Easy Everyday Slow Cooker Recipes

Slow cooking is ideal for soups, stews and chilis, and this book offers 200 dishes from both North American regional cuisine and cultures from around the world. Pye, a professional home economist and food writer, has published three other slow cooker recipe books, including Slow Cooker Winners: 300 Easy and Satisfying Recipes, from which recipes in this book are drawn. The first part of the book provides an introduction to slow cooking and cookers useful for beginners and eight "essential tricks of the trade." For cooking beef, poultry, pork, lamb or veal, or even desserts, this book features a wide ranging and varied menu with chapters dedicated to cooking for two, big-batch and "double-duty dinners," which include recipes that use leftovers for a second meal. Color photographs are generously interspersed throughout the book, as are useful tips and time-saving strategies. Using these strategies, ingredients can be loaded in the morning and be ready in as little as three hours. Every recipe provides cooking time for both low and high settings. This cookbook will help busy families enjoy delicious dishes with very little effort. (Aug.)