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Singles are the fastest-growing sector of UK society today. Meals of restaurant quality are prepared while they work. Whatever you feel like tomorrow night: Italian, Chinese, Indian, French. Something to look forward to every evening. Doesn't this sound like a lifestyle proposition that your single customers will buy into? Slow cookers are back in fashion as sales figures prove. And singles are now the fastest-growing part of society. This book brings them a lifestyle change for the better. You don't have to do much work, but the machine feeds you like a VIP. If you're interested in food but can't be bothered...then this is the perfect answer. Imagine yourself getting back from work to the smell of well-cooked goodness as you walk through the door. You're returning to a home, not a space. That's how the slow cooker changes lives and once we have a slow-cooker convert, yet more recipes become important to track down, so more books will be sold. Isn't this beginning to look like a perfect circle!
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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
What an excellent book. It has lots of really good recipes, all layed out very nicely and portions that make sense from the start e.g. for 1 or 2 people then double up as required.
What sets this book apart from the others i've purchased is it's scope. It's not just a list of ingredients, there lots of really good advice, tips and info that just make all the difference. You're given lots of smart tips throughout the the book on each recipe. The author describes each dish as well which is really nice as alot of the time with other books the names themselves mean nothing to me. Another thing i like as well is the layout, each dish is set out on a single page and is very easy to follow.
Big thumbs up from me, a slowcooker novice :)
What sets this book apart from the others i've purchased is it's scope. It's not just a list of ingredients, there lots of really good advice, tips and info that just make all the difference. You're given lots of smart tips throughout the the book on each recipe. The author describes each dish as well which is really nice as alot of the time with other books the names themselves mean nothing to me. Another thing i like as well is the layout, each dish is set out on a single page and is very easy to follow.
Big thumbs up from me, a slowcooker novice :)
34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought a slow cooker for my daughter to take to uni with her. Then I began the hunt for a quick and easy to follow cook book with lots of delicious and interesting recipes. After trawling through a lot of books, and I mean a lot, I came accross Catherine Atkinson's 'Slow cooking for yourself'. Bought it, and was delighted with an excellent mixture of recipes to match all tastes (even vegetarian). All in all, if you follow this book you will end up eating extrememly decent food. The friendly cooking advice, tips and even suggestions to what to do with left overs are a welcome added extra. All recipes are for 1 or 2 people but ingrediants can be doubled up for a family. I was so pleased with this book I am about to order another for myself!!
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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As a slow cooking novice, I recently bought this book along with a 1.5L sized slow cooker from Amazon. I'm enjoying the experience thus far, having tried three very tasty recipes, but wanted to give a word of warning about the "ready when you walk through the door" message which is one of the key selling points of this book. (The blurb on the back of the book, in particular, pushes this idea.)
Firstly, I've been surprised to see that the majority of these recipes have cooking times of well under 8 hours, which might be considered a minimum working day for most. None of the chicken dishes, for example, will take longer than 5 hours to cook - and that's if you've got a particularly sloooooow slow cooker. Similar story with the fish... indeed a cooking time of 2-5 hours seems to be about average throughout, with one vegetarian recipe needing just 30 minutes! Also a good many of the recipes need to have extra ingredients added part-way through cooking, which isn't going to be convenient if you're out. Similarly, some recipes require the temperature to be reduced from high to low after the first hour of cooking, which has to be done manually if (like mine) your cooker doesn't have an auto-adjust facility. Finally, while the recipes are easy to follow, I'm finding that it's not unusual for me to be spending half an hour or more measuring and chopping and browning ingredients before adding them to the slow cooker.... no problem when I've got the time, but not something I fancy squeezing in before a weekday commute into London.
And before someone suggests it, yes, some slow cookers do come with timers (mine doesn't, as it happens) but I'm not sure whether leaving a pot of meat or fish sitting at room temperature for hours is a good idea anyway?
As I say, I'm new to slow cooking, so imagine that this is not a fault of the recipes at all. If that's how long these dishes take to cook by this method, then all well and good, and the end result is certainly delicious. But "minimal effort" and "no fuss" and "you can now return to a ready-made, flavour-packed meal of your choice" and so on? Er, I don't think so! That's just a nifty bit of selling.
Firstly, I've been surprised to see that the majority of these recipes have cooking times of well under 8 hours, which might be considered a minimum working day for most. None of the chicken dishes, for example, will take longer than 5 hours to cook - and that's if you've got a particularly sloooooow slow cooker. Similar story with the fish... indeed a cooking time of 2-5 hours seems to be about average throughout, with one vegetarian recipe needing just 30 minutes! Also a good many of the recipes need to have extra ingredients added part-way through cooking, which isn't going to be convenient if you're out. Similarly, some recipes require the temperature to be reduced from high to low after the first hour of cooking, which has to be done manually if (like mine) your cooker doesn't have an auto-adjust facility. Finally, while the recipes are easy to follow, I'm finding that it's not unusual for me to be spending half an hour or more measuring and chopping and browning ingredients before adding them to the slow cooker.... no problem when I've got the time, but not something I fancy squeezing in before a weekday commute into London.
And before someone suggests it, yes, some slow cookers do come with timers (mine doesn't, as it happens) but I'm not sure whether leaving a pot of meat or fish sitting at room temperature for hours is a good idea anyway?
As I say, I'm new to slow cooking, so imagine that this is not a fault of the recipes at all. If that's how long these dishes take to cook by this method, then all well and good, and the end result is certainly delicious. But "minimal effort" and "no fuss" and "you can now return to a ready-made, flavour-packed meal of your choice" and so on? Er, I don't think so! That's just a nifty bit of selling.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
My Aunt is loving this book.
Bought this for my Aunt who recently purchased a SMALL slow cooker. Enjoying hearing about what she has cooked. Not many books for small slow cookers' this one seem's very good.
Published 1 month ago by calm
My current favourite cookbook
So far everything I have tried from this book has worked really well, and I love coming home to a cooked meal ready for me. Read more
Published 4 months ago by snorbens rules
Great Recipes
This is a great book. My other half works away a lot so i tend not to cook so much for myself as i waste too much of it. Definitely recommend.
Published 10 months ago by Diamond
Great Book Great Price
Purchased this slow cook recipe book it is a great recipe book, you dont have to go out and purchase different ingrediants . You already have them in your store cupboard. Read more
Published 10 months ago by yorkshire lass
so far so good
we've just received this book today, and we've had a browse through it. i've already marked off 17 recipes and i still haven't done the dessert section yet...... Read more
Published 14 months ago by ste&shir
slow cooking just for yourself
The seafood paella was the first thing I cooked, it was delicious. Now working my way through book and enjoying the meals I have made so far.
Published 15 months ago by sandy
Great recipe book for small slow cooker
This is a really good little recipe book if you have a 1.5l slow cooker. The only downside is that there aren't any pictures... Read more
Published 15 months ago by dt24
Slow Cooking for Yourself
Excellent. Great recipes which work really well. Could have done with some photos to let you see how it should turn out.
Published on 4 Feb 2010 by Mr. Ian Anderson
Small is beautiful
Great little pot. Don't be put off by the size this makes two+ ample meal portions
Published on 19 Jan 2010 by Mr. B. Guttridge
Slow cooking for me and him
I was surprised at how easy it was to convert some of these recipes for a few extra people, or with the weather as it has been, for the the freezer. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2010 by Mrs. P. V. Ashbee
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