Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two: For the Small Slow Cooker
Posted On: February 6, 2010 – 2:09 pm
From Booklist
With the introduction of a smaller model that cooks in quantities for one or two people, the slow cooker’s popularity has grown even more. This downsized appliance for the single person or the childless couple allows the cook to prepare a meal in the morning, head off to a job, and still have a hot meal virtually ready when the workday has ended. Hensperger demonstrates this diminutive cooker’s versatility with a collection of recipes that fit in with today’s changing tastes in food. Chilis and soups show off the slow cooker’s obvious virtues. In addition to beef- and pork-based stews and braises, plenty of turkey and chicken recipes appeal to devotees of lower-fat cooking. Polenta and risotto enhance the usual…
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2 Responses to “Not Your Mother’s Slow Cooker Recipes for Two: For the Small Slow Cooker”
By Dwi on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply
I ordered this after reading a recipe in our local newspaper taken from the book. It has some wonderful, original recipes, with clear instructions, and, even better, guidance about how to buy a small slow cooker and what you can do with it once you have it. Most of the recipes are too large for the really small 1 1/2 quart slow cooker, though a few fit that size. Fortunately, each recipe includes a recommended cooker size in the instructions. My only disappointment was that some of the recipes call for ingredients I cannot possibly find in my rural area grocery stores. But if you live in a city or metropolitan area you can probably find all the ingredients. Finally, do not buy the “350 recipes” cookbook Amazon tries to bundle with this one in the “buy both” listing near the top of the page. It’s really awful – I’ve reviewed it separately. If you have a 3 quart slow cooker, you’ll enjoy this cookbook.
By Galen on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply
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This cookbook was favorably reviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle, so I decided to buy it and a small slow cooker. Of course, I bought a round slow cooker, before I read the cookbook (she recommends an oval one, so that turkey breasts fit nicely. ) I’ve tried three of the recipes so far – the Beef Stew Classico – one of the best beef stews I’ve ever had. The Tomato Lentil Soup was very tasty. I like my lentil soup thicker (this one was broth-y), but that’s minor. The Pulled Barbeque Chicken was just wonderful – we all but licked out the pot. There are another 30 or so recipes in the cookbook I’m planning to try, and I’ll bet all of them will be worth making again.