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Summary: low carb living has now gotten easier!
Review: I have lost over 60 pounds doing low carb and I had shelved my crock pot for lack of recipes. This book is GREAT! I now have ideas for evernight dinners, company's coming dinners and football boosters potluck suppers. The chicken soup and its variations are super tasty. I can't wait to make the corned beef and cabbage for St. Patty's Day. My hubby really enjoyed the smoked pork chops and saurkraut. I love making the roasted nut recipes for snacks and to top my salads and vegetables. These recipes are user-friendly. They are made with everyday ingredients. The portions are quite generous and all recipes list net carbs. I am so happy my slow cooker is back on the counter. This is simply a great cookbook!
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Summary: Helpful techniques!
Review: I haven't made a lot of recipes so far, but reading through the techniques has helped! I made a egg/zucchini side dish that was supposed to cook for 40 minutes in the slow cooker instead using their general prescription for egg dishes. Very helpful for the low carb cook without much time!
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Summary: new years resolution success
Review: I ordered this book to facilitate my New Years resolution to lose weight. So far, so good! I have lost almost 20 pounds and I am a guy who likes good food and who likes to eat! I am following my own low carb routine and have had good success with the recipes in this book. Plus, when I come home from work the house smells really good and my wife likes having a night off from cooking. The garlic and rosemary chicken thighs - delicious. The vegetable soup is now a staple in our house and a cornerstome of my diet. My wife and I especially like the double duty chapter and the chapter that gives non slow cooker recipes. We love the green beans with butter and hot sauce and the faux potato salad is just fun. If you are an open minded low carb person who likes good food this book is for you.
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Summary: Mediocre recipes - one for the garage sale
Review: I recently adopted a low-carb eating lifestyle and am also very dependent on my Slow-cooker. Unfortunately, the recipes in this book are mediocre at best. Many of the recipes are salty and rely on salty ingredients (i.e. soup mixes, bouillon cubes). Other recipes I've tried are too watery and may have been poorly adapted from regular recipes. Finally, there is not enough nutritional information in these recipes. I'd like to see not only "Net carbs", but total carbs, fiber, salt, fat, etc. This one is being sold at my next garage sale.
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Summary: This book does not miss!
Review: I recently got a slow cooker and ordered this cookbook. This cookbook really is phenomenal. The recipes are simple with easy to find ingredients. I have tried their suggested pairings several times, as well, and they are dead on target. My husband has raved over every dish that I have made from this book, including a couple that are not slow cooker items. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I've made 3 recipes out of this cookbook and all of them were excellent! All of them full of flavor, the carbs were not missed at all. I would highly recommend this to anyone who has adopted the low carb way of life (low carb, not no carb).
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Summary: Finally an easy guide for delicious low carb meals!
Review: It is a pleasure to find a low carb cookbook that has it all! There are not only delicious recipe ideas for breakfast, lunch, and dinner but also for side dishes, salads, and desserts. Many of the recipes have the addition of cook's tips, information on the ingredients, and serving suggestions. These extra hints have been particularly helpful. This cookbook sheds a whole new and delicious light on crock pot cooking. Bravo! I definitely give this book 5 well deserved stars!
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Summary: For the Working Mom
Review: OK Ladies....for those of you that work 40+ hrs week, drive kids to/from daycare and school, take care of the house AND everything else...this one's for you! I cook out of this cook book at least 2x week and have not been disappointed yet w/the meal. Easy to prepare, cooks all day & you have a healthy/great tasting dinner when you get home. I recommend highly.
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Summary: Easy, delicious, quick -- this book has it all!
Review: So you're on a low carb diet, looking good and feeling great, but your family is definitely on a high carb diet and getting tired of the plain meat dishes you've been serving up lately. Or maybe you are the one who's tired of them. You would like to be able to expand your low carb recipe list, but you don't have a lot of time to spend on the fancy schmancy rigamarole that some low carb cookbooks require. If only you could have your fine palate and your waistline both satisfied...Say no more my meat-eatin' bretheren! The Everyday Low Carb Slow Cooker Cookbook was literally the answer to my prayers some months ago. As a mom of two small boys and wife to a very picky man I was having a hard time keeping everybody happy at the dinner table while I watched my weight; the "two-entrée meal" was becoming the norm and it took way too much time. In my high carb days I had used my blessed time saver, the crock pot, regularly but recently it was gathering dust on the top shelf. Thank the Lord I can put it to work again and regain my time/sanity. Now I have to try a minimum of six recipes before I feel that I can review a cookbook with fairness. The recipes that I have completed from TELCSCC are: Seafood Crustless Quiche (I didn't miss the crust and neither did they - Fabulous!)
Orange Pork
Sausage and White Bean Soup (my dh literally told me it was the best soup ever, bar none)
Chicken with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Artichokes (rich and hearty, a complete meal)
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic (yes, really!)
Pesto Beef with Grape Tomatoes and Fresh Mozzarella I think the genius of this cookbook is that the authors recognize that low carb dieters are not only just as busy as everybody else, but also come in a variety of skill levels in the kitchen. Accordingly, there is a special section at the beginning just for the quick'n'easy crowd that features fewer ingredients and timesavers like canned food and packaged mixes to add to your fresh meats and veggies. Believe it or not, the Pesto Beef recipe was one of these! Not that the more "complicated" recipes are that much longer or harder, believe me: the authors make it clear that since slow cookery is all about convenience, their mission is to keep it as simple as possible without sacrificing taste. It would appear that their mission was successful. In many cases these recipes are so loaded with veggies and hearty broth that you won't need to make a salad or a side dish and nobody will even notice. There are so many more that I haven't gotten to yet, but I'm dying to try the desserts next; Peanut Butter Fudge Cake with Peanut Butter Fudge Drizzle, Coconut Custard, and Pumpkin Pudding, which is promised to be like the pie without the crust. Judging by my success with the quiche, the slow cooker is a natural with those eggy custards and puddings (averaging about 3-4 hours on low). I would compare this cookbook to Mable Hoffman's Crockery Cookery (the high-carb "bible" for slow cookers) in terms of quality & variety of recipes and simplicity of use. My family has had no complaints since I've started using it, in fact they like TELCSCC dishes better than many of my higher carb dishes. I believe that this is truly the answer for the lifestyles and tastes of a modern health-conscious Americans.
-Andrea, aka Merribelle
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Summary: Difficult to determine true carb content
Review: The problem with this cookbook is that they don't give you the total carbs or fiber content; they only tell you net carbs. That might be all well and good if you are on Atkins or other low carb diets, but if you are diabetic, these numbers don't necessarily apply.
The recipes do look tasty, and they do appear to be made with low-carb ingredients, but we'll have to let my blood glucose numbers tell the true story!
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