Dawn Ranck Hower - Fix-it and forget-it cookbook: slow cooker favorites for all the year round

This surprise bestselling cookbook is the slow-cooker bible, and one look inside will tell you why. Here are more than 800 tested recipes from slow-cooker enthusiasts all over the country. These are not recipes to pull out once a month for show; these are recipes that will work hard for you every day recipes for meat loaf, different kinds of chili, pork chops with mushroom sauce, pot roasts, bean dishes galore, and chicken cacciatores, all made in the slow cooker. There are even some surprise slow-cooker recipes for rice pudding and holiday wassail drinks. What are you waiting for? Its time to put time on your side. from the editors of the Barnes and Noble Review Serve up a hearty, homey suppereven if youre time-starved with help from bestselling cookbook author Phyllis Pellman Good.

Quick and Simple Magazine What the critics say about F IX -I T and F ORGET -I T C OOKBOOK I dont know if I could live without this cookbook. I have the Entertaining version as well. Weve tried over half the recipes and there hasnt been one that we didnt like. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND purchasing this book. a reviewer from Amazon.com The leader of the pack . Kirkus Reviews In an era of celebrity cookbook authors, Phyllis Pellman Good has found an unlikely niche with her bestselling series of down-home Fix-It and Forget-It cookbooks.

USA Today Better suited to using rather than displaying. The New York Times Simple and straightforward. Philadelphia Inquirer Includes hundreds of easy-does-it recipes for soups, stews, chili, main disheseven appetizers and desserts. Family Times Magazine This New York Times bestseller is filled with more than 800 recipes to kick-start some super slow-cooker meals . Home Education Magazine The granddaddy of slow-cooker cookbooks stresses the importance of family meals and homey, hearty foods. Publishers Weekly

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Good Books in an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Visit our website at www.goodbooks.com. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Cover design and illustrations by Cheryl Benner Design by Dawn J. Ranck Print ISBN: 978-1-56148-317-4 (paperback edition) 978-1-56148-338-9 (hardcover gift edition)
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Ebook ISBN: 978-1-68099-003-4 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ranck, Dawn J. Fix-it and forget-it cookbook : feasting with your slow cooker / Dawn J.

Ranck, Phyllis Pellman Good. p.cm. Includes index. 1. Electric cookery, Slow. I.

Good, Phyllis Pellman II. Title. TX827.R35 2000

641.5884--dc21

00-052110

Table of Contents About This Cookbook Slow Cookers have long ago proven to be the efficient friend of those cooks who are gone all day, but want to offer substantial home-cooked food to their households. Slow Cookers have aged, but they havent faded. Instead, theyve shown themselves to be first-rate adaptable appliances. They handle dried beans famously well, pleasing the growing numbers of vegetarians.

They do their job whatever their size1-quart, 3-quart, 6-quart, or in between. Little ones work well for singles or doublesor cook the vegetables while the beef stew burbles away in a bigger Cooker, sharing the counter-space. And Slow Cookers are mobile tools. You can prepare a dish one evening, store the filled lift-out vessel in the fridge overnight, and then place it into its electric holder in the morning as you do your dash to the door. Or you can tote the whole works to a buffet or carry-in meal, doing no damage to the quality of its contents. Slow Cookers prefer cheap cuts of meat.

Tell that to your favorite graduate student, or newly independent young adult, or to the parents of a growing brood. The recipes in this collection are tried and true favorites from heavy-duty Cooker-users. Weve weeded out a lot of duplicates and still have 800 plus for you to try. Theres tempting variety among the recipes, and many that differ only by a tantalizing ingredient or two. Whats more, youll find helpful Tips spread among the recipesthe kind of pointers that you usually learn only after a long acquaintance with a Slow Cooker. These Tips tell you how to maximize the usefulness of your Cooker, plus how to realize top flavor from the food you prepare in it.

May the Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook help make your meal preparations less harried and your dinners more satisfying! Dawn J. Ranck and Phyllis Pellman Good Appetizers, Snacks, and Spreads Quick and Easy Nacho Dip Kristina Shull Timberville, VA Makes 10-15 servings
(Ideal slow cooker size: 3-quart) 1 lb. ground beef dash of salt dash of pepper dash of onion powder 2 garlic cloves, minced, optional 2 16-oz. jars salsa (as hot or mild as you like) 15-oz. can refried beans 1 cups sour cream 3 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided tortilla chips 1. Drain. Drain.

Add salt, pepper, onion powder, and minced garlic. 2. Combine beef, salsa, beans, sour cream, and 2 cups cheese in slow cooker. 3. Cover. Heat on Low 2 hours.

Just before serving sprinkle with 1 cup cheese. 4. Serve with tortilla chips. Southwest Hot Chip Dip Annabelle Unternahrer Shipshewana, IN Makes 15-20 servings
(Ideal slow cooker size: 3-quart) 1 lb. ground beef, browned, crumbled fine, and drained 2 15-oz. cans diced tomatoes and chilies 1 pkg. taco seasoning 1 lb. taco seasoning 1 lb.

Velveeta cheese, cubed tortilla chips 1. Combine ground beef, beans, tomatoes, and taco seasoning in slow cooker. 2. Cover. Cook on Low 3-4 hours, or on High 1 hours. 3.

Add cheese. Stir occasionally. Heat until cheese is melted. 4. Serve with tortilla chips. Hot Refried Bean Dip Sharon Anders Alburtis, PA Makes 1 quarts, or 12-20 servings
(Ideal slow cooker size: 3-quart) 15-oz. can refried beans, drained and mashed lb. ground beef 3 Tbsp. bacon drippings 1 lb. bacon drippings 1 lb.

American cheese, cubed 1-3 Tbsp. taco sauce 1 Tbsp. taco seasoning dash garlic salt tortilla chips 1. In skillet, brown beans and ground beef in bacon drippings. Pour into slow cooker. 2.

Stir in cheese, taco sauce, taco seasoning, and garlic salt. 3. Cover. Cook on High 45 minutes, or until cheese is melted, stirring occasionally. Turn to Low until ready to serve, up to 6 hours. ground beef 1 can chili, without beans 1 lb. mild Mexican Velveeta cheese, cubed taco or tortilla chips 1. mild Mexican Velveeta cheese, cubed taco or tortilla chips 1.