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Singles are the biggest slow cooker users and they don t have the motivation to fry off and PREP the food that so many other books require of them. They want to fill their pot with ready-to-go-ingredients and come home to real food that greets them with aromas like Mum s home cooking. Here we built and tested recipes using ready-prepared ingredients ginger and garlic pastes, frozen veg, cans and jars
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Catherine is a trained Cordon Bleu cook and holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Home Economics. After graduating, she worked in a number of hotels and restaurants including the Roux Brothers' patisseries. Her catering experience led her to publishing, namely creating recipes and styling food for photography. She became Deputy Cookery Editor for Woman's Weekly and later Me magazine. She currently works as a freelance writer.
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71 of 71 people found the following review helpful
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For those of you who might be wondering what the difference is between this book and the author's excellent earlier book "Slow Cooking For Yourself", the answer at first glance is... well, not a lot. As before, there's a variety of recipes - soups, light meals, seafood, meat and vegetarian dishes, with cakes and deserts to finish them off - and while some familiar recipes do make a reappearance, albeit slightly altered, the majority are of a similar ilk but brand new. This alone makes the book a worthwhile purchase if, like me, you've already got "Slow Cooking For Yourself".
There's one big difference between the books, though. NO PRE-COOKING OF INGREDIENTS! This comes as a welcome relief to those of us who love Catherine's recipes but don't always have the time or the inclination to pre-cook ingredients before adding them to our slow cookers. What's more, for those who don't want to spend time washing, peeling and chopping stuff up either, she frequently suggests frozen vegetables in place of their fresh counterparts (although this isn't obligatory, and she lists both options in the ingredients). Convenient indeed!
One thing though. Buyers should note that, once again, the average cooking time for these recipes seems to be about 2-5 hours. Those wanting to toss everything in the pot before a full day's work will probably need a timer.
Easy-to-follow recipes, no long lists of obscure ingredients, and a handful of colour photographs to whet your appetite: ultimately a great choice for singles who love their food but don't want to spend too much time preparing it.
Incidentally, if you're looking for a slow cooker to go with this book, you'll need a 1.5L capacity one. Ideally it should have an 'auto' heat setting, as well as 'high' and 'low'.
There's one big difference between the books, though. NO PRE-COOKING OF INGREDIENTS! This comes as a welcome relief to those of us who love Catherine's recipes but don't always have the time or the inclination to pre-cook ingredients before adding them to our slow cookers. What's more, for those who don't want to spend time washing, peeling and chopping stuff up either, she frequently suggests frozen vegetables in place of their fresh counterparts (although this isn't obligatory, and she lists both options in the ingredients). Convenient indeed!
One thing though. Buyers should note that, once again, the average cooking time for these recipes seems to be about 2-5 hours. Those wanting to toss everything in the pot before a full day's work will probably need a timer.
Easy-to-follow recipes, no long lists of obscure ingredients, and a handful of colour photographs to whet your appetite: ultimately a great choice for singles who love their food but don't want to spend too much time preparing it.
Incidentally, if you're looking for a slow cooker to go with this book, you'll need a 1.5L capacity one. Ideally it should have an 'auto' heat setting, as well as 'high' and 'low'.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A very good and useful book for singles or even couples - most recipes make enough for 2 and singles can freeze or keep overnight in the fridge for an easy meal next day. Highly recommended, have enjoyed all the recipes I have tried.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Tried using recipes for 4 and scaling them down but I never had "half an onion" or the small quantities of fresh ingredients required so decided to look at recipes designed for small slow cookers.This book fits the bill for me as I can use small tins or a handful of frozen veg together with fresh ingredients.
This book is really for someone who does not have access to a wide variety of fresh produce or does not want the wastage created by using "half" (and forgetting to use up the other half!) but can supplement ingredients from the storecupboard/freezer.
This book is really for someone who does not have access to a wide variety of fresh produce or does not want the wastage created by using "half" (and forgetting to use up the other half!) but can supplement ingredients from the storecupboard/freezer.
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