Customer Reviews
Best slow cooker cookery book - By: Eleanor, 24 Oct 2008 
I own quite a few slow cooker cookery books & this one is by far the best. The recipes are easy to follow & taste wonderful. These recipes, unlike somein other books, have minimal preparation & can be left for the entire cooking time without requiring ingredients to be added half way though (which kind of defeats the object of a slow cookerin my opinion). I would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to make the most of their slow cooker.
Great first book - By: April Lady, 15 Jan 2008 I wish I'd bought this book first because it's exactly what I was looking for. There are some "normal" recipesin there that you are likely to actually eat & not have to spend 5 hours first preparing everything which kinda defeats the whole point of having a slow cooker!
Obviously there is some preparation involved (which you have to do with the meat first anyway!) & some more pics would have been nice but I find sometimes no pics are better so I'm not comparing the mess I've just made to the pristine examplein the book...
OK - but some repetition - By: Mrs. Susannah R. Cloutter, 14 Nov 2007 
some nice recipesin this book but be warned some of them have been recycled from author's previous book entitled "Real Food from your Slo-Cooker"
A whole new world! - By: Beverley Jeal, 10 Nov 2005 After much badgering by my friend, I recently gavein & purchased my first slow cooker. I started using it for the usual beef stew, chicken casserole etc but wanted more variety.
I trawled bookshops for a recipe book & stumbled on this one. Being a novice, the first section ‘General Hints & Tips’ was very useful. What further convinced me to buy it was that most of the ingredients are either what you would already havein the cupboard or are readily availablein the supermarket. Also, the measurements are givenin metric, imperial as well as American (cups etc) so no need to convert. The instructions are clear & simple – very easy to follow.
There are some great traditional recipes such as French Onion Soup, Somerset Bacon Hotpot, Beefin Brown Ale, Cock au Vin etc, & some really tasty new ideas (for me anyway) - Chicken & Tarragon (delicious), Mexican Chicken, Malay Spiced Pork….
Also, it has been a real eye opener as to what you can use your slow cooker for – it would never have occurred to me to use it for: whole joints, fish, paella, curry, pate, crème caramel, sponges (can’t wait to try the Rhubarb & Almond Sponge & the Pineapple Upside-down Sponge).
My friend (the slow cooker expert) has also fallenin love with this book, so it’s not just for us beginners. I have many cook books which I only use for two or three recipes but I this one has so many that I want to try, it’s not going to sit on the shelf & gather dust.
If you want to try/like using a slow cooker - buy this! - By: , 13 Oct 2005 First let me say that I have lots of cookbooks & this is the only review I have been tempted to write. After owning a small slow cooker when I was single I recently decided to use one again & buy a larger one to use for me & hubby!
This book has rekindled my love of them. It provides lots of inspiration. It has sections on Soups eg Butter Bean & Tomato, Starters eg Farmhouse Pate, Sauces eg Sweet & Sour, Vegetables eg Cheese Stuffed Onions & Pulses eg Persian Rice or Spiced Vegetables & Barley, Fish, Meat, Puddings & Desserts eg Gingerbread, Chocolate Sponge & last but not least Rice Pudding (delicious). It also has a few misc such as recipes for stock, chutney, jam, lemon curd & mulled wine.
I have made countless things from this book & have found the recipes to be spot on & easy to increase/decrease. I could go on & on. But suffice to say for £7 its definately worth the money.
