Slow Cooking

by Linda Johnson Larsen and Christopher Brown

Published 15 September 2009
The slow cooker is making a comeback! The ease of use, excellent results, and time and money savings make it a valued appliance in the kitchen. This book will focus on familiar slow-cooked foods and introduce the reader to more exotic, delicious recipes. Combining instruction and recipes in a single page spread will help the reader easily build their skills with each recipe. Once the reader has learned the many ways to use the slow cooker, those techniques will be applied to progressively more complicated recipes. Each spread will be self-contained, with tips and instructions on how to perfectly and safely cook each recipe. Simple variations that will transform the recipe to something completely new, will be highlighted; teaching the reader that mastering several basic techniques will exponentially increase their repertoire. World flavours and trendy new tastes and food combinations will be introduced via the variations. The book covers how to cook multiple foods at the same time, using the slow cooker to make unexpected recipes like cakes and salads, why slow-cooked food is healthier for your family, and how to make entire meals from the slow cooker.
Also included will be slow cooker safety, how to test the accuracy of your slow cooker, cooking multiple foods at the same time and making entire meals using the slow cooker.

Families are eating out less in the current economic climate. And whilst many people are looking for quick meal solutions and to reduce their food bills they don't want to compromise on quality or on providing good healthy family meals. "Knack Quick and Easy Cooking" shows people who may have little experience cooking how to prepare healthy, nutritional meals quickly, without sacrificing flavour. Clear instructions and photographs will illustrate how to prepare meals with everyday ingredients and easy-to-learn cooking techniques. It will include numerous timesaving tips and strategies, from organising the kitchen to smart shopping at the supermarket. It will also show how basic pieces of cooking equipment, from a microwave to a pressure cooker, can cut meal preparation times significantly. It offers 350 recipes in all: 100 main recipes with step-by-step photos plus 250 variations.