The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slow Cooker Cooking


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Over 200 easy-to-prepare recipes for appetizers, soups, stews, vegetables, breakfast and brunch, main dishes, and desserts.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slow Cooker Cooking, 2nd Edition


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More than 300 sumptuous recipes from an award-winning author and chef. In this revised and expanded edition, award-winning author and chef Ellen Brown gives you all they need to know to make party appetizers such as spicy cheese fondue, easy classics such as Coq au Vin, vegetarian specialties such as slow-cooked black beans, and cobblers and puddings for dessert. Each chapter offers a great mix of easy, intermediate, and complex recipes.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Slow Cooking


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The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Vegan Slow Cooking provides more than 200 slow-cook vegan, plant-based recipes for every meal of the day, and includes not only soups and stews, but sandwiches, sides, snacks, appetizers, sauces, and even breads. Although most recipes are prepared with a slow cooker, some are simply prepared by slow cooking. The opening chapters introduce the reader to the world of slow cooking with the hows and whys of slow cooking, as well as intructions for adapting favorite recipes to one's slow cooker.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking—for Guys


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No more burnt offerings! Whether it’s nachos or crock-pot kielbasa, a party, something quick for the kids’ lunch, a romantic date night, or dinner-for-one, this guy-friendly cookbook features over 230 real-food recipes for everything from vegetables, pasta, and desserts, to leftovers, appetizers, and grilling. Instead of relying on shortcuts, canned food, or unhealthy processed ingredients, it pares down complex cooking instructions, explains basic cooking terms, figures in prep time and cook time, and allots larger portion sizes. • Notes high-salt or high-cholesterol recipes. • Includes more than 230 recipes. • Provides special tips, advice, and recipe construction for beginners, plus bigger portion sizes for hungry men.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Easy Freezer Meals


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"Freezers are your friends!" Freezers allow busy home chefs to plan their family menus a weekend, a week, or even a month in advance. Now expert chef and flood blogger Cheri Sicard presents recipes for 120 delicious, healthy meals that can be frozen and then reheated—and still taste fantastic. • Over 120 delicious, unique and easy to prepare recipes • Great cooking tips designed to help the home cook • Flexible menu planning from a weekend to a full month




Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking with Mixes


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An award-winning cookbook author shows readers how adding simple additional ingredients can turn mixes into culinary masterpieces. Includes 220 recipes for soups, desserts, and other dishes.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cooking for Two


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Perfect for young working couples and empty-nesters! This book offers familiar favorites and new dishes to tempt your taste buds . . . all specially developed to serve two, without dealing with leftovers for the next week. Each recipe is created to maximize ingredients and minimize spending, so you buy only what you need, and use all of what you bought. • Ideal for young couples who both work, as well as empty-nesters or a parent and child who are interested in great recipes • Each recipe includes an icon for quick reference to help you decide which dishes best fit the occasion, and features variations sure to please anyone’s palate • Recipes are quick and easy, but do not rely on prepackaged foods • Includes recipes for small-batch baking




Italian Slow Cooking


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Feast your eyes on the largest collection of Italian slow cooking recipes. With beautiful full-color photographs throughout and more than 150 recipes to choose from, this book gives you the means to fill your kitchen with scrumptious smells and your stomach with satisfaction.




Gluten-Free Slow Cooking


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Presents gluten-free versions of easy and elegant recipes that can be prepared in the slow cooker, including New England clam chowder, Indian chicken with toasted cashews, and risotto.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fast and Fresh Meals


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You know it's just not satisfying to fill your shopping cart and your stomach with processed foods simply because you don't have the time to devote to cooking healthfully. You want great meals every night, but you also want time to spend with your family and friends after a busy day. Never fear! With a little creativity and even less time, you can make delicious meals with fresh and healthful foods that don't sacrifice taste for time! In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fast and Fresh Meals, award-winning cookbook author Ellen Brown cooks up a serving of creative, hassle-free recipes that are ready to rock your tastebuds in less time than it would take to get takeout. Designed for cooks who want to eat great, healthful meals without spending all their time at the stove, this book is a must-have for every kitchen. With more than 300 recipes and plenty of time-saving, shopping, and storage tips, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Fast and Fresh Mealsprovides everything from quick hors d'oeuvres and appetizers to dessert-all made fresh in record time!