Slow Cooking for Two: A Slow Cooker Cookbook with 101 Slow Cooker Recipes Designed for Two People

This is one of the best books I've read on slow cooking. I've done quite a bit of it in the past but mostly for soups and dinner recipes. This book starts out with about 5 pages of very helpful information on how to get the best out of a slow cooker as well as how to choose the right one and other helpful hints. Most of these are things I've never even thought of but which make a lot of sense. There is also a wide variety of recipes for all meals. It honestly had never even occurred to me to use a slow cooker for breakfast. Since I have much limited time in the morning, this is definitely something I've going to try in the near future. Some of the recipes seem very tasty although different than what I had considered using a slow cooker for in the past. Examples include: applesauce, baked oatmeal cereal, chocolate-peanut butter rice putting and several dip recipes. The lentil soup also looks really good. Even though I've made lentil soup before in a slow cooker, I haven't made it with this recipe. I also found the idea of putting cooking spray in the slow cooker to be a great suggestion. I've never tried this and I've had problems in the past with my food getting stuck inside making cleanup of my cooker difficult. It seems like this should help. The only downside to this book is that I'm gluten free and dairy free and many of these recipes are not. So if I were to actually cook them I would have to make some modifications. That said, it wouldn't be that hard to do for many of these recipes and the variety in this book is more than I've seen in most other cookbooks. As a disclaimer I did recipe a copy of this book for free, but I would have happily paid as it is well worth it.

As a single person, I really appreciate cookbooks that feature recipes intended to produce 1 or 2 servings. I've amassed a decent collection of them but had none for my slow cooker. So I was intrigued when this showed up as a "recommendation" on Amazon based on my purchase history. First things first: READ THE INTRODUCTION. Even if you're no stranger to slow cookery, you'll find valuable information here, especially the fact that the recipes are designed for 1.5- to 2-quart slow cookers. This tidbit of info is NOT included with the recipes themselves, so if you're used to jumping right into the recipes and making a couple of dishes, you might miss this rather critical instruction. Introductory sections include info on temperature variability (old vs newer models of slow cookers), buying and repackaging/freezing meats, and specific techniques for cooking meats, veggies, poultry, fish -- techniques that will let you use your imagination to create your own slow-cooker meals that taste great. My usual practice when I review a cookbook is to prepare 3 recipes. I used this slow cooker for the first two ( Crock-Pot 2 Qt Slow Cooker - Red ) and this one for the third recipe ( Autumn Leaves Fall Crock Pot Slow Cooker, Round 2.5 Quart ): 1. Beef Stroganoff -- one of my favorite dishes anyway and this slow cooker version works very nicely. Cubed beef sirloin tip, onion, mushrooms, and seasonings with red wine and beef broth are slow-cooked to tender perfection; then sour cream is added with a little flour to thicken the sauce. This has a lot of flavor -- the combination of herbs and mustard give it a lot of depth. I actually got 3 servings of this from the recipe -- served o er cooked noodles. There's no prep cooking on the stovetop -- everything goes into the slow cooker "raw" so it's super simple. This is definitely a keeper. 2. Lasagne Chicken Rollups -- For this one, you pre-cook lasagne noodles (4), then combine ricotta cheese, cream cheese, diced cooked chicken, and seasonings, roll the mixture into the noodles, and cook with pasta sauce in the slow cooker. I sometimes make my own pasta sauces, but for this one, I used a roasted garlic/tomato jarred sauce. This cooks for 3-4 hrs on low; then is topped with mozzarella cheese and baked just until the cheese melts. Good flavor, easy to put together, not a big "wow" factor, but certainly worth doing again. 3. Peach Crumble -- I don't often make desserts in my slow cooker, so I wanted to try one and see how it worked out. I'm a huge peach fan, so this one caught my eye immediately. I used my slightly larger slow cooker for this one (see reference above). I had to modify the recipe a bit because I used frozen sliced peaches. When using fresh peaches, everything goes into the slow cooker at the beginning (fruit + topping) and it all cooks together. Since I was using frozen peaches, I put all the fruit filling ingredients in first, let it cook for an hour or so to thaw the peaches, then added the topping, and cooked per instructions. YES! This is definitely a keeper. I often make peach crisp in the oven, but doing it in the slow cooker is so much easier, and the flavor is perfect. So there it is -- three recipes, three good results. There are several other recipes that I have in my planner to make in the not-too-distant future. I'm liking this a lot. The main downside is that there are no photos in the book other than the cover. I'm OK with that -- I'm not as much of a visual cook -- but others may find that's a deal breaker. So, overall -- I really do like this book. Solid 4 stars.

Bought this because I often cook only for myself but like to have leftovers for an easy meal a couple days later. Although there are some recipes I definitely won’t make, there are MANY that I am looking forward to making. The recipes are good for the average cook who likes to try a variety of foods but doesn’t want to be a galloping gourmet.

I’m sure this will be a useful book for some. It starts with great information on the why’s and wherefore’s of cooking various items with a crockpot. I learned a few things I did not know. However, I wanted more plant based recipes. There is one section of ten recipes, about three are sides and not entrees. There are a few others, sprinkled here and there, found in other categories. There is no nutritional breakdown and no photos or illustrations anywhere within the book. If you have Kindle Unlimited it is free to read online, which is what I should have done.

I was gifted this cook book along w/a 2 quart slow cooker. I've never owned a slow cooker before and I'm enjoying learning about it. This book has introductory info about cooking this style as well as some interesting and fairly easy recipes.

Perfect for newly married couple

This book presents some very interesting ideas for making meals for one person in a small slow cooker - 1.5 to 2 quart, size, and difficult to find: I tried to acquire a slow cooker of this size, with a timing facility, but couldn't find one. You'd think with the huge percentage of households now consisting of one person, there would be a considerable market for such a product, but I guess it is still to be tapped.

Useful book

lots of ingredients that are not available here

This cooking book includes many terms and even more ingredients that are not available in Europe. As a European, I have never heard of Pinto or Northern Beans, nor have I ever heard of Adobo Sauce, and where can I buy Cheesy Stuffed Meat Loaf? Also, a lack of photos makes the book a boring read. The Introduction, tips and techniques about slow cooking are, however, a great help for the beginner.

It was the perfect book for me It is very hard to find slower cooker recipes just for two people The recipes were very good and you have most of the ingredients in your home, they are also easily to follow. There are some recipes that I don't think I would make but on the whole I am very pleased with my purchase.