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Having limited time to spend in the kitchen need not mean beans on toast every night. With a slow cooker and minimal preparation time you can rustle up delicious stews, sauces and soups, as well as indulgent sweet treats. Simply leave your ingredients to cook throughout the day or overnight, and there will always be a hot meal waiting for you at the end of a busy day. In our second volume of slow cooker recipes in the Hamlyn All Colour series, we show you how versatile a slow cooker really is. Why not treat yourself to a Red pepper, sage and chorizo frittata, a fish terrine or a Salmon and asparagus risotto? And if you thought desserts were not for slow cooking, think again! Here we show you how to create a mouthwatering collection of treats, including; Hot banana and chocolate mousses, Date and ginger syrup pudding and Blueberry and lemon curd upside down puddings.
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Sara Lewis is an experienced home economist and food writer. She was the cookery editor of 'Practical Parenting' magazine for over 12 years and is the author of many cookery books including 'Kids in the Kitchen', 'The Bread Book' and 'Gourmet Low Carb', all published by Hamlyn.
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66 of 66 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Many people will buy this book for the same reason that I did - because I am a slow cooker fan who enjoyed "200 slow cooker recipes", the previous Sara Lewis book in this series.
What are the main advantages of a slow cooker? In my opinion they are fourfold:
To be able to put everything in one pot.
To be able to start the cooking in the morning before going out either for work or enjoyment and return home to find the meal ready.
Not to worry about precise timings for an extra hour will not ruin the food
To slow cook the many meat cuts that benefit from this method.
However, recent slow cook books seem to seek ever new ways to use a slow cooker that do not relate to these advantages. This new Sara Lewis book is no exception.
The book has seven sections, listed below with the number of recipes in each section:
Soups 16
Light bites & everyday suppers 19
Short-cut suppers 14
Vegetarian 13
Food for friends 13
Puddings 17
Drinks & preserves 10
That is a total of 102 and each is accompanied by an excellent colour photograph. The 200 figure in the title is reached by the variations listed at the end of recipes. For example, cider toddy becomes three recipes by giving variations for gingered cider toddy and citrus toddy. Many of these 102 recipes seem to demonstrate the variety of uses of a slow cooker rather than illustrate its main advantages. For example, warm lentil and feta salad involves cooking puy lentils, red pepper and tomatoes and adding them to feta cheese and salad leaves. And what about baked eggs on toast? That takes 40-50 minutes to cook but I cannot see the advantage of using a slow cooker in this case. And is it necessary to use a slow cooker for mulled wine, cranberry mulled wine or mulled wine jelly?
Many of the recipes require the use of dishes or ramekins to place in the slow cooker, whilst others do not produce complete meals. The recipe for fish pie requires you to cook the fish in a slow cooker, to boil and mash potatoes separately, to put the potatoes on the fish and then put it under the grill. Venison puff pie involves cooking the venison in a slow cooker and then putting puff pastry on top to cook in a conventional oven for 20 minutes. Asian glazed ribs require the ribs to be cooked for 8-10 hours and then put on a tray with a mixture of honey and soy sauce and grilled for 10-15 minutes. To be fair these are the most extreme examples.
This book, which is well written with clear instructions, will appeal to those who are looking for recipes are that are not run-of-the-mill (such as chillied beef with chocolate) or who want to test the versatility of their slow cookers with recipes for soups, fish dishes, puddings, preserves and drinks in addition to the more common recipes. It does not appeal to me as much as the author's earlier "200 slow cooker recipes" but it is being sold at a very affordable price.
What are the main advantages of a slow cooker? In my opinion they are fourfold:
To be able to put everything in one pot.
To be able to start the cooking in the morning before going out either for work or enjoyment and return home to find the meal ready.
Not to worry about precise timings for an extra hour will not ruin the food
To slow cook the many meat cuts that benefit from this method.
However, recent slow cook books seem to seek ever new ways to use a slow cooker that do not relate to these advantages. This new Sara Lewis book is no exception.
The book has seven sections, listed below with the number of recipes in each section:
Soups 16
Light bites & everyday suppers 19
Short-cut suppers 14
Vegetarian 13
Food for friends 13
Puddings 17
Drinks & preserves 10
That is a total of 102 and each is accompanied by an excellent colour photograph. The 200 figure in the title is reached by the variations listed at the end of recipes. For example, cider toddy becomes three recipes by giving variations for gingered cider toddy and citrus toddy. Many of these 102 recipes seem to demonstrate the variety of uses of a slow cooker rather than illustrate its main advantages. For example, warm lentil and feta salad involves cooking puy lentils, red pepper and tomatoes and adding them to feta cheese and salad leaves. And what about baked eggs on toast? That takes 40-50 minutes to cook but I cannot see the advantage of using a slow cooker in this case. And is it necessary to use a slow cooker for mulled wine, cranberry mulled wine or mulled wine jelly?
Many of the recipes require the use of dishes or ramekins to place in the slow cooker, whilst others do not produce complete meals. The recipe for fish pie requires you to cook the fish in a slow cooker, to boil and mash potatoes separately, to put the potatoes on the fish and then put it under the grill. Venison puff pie involves cooking the venison in a slow cooker and then putting puff pastry on top to cook in a conventional oven for 20 minutes. Asian glazed ribs require the ribs to be cooked for 8-10 hours and then put on a tray with a mixture of honey and soy sauce and grilled for 10-15 minutes. To be fair these are the most extreme examples.
This book, which is well written with clear instructions, will appeal to those who are looking for recipes are that are not run-of-the-mill (such as chillied beef with chocolate) or who want to test the versatility of their slow cookers with recipes for soups, fish dishes, puddings, preserves and drinks in addition to the more common recipes. It does not appeal to me as much as the author's earlier "200 slow cooker recipes" but it is being sold at a very affordable price.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I love this series of books. Such good value, so well produced. Nothing to complain about really, they are informative on the use of slow cookers too. It's an essential little book for your slow cooker.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I got the first one of this range in slow cooker and its brilliant so when I saw this one I had to have it, brilliantly priced, pictures are great inside, easy to follow, but one thing am slightly miffed about is the picture on the front - the recipe doesnt seem to be inside which seems a little odd as the old book the recipe for the front cover picture was in there. But great book so many delicious recipes.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
This may also be the answer to an old problem
Several years ago we bought a slow cooker that was supposedly suitable for four persons. Used just once, I drew that the conclusion that the 'four' may have been children as it... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Claptonian
200 slow cooker recipes
Great recipes, easy to follow instructions .....every thing i have made so far has tasted GREAT......
Whats more what you cook looks like the pictures in the book .......
Whats more what you cook looks like the pictures in the book .......
Published 1 month ago by Mark
Excellent value
This slow cooker book is excellent value for money and a great follow-on from the first one produced, Hamlyn All Colour Cookbooks 200 Slow Cooker Recipes. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Roz
Terrific book
This is a terrific book full of interesting and tasty recipes. The only quibble I have is the quantity of liquid in rice recipes. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Janet M. Brown
Great pictures and recipes
Pictures are really good, the recipes are easy to follow and the tips really work, ideal for a working mum
Published 2 months ago by Xmas Fairy
fancy dishes not daily dishes
ok cook book, easy to follow, though some recipes require the use of a conventional oven so not exactly slow cooker reciepes. Read more
Published 2 months ago by trashyohtrashy
Fab
I have found THE most amazing recipe in this book, page 98 pot roast lamb with rosemary, chuck all the goodies in the pot and 8 hrs later you have the best bit of lamb you will... Read more
Published 3 months ago by booty love
Slow cooking
I was really pleased with this Brilliant book, there are loads of recipes for all tastes. The pictures are really good and it's a handy little size.
Published 3 months ago by Vichass
Ever useful
Like all cook-books there are some recipies you will never use but all are a useful source of inspiration. A useful little book even if only for browsing and dreaming.
Published 3 months ago by Stiubhart
Small but well formed
I read reviews which said about the book being small, I must admit I didn't know they meant as small as it turned out to be. However the content more than makes up for it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Jango10
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