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Sunday, January 27, 2013

America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes Review & Ratings

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America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes Review

I have been using a crock pot for years -- but this is the first crockpot cookbook that I have come across that has such simple recipes and instructions, and very helpful hints. Everything I have made so far is wonderful, and I love being able to prepare the recipes the night before. I started with the "Comforting Shredded Beef" (without the brandy and with red cooking wine)which was a real winner with my family, especially with my oldest son who is an extremely picky eater (he can't wait for me to make it again). I just can't get over that something with so few ingredients could taste so good. I served it on toasted sausage rolls with melted motzeralla cheese. I never had a chance to try the Philly Beef Wraps because my (picky) son kept eating the leftovers every day after school as a snack. Next I tried the "Chicken Stew with Rosemary Dumplings." (I used boneless-skinless chicken breasts.) The chicken was absolutely wonderful. But make sure the broth is bubbling when you add the dumplings - I was too impatient and the dumplings looked like pancakes (but they still tasted good). And yesterday I tried the "Southern Barbecued Pork on a Bun." And it was another winner (with the whole family)! I have just put together "Rich Vegetable Broth with Meatballs" and can't wait to try it tomorrow. To have everyone agree that a dinner was great is a miracle - and I've had three miracles in the past ten days (since I received this cookbook). I just want to keep trying recipe after recipe. Unfortunately, I can only try one recipe at a time in my favorite crockpot (a large oval that looks like a roaster). I hope that if you read this that you have as much luck has I've had. I wish to thank the other reviewers because this is why I decided to purchase this cookbook.

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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Save 32% Off: The French Slow Cooker Review & Ratings

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The French Slow Cooker Review

Michele Scicolone has written her 2nd slow cooker book which, as she explains in her introduction makes French cooking less intimidating. This book is not presented as easy recipes; but actually this does make French cooking easier. French cooking has a reputation for being difficult with slow simmering. The slow cooker solves this `problem', which makes it much more trouble-free. Instead of spending hours with dishes simmering over a stove they are prepared in a slow cooker. There is some preparation needed for some dishes, such as browning meat or onions, but for the majority of the dishes, with the exception of soups, the cooking and preparation is in the slow cooker.
The ingredients are common ones from the supermarket. There are tips and techniques for cooking and equipment use. A description of what should be in the French pantry is included. Recipes in the book are; soups, chicken, turkey and duck, meats, seafood, soufflés, quiches and egg dishes, vegetables, legumes and grains, desserts and basics.
Most of the soups do require being put through a sieve, a blender or a food mill. We did not have much luck with cutting the quiche we tried into wedges - getting it out of the slow cooker was a bit awkward and did not make for good looking wedges, and the taste of crustless quiches does not quite suit our family's taste. There are also suggestions to cook potatoes for a potato salad. This takes 3 hours in the slow cooker, when in most instances cooking them on the stove top or in an oven seems much more practical.
When I received this book, we had a large number of guests in our house and it was quickly put to use. We were very successful with, and everyone enjoyed the spinach and egg bouillabaisse and the Bargemen's beef stew.
This book does give good ideas for preparing dishes with a French flavor and has some ideas such as making a rolled aluminum stand for a rack to make some of the dishes. There are some good concepts in here and it would be perfect for those who wish to make some improved slow cooker recipes.

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Save 33% Off: Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly: 600 Healthy Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker Review & Ratings

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Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly: 600 Healthy Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker Review

Containing over a thousand tried-and-true recipes from cooks all over the country, this cookbook provides easy slow cooker meals, all with reduced fat and reduced salt. Substitutions are the key here, with reduced fat ingredients such as turkey sausage and ground turkey, in place of beef, and low-fat cuts of pork, skinless and boneless chicken breasts, and low-fat cuts of beef in place of the higher fat cuts normally used. Low-fat condensed mushroom and chicken soup (canned), low sodium barbecue sauce, low-fat or nonfat cheeses, and low-sodium tomatoes and tomato sauce replace the usual products.
The soup section is the largest section, and there are over twenty-five versions of chili. Desserts feature fruit, rice pudding, and bread pudding, but there is one Hot Fudge Cake resembling the standard "Denver Chocolate Pudding Cake," which quickly converts this delicious baked recipe to the slow cooker.
The primary value of this cookbook is that it shows easy adaptations of standard recipes, so if you have favorite recipes and need to adapt them, this offers some good alternatives. Most of the recipes are light on herbs and spices, and adding them or increasing the amounts greatly improves the low salt versions of these recipes. The chicken recipes are particularly good, with a Dill-Lemon Chicken, a Twenty-Clove (Garlic) Chicken, and a Southwestern Chicken which are delicious, though there is a significant loss of texture to the meat when skinless, boneless chicken is used in place of chicken breasts with bones and skin.
Very low fat meat cuts (pork tenderloin or pork top loin, flank steak or extra lean beef cubes, for example), do not result in the cut-with-a-fork, fall-off-the-bone meats one is accustomed to with slow cooking--they remain quite firm (and rather dry) even with hours of cooking. Longer cooking of the pork, especially, creates an almost pasty texture, and the slow cooker's original purpose of tenderizing a tough, fatty cut is lost. This may be one of the reasons that the soups, which are imaginative, are the largest and most interesting section here. Lovers of slow cookery may prefer to use their own recipes and seasonings for favorites, checking here for ways to cut down on fat and salt and perhaps getting ideas for new ways of cooking. Mary Whipple

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Save 25% Off: The Everything Slow Cooker Cookbook: Easy-to-make meals that almost cook themselves (Everything Series) Review & Ratings

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The Everything Slow Cooker Cookbook: Easy-to-make meals that almost cook themselves (Everything Series) Review

I visited my 25-year old son in Georgia; I live in Colorado. He works 12 hour days and eats out all the time. I was determined to get him a slow cooker, so he could have a real meal when he got home. I took my cookbooks with me to Georgia. I got the slow cooker and we tried several recipies from this book and another; and, needless to say, he was impressed. Before I left I re-ordered this book for myself (plus another new book of course) and gave him mine. He is pleased, I am happy, and he is eating much healthier now!

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