2024 the best crock pot recipes review

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Crockpot® Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes includes more than 100 recipes for your Crockpot® slow cooker. Whether you need to whip up main-dish meals, party-time appetizers, or sweet-tooth treats, the Crockpot slow cooker helps to ease your busy day.The recipes in this cookbook are organized by occasion and meal type. You'll even discover how slow cooking helps to blend subtle flavors in beverages to yield delicious drinks.Get handy tips and techniques on using your Crockpot slow cooker to create dishes with great flavor and appetizing appearances.Each recipe in Crockpot Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes includes clear step-by-step directions.256 pages with a metric conversion table printed in book.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Publications International, Ltd. (October 5, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Flexibound ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1412778638
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1412778633
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.33 x 0.81 x 9.5 inches
Reviewer: Kathy Lenehan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great go-to cookbook
Review: Now that I finally know the difference between a crockpot and a slow cooker I've been looking for slow-cooker cook books since I replaced my crock pot with a slow cooker.I like this book Crock-Pot Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes for several reasons:1.) The recipe ingredients are ones you would have on your shelves - no exotic and/or expensive spices or herbs.2.) Directions are clear and concise.3.) Most recipes have a color picture of what the completed dish looks like.4.) Some recipes have serving suggestions and tips.5.) Pages and the cover can be easily cleaned with a damp cloth or paper towel.6.) This cook book contains several types of recipes, ranging from appetizers to desserts as well as main meals and soups/stews.7.) This would be a great starter book for someone who is not familiar with slow cooking because it offers several pages of slow cooker basics at the beginning of the book.8.) There's even a good percentage of vegetarian recipes. I follow a Flexitarian diet, so this book is perfect for variety in my diet.ADDENDUM: Someone commented on this post and asked if there is a real difference between a crockpot and a slow cooker. I researched this before deciding which to buy and then which cookbooks would be more helpful, and I thought this may be helpful to others.Both a crockpot and a slow cooker refer to a stand-alone appliance that cooks food with slow, moist heat with a heating element, a pot, and a tight-fitting lid. All crockpots are slow cookers, but not all slow cookers are crockpots. Also, If you capitalize the letters it's a "Crock-Pot" which is the trademark brand name, while crockpot (without the capitalization and hyphen) is the generic name - like jello and Jell-O.Here are the differences:Crockpots:1. Have only 2 cook settings - "low" and "high," and some have a "keep warm" feature.2. The temperature remains constant during the cooking process.3. Most are made of stoneware and are round and deep, like the original Crock-Pot, which were originally fashioned after the original bean pots I remember as a child. They are therefore heavier and more prone to breakage.4. Heating elements are on the sides and sometimes the bottom of the crock. Because heat surrounds the food it brings it more quickly up to a safe cooking temperature, and may do a better job of tenderizing some meats.5.The bowl is round and deep; perfect for soups and stews but difficult for large cuts of meats.6. Because of the bowl shape its marketed advantages are less boiling away of juices and nutrients, and less chance of overcooking or shrinking of meats.Slow cookers:1. Have a thermostat, usually numbered 1-5. Some also have a timer that can be set for the desired number of hours to cook, and some have an automatic turnoff feature.2. The heating element usually cycles on and off.3. Most have a metal exterior with a ceramic insert, which is removable for easier cleaning. Most inserts are dishwasher and oven safe. Some are even stove top safe.4. The heating element is on the bottom; because of this food may scorch if improperly programmed because food cooks at a higher heat than a crockpot and cooks faster. Some recipes I've found actually say to stir the food occasionally.5. Because of #4 while researching both types I read the USDA recommends this type be used for soups and stews only or where meat is cut into smaller pieces due to potential safety concerns with low level heat coming only from bottom.6. The bowl is oval and more shallow, which is good for large cuts of meats, whole chickens (and you get extra flavor from the bones), etc.It took some time for me to get used to my slow cooker. The first few times the meat was dry without a lot of flavor. Now that I've adapted to slow cooker cooking the meals are just as good as my old Crock-Pot.Although a lot of slow cooker recipes say to brown meat before adding to a slow cooker I don't always do it. To me it just seems to be for the same reason as browning ribs before putting them on a grill; it seals in the juices and browns it without burning the outside because you don't have to cook it as long.I made a note in my cookbook 2 hints I'm going to try: If you add butter and paprika to chicken before putting it in the slow cooker, a brown color is created while cooking. Flour meat before adding to a slow cooker to keep it moist and thicken sauce. A 3rd hint is one we all know but is a reminder for me: don't lift lid while cooking, or the food will take longer to cook.

Reviewer: tbr
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Simplest and easiest recipes going
Review: This book seems to have the easiest recipes of many offered. We bought this book for my son who is in college. He lives in a college campus apartment (he has a small kitchenette). He doesn't like cooking very much so we bought him a slow cooker. He loves the recipes in the book because (1) they don't take many ingredients and (2) the preparation doesn't take long either. Isn't that the whole point of using a slow cooker? Just throw a bunch of stuff in, add water, turn it on and in several hours it's done. Many of the recipes will make many meals. Of course you can do more sophisticated cooking if you want, but for a college kid this book is right on.

Reviewer: M. Robertson
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good overall, great for beginners
Review: This is a great cookbook for someone just starting out with a crockpot (like me) that really doesn't know what to do with it yet. Most of the recipes come with a photo so you can get an idea of how it should look (or at least would look if you had a team of food photographers setting up your dinner plates). The recipes are mostly quite simple and don't require a ton of strange and exotic ingredients that you'll have to search high and low to find in your grocery store. And at $6, it's a steal. Pick one up.

Reviewer: J. Stroh
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So many, many good recipes to try out!
Review: Bought a slow cooker but I really didn't have any recipes to try it out. I found two crock pot cookbooks and both of them are awesome.So many recipes with so many different types of meats, veggies, spices, herbs and even desserts! So far I have tried out two recipes and they turned out great! Best Loved Slow Cooker Recipes is perfect for the novice and experience cook. The recipes are easy to put together and the instructions are very clear.Can't wait to try out more new recipes!

Reviewer: Discoveror
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: a broad range of slow-cook recipes
Review: With little useful introduction the author gets right into it. There is a very broad range of recipes, nicely categorized ... most of which I wouldn't eat or attempt. Each is presented in a consistent recipe format. That's about it.Most recipes are for 6+ servings (family?), requiring constant conversion for the 1-2 servings that an individual (single), wishing to slow-cook for an evening meal after work, would seek. Yes, I'm capable of the conversion; but, it's not as convenient.

Reviewer: Rachel Foushee
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: SO AMAZING
Review: WOW. I received a CrockPot for christmas, my first one! and was so excited to use it. It came with like 6 recipes, and I made one, which was the pot roast, and it turned out delicious! I was craving more recipes and found this online. I have never been happier about a cookbook! It has pictures for almost every recipe. I've already made 2 recipes from it: chicken tortilla soup and meatballs, and have so many pages marked of other recipes I want to make. This book is awesome!

Reviewer: citykid
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: definiutely a must-have resource !
Review: i have 3 older brothers all of whom are in college/post grad schools and all of whom use slow cookers. i first bought this book for just one of them because he cooks the most, and he raved about it to everyone. apparently, the pork roast recipe with beer (and other ingredients!) was a big hit, along with several other recipes that are now in heavy rotation. well, my other brothers felt left out, so within 10 days, i bought two more for each of them. now, everybody's happy and i'm hoping to be well-fed next time i visit any of them ;>)

Reviewer: Candy B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Hate to cook? This book is for you!
Review: I have made 3 of the top 10 recipes in this book already and they are incredible. After having my neighbors over for a test dinner - they purchased the book also. I love how easy my crock pot is and I love this recipe book! (and I hate to cook)