101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker

101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker Features

Additional 101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker Information

101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker! Call it a slow cooker, a crockery cooker, or your best friend, the popularity of these handy machines has exploded recently, and "Mrs. 101" Stephanie Ashcraft has stepped up to the plate (or bowl, or serving tray) with an amazing collection of timesaving recipes. From South of the Border Pot Roast to Hearty Vegetable Soup to Cherries Jubilee, now anyone can make hearty, healthy dishes for the whole family the "throw-n-go" way-simply throw several ingredients into the slow cooker, get on with life, and come home to a kitchen filled with the aroma of real home cooking. 101 recipes for main courses, side dishes, desserts, and more are included, along with suggestions for how and what to serve with each dish, time-saving meal preparation tips, and easy modifications to fit your families tastes.

Stephanie Ashcraft, New York Times best selling author of 101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix, is a full-time mom who has created and collected recipes for years. She also teaches a monthly cooking class for Macey's Little Cooking Theater.

Janet Eyring's interest in learning how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals without living in the kitchen inspired her to write a cookbook that relied on the ease of the slow cooker. She also teaches cooking classes at Macey's Little Cooking Theater.

What Customers Say About 101 Things to Do with a Slow Cooker:

I've tried 2 recipes from this book so far.Hawaiian chicken and cranberry chicken. I recently re-discovered my crock pot after finding it in the back of a cabinet while moving. They were easy, as I had all the ingredients on hand, and tasted great. I work long hours and am pretty busy, so coming home and spending hours slaving over the stove just isn't an option. I bought this book after having gotten rid of another slow cooker cook book which basically just used a can of soup for every recipe. I am officially in love with my crock pot. I can't wait to try some of the dessert recipes over the holidays.

This is an okay book, but I have seen other books with many more recipes in it for the same price. It's okay

I can't cook, but this book helps me fake it. The ingredient lists are simple, and the recipes have broad appeal, a plus for my picky family.

You get great tasting meals with few ingredients, the only drawback being foresight and planning. Most of the dishes run under $5.00.There is even a dessert section, with a recipe for a triple chocolate devil cake. My meals came out so-so, and I was glad I got this and 101 More Things to do with a Slow Cooker as Christmas presents.If this sounds roughly familiar, then buy this book.As others have noted, the recipes are "dump and go." But that is the fun of a crock pot. First, "slow cooker" is the generic term for a Crock Pot®, as "photocopier" is the generic term for a Xerox® machine.Second, this is a great book to cut your teeth on if you want to sink your teeth into slow cooking. 9-10, and would have liked a nice conversion table--ounces to cups, cups to liters, etc. And I love that recipes have about five or six ingredients--some even fewer--with the soups being a bit more complex.

Even Shakespeare had to start with "goo-goo." Right now that's my level.

Come on.

They suggest that you leave it in 6 hours, but I found that 4 hours was fine for me.

I found an old one in my house--the landlord ended up with it in the divorce--so I began experimenting.

I tried it, and yes, you can cook a cake in a crock pot.

We use the microwave way too much.

The slow cooker reminds us of what cooking was like when we were kids.This is a beginner's book, so ignore the complaints about the recipes not being up to Wolfgang Puck's standards.

I can't wait to try the pineapple upside-down cake.I appreciated the Helpful Hints on pp.

The cover is slick and it has a spiral binding like a college notebook, so it is built to withstand their rigors and messes of kitchen work.

As I said before, a great little book for starters. And because of the simplicity of the recipes, most of them are very plain in flavor.

The book is divided into categories: recipes with beef, recipes with chicken, soups, recipes with pork, etc. The recipes are VERY easy and fast prep.

This is a good little book to keep on your shelf if you're just getting into crock-pot cooking. A lot of the recipes are repeated throughout the book: for example, several of the recipes use the same ingredients, you just replace the chicken with beef.

which I really like. However, with that being said, we tired of the recipes quickly.

But if you have some imagination you can add your favorite ingredients and do your own variations. But if you plan on using your crock pot more than once a week, you'll tire of these recipes quickly.