The Complete Slow Cooking for Two: A Perfectly Portioned Slow Cooker Cookbook by Linda Larsen (Author) paperback reivew

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The Complete Slow Cooking for Two: A Perfectly Portioned Slow Cooker Cookbook Paperback – September 15, 2015

by Linda Larsen (Author)

Two People, One Appliance, No Freezer Full of Leftovers
Twosomes who share a kitchen—but not the desire to spend all day in it—face a quandary: buy cheap but unhealthy takeout or sink time into preparing whole foods meals that they’re likely to end up eating for days and days. With this cookbook, a third option is now on the table—er, countertop: good-for-you slow cooker meals that save hours and are portioned precisely for duos.
Think slow cookers are only for soups and stews? Let Linda Larsen, master of the slow cooker, introduce you to the best of the best slow cooker recipes for all kinds of meals, from tender meats to seasoned vegetables to breakfasts, and more. In addition, you’ll find:
• 10 must-know do’s and don’ts of slow cooking
• A guide to the meats that are best for slow cooking
• Tips for converting a stove-top recipe to the slow cooker
• The reasons why heavy-duty aluminum foil is a slow cooker’s best friend
• Recipes for 3- or 3½-quart slow cookers that include prep and cook times; nutritional information; and labels that highlight gluten-free, soy-free, nut-free, vegetarian or vegan meals
Now go ride that tandem bike and let your slow cooker take care of dinner.
Recipes include:
Bone Broth, Chicken Stew with Gnocchi, Cuban Pork and Black Beans, Mussels with Tomato Curry, Mexican Lasagna, Chocolate-Cherry Lava Cake, and more!

About the Author

Linda Larsen is the author of 33 cookbooks. She is the Busy Cooks Expert
for About.com and specializes in quick-cooking recipes, healthy recipes, and slow cooker recipes. She and her husband live outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

• Paperback: 250 pages
• Publisher: Sonoma Press (September 15, 2015)
• Language: English 

 

Having just a few slow cooker recipes that I make seasonally, I was happy to get The Complete Slow Cooking for Two: A Perfectly Portioned Slow Cooker Cookbook by Linda Larsen in paperback form.  I love that this book takes the traditional way of using a slow cooker for large meals for freezing or big family gatherings and teaches us how to use it for smaller meals from breakfast to dessert!  I grew up with slow cooker stews, chili, meatballs and roasts with vegetables that could feed an army, so this was a real eye opener for me and I really enjoyed learning so much more about slow cooking than I ever thought.  This cookbook has given me a whole new outlook on slow cooking as well as new dishes to feed my family when I have no time to stand at the stove all day cooking.  The author gives a lot of good tips and clears up myths about slow cooking and the best meats to use and a lot of great recipes.  I think this would make a wonderful gift for anyone who cooks.  It will get them to drag their slow cooker out and make it a weekly part of meal planning.  I recommend it.

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