Bean Soup (my dh literally told me it was the best soup ever, bar none)
Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Artichokes (rich and hearty, a complete meal)
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic (yes, really!)
Pesto Beef with Grape Tomatoes and Fresh Mozzarella

I think the genius of this cookbook is that the authors recognize that low carb dieters are not only just as busy as everybody else, but also come in a variety of skill levels in the kitchen. Accordingly, there is a special section at the beginning just for the quick'n'easy crowd that features fewer ingredients and timesavers like canned food and packaged mixes to add to your fresh meats and veggies. Believe it or not, the Pesto Beef recipe was one of these! Not that the more "complicated" recipes are that much longer or harder, believe me: the authors make it clear that since slow cookery is all about convenience, their mission is to keep it as simple as possible without sacrificing taste. It would appear that their mission was successful.

In many cases these recipes are so loaded with veggies and hearty broth that you won't need to make a salad or a side dish and nobody will even notice. There are so many more that I haven't gotten to yet, but I'm dying to try the desserts next; Peanut Butter Fudge Cake with Peanut Butter Fudge Drizzle, Coconut Custard, and Pumpkin Pudding, which is promised to be like the pie without the crust. Judging by my success with the quiche, the slow cooker is a natural with those eggy custards and puddings (averaging about 3-4 hours on low).

I would compare this cookbook to Mable Hoffman's Crockery Cookery (the high-carb "bible" for slow cookers) in terms of quality & variety of recipes and simplicity of use. My family has had no complaints since I've started using it, in fact they like TELCSCC dishes better than many of my higher carb dishes. I believe that this is truly the answer for the lifestyles and tastes of a modern health-conscious Americans.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle

137 of 142 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy more than one!, March 10, 2004

By	Annemarie Heisler "carmie" (Portland, ME United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is terrific. We are a busy family of four and love the recipes in this book. My husband and I had not used our slow cooker since receiving it as a wedding present 9 years ago. Now we use the cooker at least twice a week. It is so much fun to use because I love coming home and have a wonderful meal, practically waiting for us!! The side dish recipes are super, too. Even our three-year-old is crazy about the Warm Asparagus and Red Pepper salad. After every new recipe, I end up calling another friend to recommend the book. I keep ordering more copies!! There is always someone new that I meet, following a low carb diet or wanting to use their slow cooker more. And to all of these folks, I recommend picking up the book. So my advice is to order more than one!! It makes a great gift.

87 of 89 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointed, February 24, 2005

By	Dori in SF (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

Well, I have to say that I've tried the majority of recipes in this book and they have all been bland and mediocre at best. I really WANTED to like it... so I kept trying different recipes. The bottom line: I've learned to make some amazing, flavorful slow cooker dishes from cookbooks, but I can't recommend a SINGLE recipe in this one.

I've been on the diet for several years now, so I do use low carb cookbook recipes a LOT and am very careful to follow the instructions. I use my slow cooker weekly and have found better recipes for free on the net and from Dana Carpenter's books (though I haven't seen Dana's new slow cooker book yet).

A few points:

-- the thai-flavored dishes don't taste anything like thai food.

-- only partial carb/nutritional listings are given.

-- spent money getting special ingredients like canned cheese soup, tapioca, red and green thai curries, etc., only for the dishes to be subpar.

-- too many carbs in many dishes.

-- not enough use of herbs/spices to liven up flavors.

FYI - A few other reviewers have said this, but slow cooker temps really do vary by maker and model these days and the cooking times were way off for my newer expensive Rival 5 qt. with the removable crock (recommended by the authors). Everything burns if you don't watch it - which is a common complaint about the new machines when compared to the classics. Times were more accurate after I went out and bought a much cheaper second crockpot (West Bend, I think). Still, the results were just so-so.