Cooking Light: Slow Cooker

by Cooking Light (Editor)

Combines full-color photography with easy-to-follow instructions in a collection of delicious and healthful recipes for dozens of meals that use the slow cooker. 30,000 first printing.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Reference

144 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2006

About the author

Cooking Light is an American food and lifestyle magazine founded in 1987. Each month, the magazine includes approximately 100 original recipes as well as editorial content covering food trends, fitness tips, and other culinary and health-related news.

Reviews

[Aneesa]

This is exactly what I am looking for when I go to the Friends of the Library book sale.

[Picky Virgo]

I bought this book (on Amazon) nearly six years ago, and am just getting around to using it. I wish I had perused it sooner! My third recipe from this book is cooking as I write this (or #4 if you count the one somebody stole from this book and added to a published cookbook of her own). These recipes are incredibly flavorful. Most of them do require some advance prep, but since I'm retired I have the time.

It should be noted that the first chapter of this book, which is entitled "essential slow cooker", contains recipes which actually belong in other categories ("dessert", for example). Be sure include it when you're browsing for recipes.

Like other reviewers, I mostly cook for just two people these days. Since each of the recipes I've marked as to-be-cooked can easily be downsized for a smaller slow-cooker, I'm good to go.

[Beka]

Nothing stood out to me.

[Stephanie]

We are in a season of life where the crock pot is a must. I pull it out three nights a week so dinner is ready when we get back from kids' activities. This cookbook is loaded with great family friendly recipes using healthy, whole ingredients.

I am borrowing this from the library, and as of this review I have had it out for six weeks. In that time I have made 12 of the recipes, and we have enjoyed every single one. The book is well organized and the directions are very clear. All of the ingredients are easy to find at a typical grocery store.

This book is worth picking up from the library and maybe even buying. Most of the recipes appear to be on their website, and I just saved the ones we liked to my Pinterest for the future.

[Rukshana]

So I am sooooo excited about my new slow cooker and am still trying to figure out the coolest ways to use it.

This book had a chapter of vegetarian recipes that looked pretty good, but most of the book was dominated by meat recipes. (I guess meat tastes really good when you slow cook it but I wouldn't know!)

I made the veggie red bean stew which was pretty awesome and yummy. Also made the oatmeal - steel cut oatmeal you cook overnight and have warm to greet you in the morning! Definitely going to be a staple.

There were a few other recipes I would like to try. May revisit this book.

[Anthony Clair]

My wife and I have long trusted Cooking Light's delectable recipes, most of which are simple to prepare. We are also big fans of the slow cooker (no, really: http://bit.ly/syxDV5). It's great to have a volume of 57 slow cooker recipes constructed with the same delicious simplicity that Cooking Light brings to its regular recipes.

Here's a breakdown of contents:

* Essential Slow Cooker
* Meats
* Poultry
* Vegetarian
* Soups & Stews
* Sides & Desserts

From an Maple-Hazelnut Oatmeal (wake up to the aroma of breakfast that's cooked overnight), to a Beef Daube Provencal, this is a fun book to—slowly—cook through.

[Tapley]

French Beans and Sausage - Love this, will make each winter at least once
Thai Style Pork Stew - quite tasty, would like to make again
Cheesy Spinach Artichoke Dip - tasty, but a bit on the sweet side. Don't know that I'd make this again

Also good, but have in other cookbooks:
Company Pot Roast
Beef Daube Provencal

Still want to try:
Pork Chops & Gravy
Caribbean Seafood Pot
Beef Burgundy

[Michele]

I love this book. I barrowed it years ago and made the bean barrito, the barely and cabbage, the caramel cake, the chocolate caramel cake and the shiitake mushroom meatloaf. I think this is the book I made my first potato soup from too. YUM to say the least. I love how good the other recipes in this book look too..So we'll be making the turkey sub sandwiches, the turkey and cherries, and the others I mentioned before again. Get out that cooker for the summer and have fun with this book. We did.

[Laura]

I thought this book was perfect. Exactly what I'm looking for in a weeknight cookbook. My only issue with it is that there are only 57 recipes! I just found out there's another; I'm going to have to get it. If you use your slow cooker a lot, this is a really great book. The recipes are pretty easy, healthy, and appeal to a broad range of tastes (though nothing is too exotic).

[Tamara]

The first selection for the Cookbook Club at the Westerville Library!

I tried the Roasted Squash Soup. May have gotten some of the measurements wrong, but it turned out ok. Could have run it through the food processor a couple more times to make it smoother.

Not my favorite, but good!

[Sally]

Yup - another BYU Bookstore bargain!

[Katy]

There are some great everyday recipes in here. What I love most is the caloric info with each recipe!

[Meg]

Rec by Melissa Nierode Miller

[Katharine]

Soup is my staple during the fall/winter and there are some really good recipes in here. I even made huge batches and canned them for future use.

[Tina]

The recipes are simple to follow and include calorie counts. Soup can be enjoyed any time of year.

[Salsabrarian]

Excellent osso buco recipe in here; also the lemon-pepper turkey breast.

[K]

Everything I have made out of this book has been EXCELLENT. Timeless.