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Slow Cooker Cookbook: Over 110 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes Book For Food Enthusiasts
Slow Cooker Cookbook: Over 110 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes Book For Food Enthusiasts
Slow Cooker Cookbook: Over 110 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes Book For Food Enthusiasts
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Slow Cooker Cookbook: Over 110 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes Book For Food Enthusiasts

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Do you want classic dishes without the stress of staying through the cooking process? Do you want an easy way to enjoy healthy assortments of regular, exotic and continental dishes? Do you want to be a gourmet chef without stress and still have sufficient time for other things? You can make delicious and fresh meals with your slow cooking device.  In this slow cooker cookbook you will find over 110 recipes that will satisfy your hunger with healthy and tasty meals every day. Each recipe contains a well written prep time, cook time, ingredient list and a comprehensive yet simple preparation.

The slow cooker can be a highly rewarding kitchen device as you prepare flavorful and healthy meals regardless your busy schedule. Enjoy!
 
LanguageEnglish
PublisherMarkHollis
Release dateNov 22, 2017
ISBN9788832533941
Slow Cooker Cookbook: Over 110 Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes Book For Food Enthusiasts

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    Slow Cooker Cookbook - Shiela White

    Recipe

    INTRODUCTION

    A slow cooker is an electric kitchen device that simmers at very low temperatures when compared to other methods of cooking, which implies that meals such as dips, desserts, beverages, stews, soups, pot roasts and so on can be cooked unattended to, for many hours. A wide variety of meals can be made in the slow cooker without compromising the time needed to attend to schedules, engagements and other house chores.

    Slow Cooking Hacks & Tricks

    The slow cooker, if fully harnessed, is an awesome cooking machine that makes cooking less demanding with little or no supervision. Your food can be prepped over few hours while you attend to other important schedules and activities. Below are few hacks and tricks to help you save time and help get the best from your slow cooker.

    a) Prep Ahead: You can prepare all the ingredients needed for a meal the night before, place in a slow cooker insert, cover and refrigerate. Few minutes before cooking, take out the slow cooker insert from the refrigerator and set aside for 20 minutes until the insert is considerably returned to room temperature. If you are making a recipe that has ingredients that needs heating before slow cooking, refrigerate such ingredients in separate containers, heat and move into the slow cooker to slow cook.

    b) Avoid Time Wastage: As much as you can, keep away from recipes that involves so much pre-preparation. This will save the effort and time needed for other valuable things. Cut out as much preparation drama as you can, or find a way around it that works for you. Dump your ingredients into the slow cooker and get a snack as you wait for the sumptuous breakfast.

    c) Cut Out The Fat: Trim off the fat from the meat, when cooking recipes with meat. This will make your cooking healthier and prevent your stew from having oil pools after cooking.

    d) Less Meat More Veggies: When you cook meaty meals, the slow cooker easily saturates the whole dish with the meaty flavour even with a smaller amount of meat. The good news is that, in some recipes, you can reduce the meat and increase the veggies, which saves you money and ensures healthier eating.

    e) Cornflour & Seasoned Flour Thickening: To thicken your sauces or cooking liquid, add a little cold water to 1-2 tsps cornflour, combine and stir into the simmering slow cooker mixture at the end and cover until solidified. You can also dip your meat into seasoned flour until evenly coated before transferring into the slow cooker.

    f) Water Limit: Use less water if you are cooking a regular recipe, since the slow cooker doesn't encourage evaporation. The water should be just enough to cover veggies and the meat. Make sure you do not fill your slow cooker to the brim with water.

    g) Walk Away: Walk away once you have started cooking, except the recipe calls for timely supervision. Opening the slow cooker's cover every now and then will only extend the cook time automatically because heat will be lost, every time you open the slow cooker pot during the cooking process.

    h) Flavour Infusion: To get the best out of each recipe, it is best to cook on low. For the slow cooker, the longer the meal takes, the better the flavour infused.

    Slow Cooking Time Chart

    Root veggies should be placed close to the source of heat at the base of the slow cooker pot to speed up cooking. Fresh herbs, pasta and rice should be added to the slow cooker pot towards the end of the cooking, except stated otherwise. Stove top recipes can be modified for the slow cooker and during adaptation, time is a crucial factor.

    For a regular dish of 2-4 hours

    Slow cook on low for 8-12 hours, or

    Slow cook on high for 4-6 hours

    For a regular dish of 1-2 hours

    Slow cook on low for 6-8 hours, or

    Slow cook on high for 3-4 hours

    For a regular dish of 30 minutes-1 hour

    Slow cook on low for 5-7 hours, or

    Slow cook on high for 2-3 hours

    For a regular dish of 15-30 minutes

    Slow cook on low for 4-6 hours, or

    Slow cook on high for 1-2 hours

    BEEF & LAMB MEALS

    Beef Goulash

    Preparation Time: 15 minutes

    Cook Time: 9 hours

    Total Time: 9 hours 15 minutes

    Serves: 6

    Ingredients:

    1 chopped brown onion

    2 tbsp olive oil

    2 tbsp tomato paste

    1.5kg {trimmed & cut into 3cm pieces} beef chuck steak

    1/3 cup beef stock

    2 1/2 tbsp sweet paprika

    400g can tomatoes, diced

    2 {cut into 2cm pieces} red capsicums

    1/3 cup light sour cream

    500g cup sliced mushrooms

    Cooked barilla fettuccine

    Serve with: Chopped parsley, Fresh

    Preparation:

    1. Over med-heat, add 1/2 the oil into a frying pan and heat. Stir in the onions and cook until tender, for about 5 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker.

    2. Over med-high heat, add the remaining oil into the same pan and cook the beef until brown, for 3-4 minutes {Cook in batches}.

    3. In the same pan, add the paprika, tomato paste and all the cooked beef, cook until the beef is well coated, for a minute or so.

    4. Add the stock into the pan and boil. Pour into the slow cooker, stir in tomatoes and the capsicum into the slow cooker and stir until combined.

    5. Season and stir again. Secure the lid and cook for 8 hours on low or 4 hours on high. Add the mushroom into the slow cooker, 30 minutes before cook time is due.

    6. Serve goulash with fresh chopped parsley, fettuccine and sour cream.

    Fetta & Lemon With Lamb Shanks

    Preparation Time: 15 minutes

    Cook Time: 8 hours 15 minutes

    Total Time: 8 hours 30 minutes

    Serves: 6

    Ingredients:

    1 chopped brown onion

    2 tbsp olive oil

    700g bottle tomato passata

    6 French lamb shanks, trimmed

    1/4 cup lemon juice

    1 cup beef stock

    1 tbsp caster sugar

    3 finely chopped garlic cloves

    1 tbsp oregano, dried

    3 large sprigs thyme, fresh

    1 tbsp lemon rind, finely grated

    750g chat potatoes

    1/3 cup pitted kalamata olives

    2/3 cup lemon juice {plus more}

    100g crumbled Greek-style fetta

    Serve with: Salad

    Preparation:

    1. Over med-heat, add 1/2 the oil into a big frying pan and heat. Cook the onion in the oil until tender, for about 5 minutes. Pour into the slow cooker.

    2. Add the lamb, dial up the heat and cook until all sides of the lamb are brown, for 3-4 minutes {cook in 2 batches}. Place into the slow cooker.

    3. Add oregano, thyme, sugar, garlic, 2/3 of lemon juice, stock and the passata into the slow cooker, season and cook covered, for 8 hours on low and 4 hours on high.

    4. Over high heat, Add water and the potatoes into a saucepan and cook until potato is soft, for 6-8 minutes. Remove the lamb from the slow cooker and place into a heatproof dish.

    5. Stir the remaining juice and the rind into the slow cooker, season and mix well. Add the olive and the lamb shanks into the slow cooker and toss again.

    6. Shred the potatoes into halves and coat with the remaining oil. Sprinkle fetta over the sauce and lamb shanks, serve with the salad.

    Cider Braised Corned Beef

    Preparation Time: 20 minutes

    Cook Time: 8 hours 20 minutes.

    Total Time: 8 hours 40 minutes

    Serves: 8

    Ingredients:

    1 quartered brown onion

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