The Healthy Slow Cooker by Judith Finlayson
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Book Reviews of The Healthy Slow Cooker
Book Review: The Healthy Slow Cooker: More than 100 Dishes for Health and Wellness
Summary: 5 Stars
The Healthy Slow Cooker contains over 100 healthy recipes that can be made using a crock pot. These recipes include main meal dishes for every meal as well as deserts. Each recipe is complete with full instructions, tips, make ahead ideas, and nutritional information. There is even a chart at the back of the book detailing the American and Canadian Diabetes Association Values of each dish.
Like many people, there are days when I just can't face making a meal after a long hard day. At that point, nutrition pretty much goes out the window and fast food becomes an option. I like the slow cook alternative, particular those delicious, quick to prepare recipes that I can throw in the cooker at the start of the day and have ready for supper. That these meals are actually nutritious is an added bonus. Any recipe that actually reduces chaos and that my family actually likes to eat gets high marks from me.
Book Review: Tasty slow cooker meals
Summary: 5 Stars
I also thought I would not like to have to pre-cook items that I had previously tossed in the slow cooker together but, once I did it, I would never go back to the more traditional way of preparation. The flavors of the sauteed vegetables and meat are so much more pronounced and flavorful. Adding items during the last 20 minutes like peppers and seafood prevent them from overccoking and becoming mushy. I have found recipes in this book all don't taste alike due to the flavor layering. Yes, it does take more time than traditional slow cooker recipes but it is well worth the investment. I only make the recipes on Sunday so it's not a problem. I have also started to use the same cooking techniques with other slow cooker recipes. I have also seen new recipes requiring the same sauteeing requirements. I would definitly buy another of her slow cooker books.Book Review: Love This Cookbook!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this book to go with my first-ever slow cooker. I love it! I have made 8 recipes so far and have only hit one that wasn't a total success. The recipes are easy to follow (well, there's grinding spices in a mortar and pestle, but you can just use the commercially-ground versions instead). Otherwise, she uses canned tomatoes and recommends frozen veggies when fresh are hard to get or take too long. Best of all, the food tastes great. My husband and I have been trying to get more vegetables and whole grains into our diets and this makes it so easy. Even "disgustingly healthy" (his phrase) ingredients come out yummy. I especially recommend the Mediterranean Beef Ragout and the Veggie Curry.Book Review: Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I normally cook and cook a lot every single day!
This slow cooker is my first one.
On the contrary of what the recipes advise, I throw everything in the pot and forget it. Nothing prepared ahead as suggested or whatever.
The result? Delicious.
Take my word, don't bother, make your life easy. Collect everything you have and that's it. If the peppers are missing, too bad if they are not essential of course. You do not have fennel but have fennel seeds, that will be it.
It is creative, simple and easy if you want it to be that way :)
And a tip, you've put too much water? Simple: take the cover off...
Enjoy,
Claude
Book Review: Amazing food
Summary: 5 Stars
This cookbook is amazing! I have made about 13 different recipes so far and each one has been amazing! I must warn that it isn't a dump it into the crockpot kind of cookbook, but I think that is a process that makes it taste so yummy. The recipes are easy to follow, the ingredients are readily available. I have made some modifications to a few of the recipes and they still turn out great. For some of them I even skipped the stove step and just put it all in the crockpot...stilll tasted great! I hope that you guys enjoy this book as much as my family and I have...oh by the way....I have a 3 year old and 18 month old who have also enjoyed the food!!