Don't let your stomach suffer because you're short on time. Use one of the many easy recipes in 200 Slow Cooker Creations to create a mouthwatering meal in minutes. Just take five minutes to throw a few ingredients in the good ol' slow cooker in the morning and, come dinnertime, your meal will be ready to eat! Look through this extraordinary collection of timesaving recipes for chicken, beef, pork, turkey, and vegetables as well as soups, dips, drinks, and desserts. Let the lip licking begin! Janet Eyring's interest in learning how to cook healthy, inexpensive meals without living in the kitchen inspired her to write a cookbook that relied on the ease of the slow cooker. She teaches cooking classes at Macey's Little Cooking Theater.

The ultimate resource for a new generation of slow-cooker fans from the New York Times bestselling author who has sold 12 million cookbooks! Stock the Crock brings together the expertise of America's most popular slow-cooker authority with a fresh collection of 100 essential, innovative, and easy-to-prepare recipes-each with variations allowing readers to customize the dish according to their dietary needs. You'll find beloved classics, as well as dishes you might be surprised can be done successfully in a slow cooker. (Hello, slow-cooker creme brulee!) Whether you are looking to accommodate gluten-free, paleo, or vegetarian diets, or prefer slow-cooker meals perfectly sized for one or two people, this cookbook provides smart ideas, more than 100 recipe photos, and cooking hacks that will change the way you use your favorite fuss-free cooking appliance. Learn simple make-ahead tricks, convenient baking tips, and how to make two recipes at once using the same cooker, so you can simplify cooking and spend more time enjoying your family and friends around a wonderful, delicious meal.

Make complete meals of 8-hour main dishes, and quick fresh sides.

Cooking comfort-food favorites could not be easier! Do the words "slow cooker" conjure up visions of endless boring brown dishes? Let acclaimed chef Robert Hildebrand show you how to take your slow-cooker cuisine to the next level-while focusing on favorite comfort foods you never thought you could make in a slow cooker. And best of all, you can make these delicious recipes with just three ingredients! Bob Hildebrand knows the pros - secrets for coaxing fantastic flavor out of slow-cooked food, and he's ready to share. Try his Fresh Tomato Soup, Chicken Fricassee, Tiny Butter Noodles, Fresh Corn and Tomato Stew, Smothered Chicken, Herbed Pork Roast, Fluffy Buttermilk Mashed Potatoes, Peachy Barbecued Spareribs, Bourbon-Laced Tipsy Beef, Wilted Greens with Bacon Dressing, Sweet Potatoes with Onions and Peppers, Easy Peach Cobbler, Warm Honey Gingerbread, Mulled Cider - even comforting toppings like Peppery Milk Gravy and Farmstand Peach Jam. From appetizers and soups to delicious desserts, you will find 200 fantastic recipes you can make and forget while they cook themselves.

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The 200 recipes in this family-friendly collection deliver a revolution in slow cooking like only America's Test Kitchen can! Who doesn't like the idea of throwing ingredients into a slow cooker and coming back hours later to a finished meal? Too bad most slow cooker recipes deliver mediocre results you'd rather forget than fix again. A team of ten test cooks at America's Test Kitchen spent a year developing recipes, and what they discovered will change the way you use your slow cooker. Did you know that onions garlic, and spices should be bloomed in the microwave for five minutes before they go into the slow cooker? This simple step intensifies their flavor and requires no extra work. Did you know that a little soy sauce mixed with tomato paste adds meaty flavors to almost any stew and can often replace the tedious step of browning the meat? And do you know the secret to a moist slow-cooker chicken? Start the bird upside down to protect the delicate white meat from drying out.

Healthy meals made the slow cooker way America's Test Kitchen had a simple goal: Create quick and easy foolproof slow cooker recipes that taste as good as meals prepared on the stovetop or in the oven. They had one more stipulation: They wanted their selections to be healthy, not the fat-heavy main courses featured in many slow cooker cookbooks. It took nearly a year of testing, 1,500 recipes, and $20,000 spent on groceries to find the finalists: 200 new, easy-to-make slow cooker recipes. True to its trusted source, the winning recipes collected here include delicious weekday and holiday meals; snacks, sides, and desserts.