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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I'm not big on slow cookers, but I know that some of you are.
The Complete Slow Cooking for Two: A Perfectly Portioned Slow Cooker Cookbook. By Linda Larsen. Rated 4.4 stars, from 236 reviews at Amazon at the present moment (approximately 4.0 at GoodReads, from 55 ratings). Print list price $16.99; digital list price $9.99; Kindle $0.99. Sonoma Press, publisher. 250 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Slow.../dp/B015HWJWFE.
Book Description
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! |
Or you learn how to cook meals for 2. Contrary to what cookbook authors would have you believe cooking for 2 is not hard and only on very rare occasions is there enough of the main dish for lunch the next day.
It is not hard to cook 2 steaks, 2 pork chops, 2 chicken breasts, etc. And just enough potatoes, pasta or rice for two. Again the key is bulk not box. And extra veggies never hurt anyone.
We buy in bulk and repackage. Again not that hard.
Want a cake, make it from scratch and one layer not 2.
Now where this goes wrong is on soups. Though soups freeze well.
Note I have been cooking for 2 long before cooking for 2 cookbooks got popular.
I think I will pass on this cookbook. Though yes, slow cookers are nice. On occasion, I use my west bend as a warmer. It works great if I have to keep dinner warm.