Crock-Pot Express Cookbook: 5 Ingredients or Less - Easy, Healthy, and Irresistible Recipes for Nourishing and Delicious Meals

by Janet Cole

Pressure cookers are all the rage nowadays, and Crock-Pot - the standard in slow cookers - is ready to play the game!Slow cookers have made home-cooking convenient for generations while producing amazing meals. However, people are also itching to have fast cooking as an option, and digital pressure cookers have been flying off the shelves. With the Crock-Pot Express Multi-Cooker, you can now own the best of both worlds and have the option to slow cook or fast cook all of your favorite foods. You will learn all you need to know about this new kitchen device, including how to use the pressure-cooker function.The construction is a bit different than the standard slow cooker, so you’ll find out what parts like the gasket and pressure valve do, as well as what terms like “quick-release” mean. The Multi-Cooker comes equipped with cooking programs and functions, which the book will walk you through. All devices are bound to have some issues, so you’ll also learn how to troubleshoot common problems, like undercooked food or a stuck lid. Once you’ve familiarized yourself with the Express Multi-Cooker, you’ll get to the best part of the the recipes. Because convenience is your top priority, all the recipes have a maximum of five ingredients. Learn how to make great dishes with both the slow cooker and pressure cooker functions, CasserolesChicken AlfredoBBQ BrisketBaby Back RibsShrimp ‘n GritsPeanut Butter Chex MixCrème BrûléeYou’ll even find a vegan section in the book, which makes this eating lifestyle easy and delicious. If you want to convert recipes from slow cooker to pressure cooker, and vice versa, you’ll find a simple guide on how to do that. Whether you’re a lifelong user of slow cookers and are interested in pressure cooking, or you’re new to both, this cookbook will take the mystery out of two styles of cooking, while giving you dozens of recipes to start with.

Genres: Cookbooks

219 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 10, 2018

Reviews

[Julie Barrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

crock-Pot Express Cookbook: 5 Ingredients or Less - Easy, Healthy, and Irresistible Recipes for Nourishing and Delicious Meals by Janet Cole
Starts with a table of contents where recipes are broken up into meals.
Short intro about the multi cooker which is a pressure cooker. I have a different brand but always on the lookout for more recipes to use in it.
Discusses the parts of the pressure cooker and maintaining the pressure.
Tips have their own chapter. Each meal chapter has a summary and also of the recipes included within.
Each recipe startes with a title-how it's cooker and servings. Prep and cook and total time is included.
Summary of the dish. and list of ingredients. You should be able to substitute for your healthier dietary needs by not using prepackaged items-use fresh, also sub for low sodium low fat and low sugar items.
Directions are given. Nutritional information given is for a portion of the recipe that includes total calories protein, carbs, fat-NOT broken up into good or bad and fiber.