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Author: Judith Finlayson
Publisher: Robert Rose
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

22 reviews
Sales Rank: 5865

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.7 x 0.7

ISBN: 0778801330
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5884
EAN: 9780778801337
ASIN: 0778801330

Publication Date: December 2005
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Great recipes and very healthy! February 25, 2008
I have only tried two recipes, but they came up soo good! I definetly recommend this book.

5 out of 5 stars

Love This Cookbook!! October 29, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I bought this book to go with my first-ever slow cooker. I love it! I have made 8 recipes so far and have only hit one that wasn't a total success. The recipes are easy to follow (well, there's grinding spices in a mortar and pestle, but you can just use the commercially-ground versions instead). Otherwise, she uses canned tomatoes and recommends frozen veggies when fresh are hard to get or take too long. Best of all, the food tastes great. My husband and I have been trying to get more vegetables and whole grains into our diets and this makes it so easy. Even "disgustingly healthy" (his phrase) ingredients come out yummy. I especially recommend the Mediterranean Beef Ragout and the Veggie Curry.

3 out of 5 stars

Not the best for me... October 25, 2007
16 out of 20 found this review helpful

The unfortunate thing about this cookbook is that one of the author's goals is to reduce animal protein. There are very few recipes with any sort of meat in them other then fish. When the recipes do call for chicken its always drumsticks - never a low calorie protein.

The cookbook is great if you are looking for a wide variety of non-meat dishes, but this just isn't what I was looking for. I ended up returning this cookbook.

5 out of 5 stars

Delicious, healthy food for working families October 23, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

This cookbook asks you to brown the meat and veggies ahead of time. This makes a tremendous difference in the taste. No gray, mushy meat here. I do the prep work the evening before (usually less than a 1/2 hour) then set it to cook in the morning. OK, yes, I do put it in the 'frig over night. I find I prefer to cut the time by one to two hours from the one Ms. Findlayson recommends.

I also like the nutrition information provided for each recipe.

My college bound son asked for this cookbook and a crockpot of his own. That's as high praise as I know of.

1 out of 5 stars

Too "gourmet" for me September 1, 2007
30 out of 34 found this review helpful

This is not a book for someone like me who wants to put together a meal quickly before leaving for work in the morning. Although most slow cooker recipes nowadays do require some advance preparation, such as browning meat or chicken, I draw the line at toasting seeds in a frying pan and then grinding them in a mortar and pestle. I can see where it would be a good book for someone with the time and inclination to do gourmet cooking, though, and it does provide a lot of nutritional information and tips.

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