The Healthy Slow Cooker
by Judith Finlayson
from Robert Rose

Editorial Review:

A winning combination of healthy eating and convenience.

Here's an ideal combination: a tasty meal, nutrition for good health, and the convenience of a slow cooker. The Healthy Slow Cooker offers more than 100 delicious, nourishing recipes that are healthy and contain key nutritional, health and wellness information. Along with a complete nutrient analysis, each recipe will feature: - An icon denotes vegan friendly recipes - "Mindful morsels" that highlight particular nutritional elements - "Natural Wonders" that provide an a overview of a dish's healthful benefits

For example, Indian-Style Chicken with Puréed Spinach provides 400% of the daily requirement of Vitamin K, and cumin in the recipe improves digestion. Here's a small sampling of the tantalizing array of recipes: - Creamy Polenta with Corn and Chilies - Moroccan-Style Lamb with Apricots and Raisins - Ribs 'n' Greens with Wheatberries - Winter Vegetable Casserole - Cranberry Pear Brown Betty - Indian Banana Pudding

For diabetics, the book features a separate section of useful advice and nutrition guidelines.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Good original recipes
  Great cookbook with lots of original recipes. I also love that she includes all the nutrition facts on each page. The only drawback is not enough illustrations. So far, the recipes have been delicious but do require a bit of prep work. Overall a great cookbook to add to any crock pot collection!

• I like this book alot
  I hate to cook, and I love this book. I get home at 8 or 9 PM on some nights. So this is great for those nights that my husband gets home first. If I don't use this, we end up with pizza or Chinese food or starving. So it's a better option than those. It's not as much prep as people complain about. I figure, it's 30-minute meals, but you do the work up front. And it's ready when you come home. How much do you LOVE that?! I've been able to substitute for things that seem difficult to do, and things come out... more info

• Wonderful!
  I normally cook and cook a lot every single day!
  This slow cooker is my first one.
  On the contrary of what the recipes advise, I throw everything in the pot and forget it. Nothing prepared ahead as suggested or whatever.
  The result? Delicious.
  Take my word, don't bother, make your life easy. Collect everything you have and that's it. If the peppers are missing, too bad if they are not essential of course. You do not have fennel but have fennel seeds, that will be it.
  It is... more info

• OK, but too much work
  The recipes aren't bad, especially health wise, but there's a LOT of prep...including sauteeing food before putting it in the crock pot. A good buy if you have time, but if you're looking for something that you expect from a crockpot (throw it all in and leave!), this one may not be right for you.