Customer Reviews
A great little book - By: M. Bailey, 03 Jan 2009 
A cracking little book for the total newcomer to slow cooking. A good selection of recipes, clear & easy to follow. Would highly recommend
Fine, but not great - By: Ally, 12 Jun 2008 
This is a fine, basic recipe book, but not particularly inspirational or exciting. The recipes I have tried have worked out well, though!
If you're vegetarian, this really isn't the book for you... - By: Clare Jaques, 14 Mar 2008 
This review is for any vegetarian readers.
The good stuff:
This is a great recipe book. Annette Yates has created some lovely (and no doubt delicious) slow cooker recipes, which she presentsin an easy-to-follow format. The introductory section on slow cooker "theory" teaches you how to adapt "standard" recipes for your slow cooker, which is great.
I enjoyed her friendly style & believe that meat & fish eating families would find this book an invaluable guide to start them on their slow cooker journey.
The "but"...
However, as a vegetarian, I was disappointed to see how few recipes were vegetable based. There is a chapter called "vegetarian & vegetables", but many of the recipes include ingredients such as bacon, chicken soup & meat stocks. Whilst seasoned vegetarians will be used to adapting recipes, I was really disappointed at the lack of inspiration for meat-free dishes. Including meat-based ingredientsin the vegetarian section of any recipe book just misses the point.
So if you're looking for a good book to teach you the basics of slow cooking & plan to cook meat & fish dishes, go for this recipe book, it's great.
If you're vegetarian, it's really a waste of your pennies - I suggest you try 125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes by Judith Finlayson instead - it'll provide you with all the inspiration you need!
Happy slow cooking!
Clare
Handy little book - By: Kel, 14 Mar 2008 
I really liked this book it gave me a few more ideas to usein my new slow cooker, I do miss the photo's but if you just want a little handy book for the kitchen its a great buy.
Not impressed - By: Raquel, 10 Jan 2008 
I've tried quite a few of the recipe's from this book & found them all lackingin flavour & very bland. If you are a good cook (unlike me) then you'll probably know what to add to make the dishes more flavoursome but then again, if you are a good cook you probably wouldn't even need a recipe book!
