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HomeShop at BookSurgeFamily & Relationships350 Big Taste Recipes for the 1.5 Quart Mini Slow Cooker: All American Favorites Adapted for the Mini Slow Cooker with an Emphasis on Healthy Eating |
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84 of 86 found the following review helpful:
 Not healthy, not 1 1/2 qts, don't buy Jan 19, 2007
By M. Fairchild
"Books my thing"
Nothing about the title is accurate. The recipes are far too large for a 1 1/2 quart slow cooker - one of them, the Brunswick Stew (which was dreadful, by the way just barely fit in my 3 quart slow cooker.
The recipes make no effort to reduce fat, calories, carbs, or sodium - especially sodium, since nearly all of them use canned food as the main ingredients, and are therefore loaded with sodium. A few of the dessert recipes do incorporate sugar substitutes - but a typical dessert recipe instructs you, basically, to use half a box of cake mix along with half the ingredients the mix calls for anyway. Ever tried to use half a box of cake mix? It's not easy.
In fact, most of the recipes are not cooked in the usual sense at all: they use already cooked ingredients and employ the crock pot to heat them slowly.
The one minor virtue of the book is that you can read the recipes and then draw some conclusions about how to adapt regular recipes for the crock pot - but that is true about any crock pot cookbook.
I am sorry I bought it and recommend against your buying it.
61 of 62 found the following review helpful:
Very Tasty Sep 20, 2006
By Jeanine Turner
"Cinderella"
When I ordered this book, I expected it to be full of recipes scaled for 2 people. I was surprised by the author's claim that you can cook dinner for 4 in a 1.5 quart crock pot. The author is wrong, you can't use most of these recipes in the 1.5 quart model unless you reduce them by half. The Rival 1.5 quart crock pot I own only holds 5 cups rather than the 6 cups you might expect, and the manufacturer warns the user not to fill it all the way to the brim. The author of this book should have recommeded a 2 quart crock pot for his recipes. I did find the recipe I tried easy and tasty. The cooking times are accurate, unlike other crock pot books. I would recommed that you buy this book if it interests you. Reduce the recipes that serve 4 by half if you are using a 1.5 quart crock pot or use a 2 quart crock pot if you need to cook for 4. I also recommed that you omit the water from stews using condensed soup as a base for the sauce because liquid excreeted from the meat and vegetables is enough.
25 of 26 found the following review helpful:
A unique book... Jun 28, 2005
By Phoenix
"Love Books"
For what the author is trying to accomplish this book works because it's geared toward small dishes. It's wonderful for empty nesters and busy people who like to keep things simple. Aside from some typo's it's a decent book. The recipes are very straight forward if you use some common sense solutions to following them. This helps you maneuver through each recipe better. I would've given the book 5 stars if the author had written the book like he was there in the kitchen with me going through each recipe. He definitely needs the rapport vs. report feel in this book.
I've tried the beef stew, turkey loaf, soup, braised ribs and oatmeal recipes and all have turned out well. The author likes to have his food on the firm side and I like mine on the tender side so I usually add 2 hours to some of the recipes where appropriate.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Great for retired folks Apr 03, 2007
By Charles K. Wright
We are a retired couple and like to spend vert little time fixing food. This cookbook has offered us excellent recipes that we can put together very quickly and have a wonderful meal that cooks while we are out playing bridge, going to museums, and just enjoying the retired life.
We liked the book so well we gave a copy to friends in Des Moines who liked it so well they bought a copy for their bachelor son in Arizona. Everyone we've talked to about the book thinks it is excellent and a wonderful way to have a variety of very healthy meals.
Thanks to the author for putting it together!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 too much spice Mar 12, 2007
By G. Paul
I love the recipe ideas in this book, however the quantities for spices listed are WAY too high. Before I learned this, i would make a recipe according to the directions, and then I would have to make it again using no spices at all, and mix them just to make it edible. again, the ideas are good, just use caution when using their quantities of spices!
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