This cookbook offers a variety of flavorful recipes packed with natural ingredients and calorie counts on every page. It provides beautiful color photographs throughout as well as tips on healthy eating.
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3.8 out of 5 stars
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not Just for Dieters!
Feb 18 2012
By Jan Thompson
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This cookbook blew my mind. It was recommended to me by a friend as a source of healthy, low-fat/low-cal recipes, but when I bought it, I quickly found that these recipes are just great in general, whether you're trying to be health-conscious or not.
It contains healthy versions of your usual slow-cooker fare like soups and chilis, but there's also so much more inside! There's beverages (like a yummy peppermint hot chocolate and spiced cranberry punch) and even desserts -- the cinnamon and pecan bread pudding and the chocolate peanut butter cake are both very scrumptious! I was also pleased to find recipes you wouldn't typically think of making with slow cookers, like blackened salmon with dill sauce and chicken and dressing!
The best thing about these recipes is that they're all extremely easy, and each recipe comes with nutritional information. So even if you're not trying to watch your figure, you'll still enjoy this cookbook very much!
It contains healthy versions of your usual slow-cooker fare like soups and chilis, but there's also so much more inside! There's beverages (like a yummy peppermint hot chocolate and spiced cranberry punch) and even desserts -- the cinnamon and pecan bread pudding and the chocolate peanut butter cake are both very scrumptious! I was also pleased to find recipes you wouldn't typically think of making with slow cookers, like blackened salmon with dill sauce and chicken and dressing!
The best thing about these recipes is that they're all extremely easy, and each recipe comes with nutritional information. So even if you're not trying to watch your figure, you'll still enjoy this cookbook very much!
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Pictures and Wonderful, Healthy Recipes!
Mar 2 2012
By Sarah Huerta
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I LOVE this cookbook! I am full time student, married to a super-busy business husband and we have little time to prepare dinner on nights where my school runs late and his emails keep coming. Before the book, we relied on junk food for dinner on these particular days, which was more often than not. Now our slow cooker does the cooking during the day, and best of all, its health conscious and low calorie! My husband loves chili, but our recipes were pretty loaded: high cal and high fat. The Spicy Chili with Fire-Roasted Tomatoes recipe can be thrown together in the morning, cook all day, and my husband and I come home to a hot, delicious meal that is only 112 cal per 1/2 cup. AWESOME.
I was surprised to find that the book isn't just about low calorie and healthy meals, but also has sections for beverages and desserts and sweets, like peppermint hot chocolate, banana and pumpkin bread and even -get this- baked apples for the slow cooker. Basically, this book has you covered on meals, desserts, pastas, sweets, everything that you can prepare early and come home to after work, school or errands. Not to mention, it is FULL of the yummiest pictures that really get you hungry; you will be just waiting for that slow-cooked dinner all day just like we do.
This cookbook is a keeper in our house!
I was surprised to find that the book isn't just about low calorie and healthy meals, but also has sections for beverages and desserts and sweets, like peppermint hot chocolate, banana and pumpkin bread and even -get this- baked apples for the slow cooker. Basically, this book has you covered on meals, desserts, pastas, sweets, everything that you can prepare early and come home to after work, school or errands. Not to mention, it is FULL of the yummiest pictures that really get you hungry; you will be just waiting for that slow-cooked dinner all day just like we do.
This cookbook is a keeper in our house!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Like it - mostly!
Dec 27 2012
By M. Miller
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I really like the recipes in this book. I'm always looking for healthy slow cooker books, and this is a pretty good one. I like that the recipes have nutritional information, and that they use fresh, readily available ingredients. On the whole, they're mainstream, family-friendly recipes. I really like the Vegetable Soup, and the Hamburger Pie (with homemade mashed potato topping, yum!) is in my slow cooker as I write this review.
The only thing I don't like, and the reason I only gave it 4 stars, are the ridiculous portion sizes. Most recipes have a portion size of 1/2 cup and make 12-14 servings. Come on! It's not a problem doubling the portion sizes, which then makes them normal, but it's the principal of the thing. The recipes are healthy. The authors didn't need to make the portion sizes abnormallly small to make them look healthier.
The only thing I don't like, and the reason I only gave it 4 stars, are the ridiculous portion sizes. Most recipes have a portion size of 1/2 cup and make 12-14 servings. Come on! It's not a problem doubling the portion sizes, which then makes them normal, but it's the principal of the thing. The recipes are healthy. The authors didn't need to make the portion sizes abnormallly small to make them look healthier.
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