The Essential Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners - by Pamela Ellgen (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Get the most out of your slow cooker with hands-off beginner recipes

Discover the convenience and hearty flavors of slow cooking with the ultimate starter guide! Begin with a crash course on using and caring for your slow cooker, then explore 100 simple recipes, including roasts, chilis, soups, stews, and casseroles. With plenty of beginner-friendly advice, this slow cooker cookbook makes it easy for you to get a delicious and hearty meal on the table with minimal effort.

The Essential Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners features:

• Slow cooker basics--Learn how your slow cooker works with a guide to the controls and how to properly layer ingredients.
• Fast prep--The recipes in this slow cooker cookbook only require about 15 minutes of hands-on prep time and include familiar, easy-to-find ingredients.
• Truly hands-off cooking--Every dish is meant for a 6-quart oval cooker, and most have cook times of 8 hours or longer, so you can leave them all day and come home to a hot meal.
• One-pot recipes--This slow cooker cookbook is designed so all of the cooking happens right inside your slow cooker, with no extra steps in the oven or on the stove.

Create rich, hearty dishes that will be ready to eat when you are with this ultimate slow cooker cookbook.

Review Quotes

"As a certified personal fitness trainer and nutrition coach, I'm always looking for healthy recipes to share with clients. Some are new to cooking, and what mom doesn't want a time-saving but nutritious meal on a busy weeknight? I've tried three of the recipes so far, and they were all delicious! The simple ingredient list and one-pot cooking are perfect for beginners and home chefs alike." --Mimi Wang Grant, certified personal fitness trainer and nutrition coach

"Couldn't have been better timing for me to receive Pamela Ellgen's new book, The Essential Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners. I received my first slow cooker for my wedding and had no idea where to start. Between running my surf business, traveling, and becoming a new mother, cooking has always been difficult to fit into my schedule. These incredibly tasty, easy, and fun recipes are now my daily go-to for preparing an impressive meal. Pamela makes cooking so much easier than I could ever imagine. My favorite is taking the cooker on the road camping, preparing a fabulous meal before a surf session, and impressing everyone's taste buds at sunset over a nice bottle of wine." --Mary Osborne, former pro surfer

"I love this cookbook from thoughtful chef, Pam Ellgen. Not only is it brimming with tried and true, delicious recipes that she makes for her own family, but it is full of information I never knew I needed to know about my slow cooker! If knowledge is power, this book is a powerhouse of slow cooker information. I enjoyed learning important tips and tricks about my appliance, and I love how easy the recipes are. It's visually beautiful and easy to follow. I'm excited to buy this book for my friend who recently admitted to me that she has no idea how to use a slow cooker. Pam Ellgen to the rescue!" --Natalie Jaeger

About the Author

PAMELA ELLGEN is the author of more than a dozen books on healthy cooking and fitness. Her work has also been published on Huffington Post, Livestrong, and Edible Phoenix, as well as in Darling magazine and The Portland Tribune. She lives in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband and two sons.