Cookbook rec?

[rolanni]

Does anybody have (and like) a crockpot recipe book that uses whole ingredients, rather than things like "cream of chicken soup"?


Was just over at the working wiki for Mouse and Dragon. It has a deadline timer right there on the front page, to put the Fear of Deadline in me, and I never turned it off. Says it's been 305 days since the delivery date. 'nother timer, over on my Google homepage, says that M&D's street date is 17 days distant. That's covering a lot of ground pretty dern fast, from pages to print.

Don't forget the Pilots Choice auction. There was a question regarding the starting bid of $75 -- why was it so high. I figure if one person asked, more wondered. So! The starting bid is so high because the good people at ABE books are pricing their (very, very few) Pilots Choice hardcovers from a low $172.50 to a high of $220. Also, the original cover price, in Year 2001 dollars, was $40. So $75 did not seem at all out of line.

It's also a point now mooted; the minimum has been made.

I'll be scarce -- or maybe not. Got a To-Do list for this weekend that I could wrap around me and wear as a dress.

Everybody heading for the beach?

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[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

I have a number of excellent individual recipes, but not much in the way of an entire cookbook. )-:

[missingvolume.livejournal.com]

I can't recommend a cookbook but there is this LJ group http://community.livejournal.com/what_a_crock/profile and about half of the recipes on it do not use canned soup. People get ornery if too many of those get posted.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly by Good is the one I relied on when I first got my crockpot. It's part of a series of crockpot cookbooks, this one focusing on healthier low-fat recipes. The author has a website where you can check out some of the recipes http://www.fix-itandforget-it.com/

[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

My brother makes a great venison stew in his crockpot -- he browns the vension then throws in cut-up white potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, a small onion, a little wine, and some water and lets it cook.... I should probably get more specific instructions from him.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

My favorite cooking magazine has a slow-cooker cookbook that as far as I recall uses only real ingredients (not mixes). Amazon has it, or you can get it here (http://www.abt.com/product/33131/Cooking-Light-109355.html?utm_source=scfroogle&utm_medium=sc&utm_campaign=froogle).

I also ran a search on their website, which has fantastic recipes of all kinds, and came up with a slew of slow-cooker recipes (http://search.myrecipes.com/search.html?Ntt=slow+cooker&type=et%3ACooking+Light%3B&x=24&y=15).

The ones I've tried have been really, really good. Lots of flavor. Do not taste like "diet" food at all.

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Also, if you check the recipes on the Web, read the comments. They provide all kinds of tips and variations.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

"Got a To-Do list for this weekend that I could wrap around me and wear as a dress."

It could be a new fashion statement. Sort of paper sari...

[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Somewhat difficult to check off (or cross off, if you prefer) items. Might be an amusing sport for couples, though.

[thejunebug.livejournal.com]

This is my very favorite: Cooking Light Slow Cooker Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Light-Essential-Recipe-Collection/dp/0848730682/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273934689&sr=8-1). I've made nearly every recipe in it, and they're all delicious. Plus it's only $13 on Amazon, can't beat that. :)

[malkingrey.livejournal.com]

There's always Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook (http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781558322455) -- I've heard good things about it, and its focus is on non-processed ingredients.

Mostly, I just google on "slow cooker" and/or "crockpot" and "recipe" and see what turns up. Just about any soup or stew recipe can be crockpot-adapted, as well.

[(Anonymous)]

That's the one I was going to suggest. I think they also have Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook for Two.

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[djbp.livejournal.com]

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/ has some fun bits

[benbenberi.livejournal.com]

I second the rec for the What a Crock (http://community.livejournal.com/what_a_crock/) lj comm. Lots of good recipes & techniques in the archives, well-tagged for searching.

Also, it's very easy to use any normal soup or stew or braise recipe in a crockpot (basically, if there's a lot of liquid in the recipe, just use a little less) -- you don't need a whole set of new recipes if you already have some you like.

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

If you haven't seen this blog about slow cooking, it's pretty cool. A lot of cool possibilities: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

[(Anonymous)]

This is not exactly spot on, since Ebert is talking about preparing Almost Anything in a Rice Cooker. But there should be some crossover applicability. Especially since his recipes are of the “Use some of this and toss in your choice among these ingredients and enough of some of these seasonings …” sort. Or maybe you also own a Magic Rice Pot.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/11/the_pot_and_how_to_use_it.html

Do not neglect the comments, which have interesting recipes scattered among the entries.

E.G., from Marrena on November 2, 2008:

My crockpot recipe--a couple pounds of fatty stew meat. Get two bottles of good beer, I like Killian's Red. Pour one into the crockpot, drink the other. Plenty of salt and some pepper, a spoon of tomato paste, and lots of fresh thyme, maybe seven sprigs. Mix the ingredients in the beer, add stew meat. Chop up a red onion and mix in. Layer of chopped carrots, another layer of chopped celery. Turn on crockpot and let cook overnight. In the morning, make some Japanese sushi rice, maybe in your rice cooker, and then ladle plenty of the stew over it when it's done, and you've got a great lunch to bring to work for the next week, just keep making fresh rice every morning.

Raymond