Hope Comerford - Fix-It and Forget-It Plant-Based Comfort Food Cookbook: 127 Healthy Slow Cooker & Instant Pot Meals

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For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Good Books, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or . Good Books is 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 Names: Comerford, Hope, author. Title: Fix-it and forget-it plant-based comfort food cookbook : 127 healthy slow cooker & instant pot meals / Hope Comerford. | Summary: Easy vegan recipes for your slow cooker or Instant Pot-from the New York Times bestselling series! If youre ready to include more meatless, dairy-free, egg-free, plant-based dishes in your cooking, this cookbook is for you. | Summary: Easy vegan recipes for your slow cooker or Instant Pot-from the New York Times bestselling series! If youre ready to include more meatless, dairy-free, egg-free, plant-based dishes in your cooking, this cookbook is for you.

And if you want to cook confidently for your vegan friends or family, Fix-It and Forget-It Plant-Based Comfort Food Cookbook is full of tasty ideas. Here are slow cooker and Instant Pot breakfasts, dinners, side dishes, and desserts that you can make with confidence! All of the recipes are easy to prepare and made with easy-to-find ingredients. Here are tried and true comfort food favorites. And youll discover lots of fresh ideas, too! Experience how enticing and satisfying plant-based cooking can be!Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020034601 (print) | LCCN 2020034602 (ebook) | ISBN 9781680996241 (paperback) | ISBN 9781680996814 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Vegan cooking. | Comfort food. | LCGFT: Cookbooks. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX837 .C5927 2020 (print) | LCC TX837 (ebook) | DDC 641.5/636dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020034601 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020034602 Cover design by Daniel Brount Cover photo by Meredith Special Interest Media Print ISBN: 978-1-68099-624-1 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-68099-681-4 Printed in China Contents Welcome to Fix-It and Forget-It Plant-Based Comfort Food Cookbook What is a plant-based diet? Well, a plant-based diet is one that involves eating whole, real foods that come from plants. This includes fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds, oils, whole grains, legumes, and beans. How is plant-based different than a vegan diet? Thats a great question! Vegans do not consume or wear animal products, but those following a plant-based diet just try to avoid animal and dairy products. Overall, they are very similar diets. This book contains 127 plant-based comfort food recipes you will love! Weve got you covered from breakfast to dessert... all made in your slow cooker or Instant Pot.

Youll love recipes like Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal, Tofu Lettuce Wraps, Minestrone, Chickpea Tortilla Soup, Swedish Cabbage Rolls, Spicy Orange Tofu, German Potato Salad, and Pineapple Bread Pudding! Is your mouth watering yet? It will be, as you flip from delicious recipe to delicious recipe! As you begin journeying through this book, I always suggest reading from cover to cover. I cant tell you the good recipes Ive passed on in the past by not following this advice. Dont become overwhelmed. Bookmark, or dog-ear the pages of the recipes that interest you the most as you go through. Then, when youve looked at everything, go back to those marked pages and pick 23 to start with. You may even consider choosing a recipe or two you already have the ingredients on hand for.

If not, start that grocery list and get to your local store and grab only what you need. Any specialized diet can be tricky if youre not used to it yet, which is why weve taken the guesswork out for you. If youre already a seasoned plant-based consumer, we cant wait for you to fall in love with the recipes in this book to add to the collection you already have. Enjoy discovering the incredible recipes in Fix-It and Forget-It Plant-Based Comfort Food! Choosing a Slow CookerNot all slow cookers are created equal... or work equally as well for everyone! Those of us who use slow cookers frequently know we have our own preferences when it comes to which slow cooker we choose to use. For instance, I love my programmable slow cooker, but there are many programmable slow cookers Ive tried that Ive strongly disliked.

Why? Because some go by increments of 15 or 30 minutes and some go by 4, 6, 8, or 10 hours. I dislike those restrictions, but I have family and friends who dont mind them at all! I am also pretty brand loyal when it comes to my manual slow cookers because Ive had great success with those and have had unsuccessful moments with slow cookers of other brands. So, which slow cooker(s) is/are best for your household? It really depends on how many people youre feeding and if youre gone for long periods of time. Here are my recommendations:

Disadvantages: They take up more storage room. They dont fit as neatly into a dishwasher. If your crock isnt full, you may burn your food. Small slow cooker advantages/disadvantages: Advantages: Theyre great for lots of appetizers, for serving hot drinks, for baking cakes straight in the crock, and for dorm rooms or apartments. Great option for making recipes of smaller quantities. Disadvantages: Food in smaller quantities tends to cook more quickly than larger amounts.

So keep an eye on it. Chances are, you wont have many leftovers. So, if you like to have leftovers, a smaller slow cooker may not be a good option for you. My recommendation: Have at least two slow cookers; one around 3 to 4 quarts and one 6 quarts or larger. A third would be a huge bonus (and a great advantage to your cooking repertoire!). The advantage of having at least a couple is you can make a larger variety of recipes.

Also, you can make at least two or three dishes at once for a whole meal.