America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes

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Summary: Very good recipes
Review: After trying several of the recipes, I found the majority to be very classic and fairly simple and very tasty. However, I didn't give it 5 stars because the book itself could be better. There are only pictures for about 10-15% of the recipes and the text is sometimes redundant (almost all the recipes say to add a salad and crunchy french bread (or roll, etc.). Don't see why this is necessary since it's repeated again and again. Also, the text is a very bland-looking font and black and white...this could be improved. The book also is difficult to lay flat. Here is an example of a great product that deserves better packaging.

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Summary: Over a hundred recipes for slow cooker dishes
Review: America's Best Slow Cooker Recipes presents over a hundred recipes for slow cooker dishes ranging from appetizers to desserts, beverages to finger foods. Meatloafs to casseroles, pasta bakes to plum chicken: this goes beyond the soup and stew orientation of competing titles to provide a wide range of options for crock pot cooks.

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Summary: Crockpots will be crockpots
Review: Because this cookbook got such great reviews, I recently bought it. I am an experienced, fairly adventerous cook and I cook dinner every night. After a week of Donna Marie's recipes my family is begging me to quit. I made Black Bean Cassoulet soup (thin and watery), Moussaka, Morrocan Vegetable Hotpot (hot?), Drunken Roast chicken (falling apart, drunken), and No Fuss Chicken Stock. The last one is the only one I'll bother to repeat. The others were edible, but totally boring and overcooked by the time I got home, even though I followed the cooking recommendations (I even read the intro). I was hoping against hope that this book would allow me to come home to wonderful meals. One thing I can say is that the food I cooked was probably very healthy. It had that home-economist obviously-good-for-you taste. I haven't tried any desserts yet. The steamed puddings might be okay. The world is still waiting for the Julia Child of crockpots.

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Summary: The BEST CrockPot Cookbook!!
Review: I got this book at the library and had to buy it I enjoyed it so much. So nice also to make meals before school is out and life gets busy. lots of good recipes, kid friendly recipes, yet not bland and boring for adults tastes.

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Summary: Great cookbook!
Review: I got this book at the library and had to buy it I enjoyed it so much. So nice also to make meals before school is out and life gets busy. lots of good recipes, kid friendly recipes, yet not bland and boring for adults tastes.

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Summary: Wonderful Crockpot Cookbook
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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Summary: Best of the Crockery cookbooks
Review: I have had a crockpot all my life, but found myself making the same dishes-chili, roast or stew. I have been on a quest for years to find new and better recipes for the crockpot, and own seven cookbooks just on this subject, and this one is one of my two favorites. It has everyday recipes with "normal" ingredients. There are very few crockpot recipes that you can just pour all the ingredients in and it makes itself, only bread makers have that feature. Recipes do require prepping, but it is still quicker and easier than slaving over the hot stove after working all day. A short period of prep, leave for the day, possibly another short prep time and a home cooked yummy meal in less than 30 minutes total of your time. Especially nice if you have the bread maker set up too, and add a bag of pre-packaged salad and you are good to go.

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Summary: So far, so good
Review: I just bought this book and have only tried one recipe called something like "Football Day Chili". It was the best chili I've ever had, so hopefully some of the other recipes will be just as good. I only gave 4 stars because I did make some miner tweaks to the recipe that seemed to contribute to its overall success (used 2 T oil when browning the beef, added 2 cloves garlic to recipe).

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Summary: Creativity for the Crock Pot
Review: I love a good slow cooker, and this book has some interesting recipes to take full advantage of it. It's a cut above the typical canned-soup-and-frozen-vegetables recipes, which is great. My only criticism is that some of the recipes strike me as a bit <i>too</i> ambitious for this appliance: by the time you go through all of the effort, you might as well just make it in a regular dutch oven. But that's quibbling - it's an excellent book and I haven't gone wrong on a recipe yet.

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Summary: Creativity for the Crock Pot
Review: I love a good slow cooker, and this book has some interesting recipes to take full advantage of it. It's a cut above the typical canned-soup-and-frozen-vegetables recipes, which is great. My only criticism is that some of the recipes strike me as a bit <i>too</i> ambitious for this appliance: by the time you go through all of the effort, you might as well just make it in a regular dutch oven. But that's quibbling - it's an excellent book and I haven't gone wrong on a recipe yet.