350 Big Taste Recipes for the 1.5 Quart Mini Slow Cooker: All American Favorites Adapted for the Mini Slow Cooker with an Emphasis on Healthy Eating Review

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(More customer reviews)Nothing about the title is accurate. The recipes are far too large for a 1 1/2 quart slow cooker - one of them, the Brunswick Stew (which was dreadful, by the way just barely fit in my 3 quart slow cooker.
The recipes make no effort to reduce fat, calories, carbs, or sodium - especially sodium, since nearly all of them use canned food as the main ingredients, and are therefore loaded with sodium. A few of the dessert recipes do incorporate sugar substitutes - but a typical dessert recipe instructs you, basically, to use half a box of cake mix along with half the ingredients the mix calls for anyway. Ever tried to use half a box of cake mix? It's not easy.
In fact, most of the recipes are not cooked in the usual sense at all: they use already cooked ingredients and employ the crock pot to heat them slowly.
The one minor virtue of the book is that you can read the recipes and then draw some conclusions about how to adapt regular recipes for the crock pot - but that is true about any crock pot cookbook.
I am sorry I bought it and recommend against your buying it.

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Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two (NYM Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I ordered this after reading a recipe in our local newspaper taken from the book. It has some wonderful, original recipes, with clear instructions, and, even better, guidance about how to buy a small slow cooker and what you can do with it once you have it.
Most of the recipes are too large for the really small 1 1/2 quart slow cooker, though a few fit that size. Fortunately, each recipe includes a recommended cooker size in the instructions.
My only disappointment was that some of the recipes call for ingredients I cannot possibly find in my rural area grocery stores. But if you live in a city or metropolitan area you can probably find all the ingredients.
Finally, do not buy the "350 recipes" cookbook Amazon tries to bundle with this one in the "buy both" listing near the top of the page. It's really awful - I've reviewed it separately.
If you have a 3 quart slow cooker, you'll enjoy this cookbook.

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Today, 58 percent of American households consist of only one or two people, yet most cookbooks still contain recipes designed to serve 6-8.In this follow-up to the bestselling Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook, Beth Hensperger offers 125 new recipes specifically designed for the increasingly popular 1 1/2to 3 1/2-quart slow cooker. This is the perfect book for busy singles and small families who want the convenience of a small slow-cooker-made meal without sacrificing wholesomeness and flavor.

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Crock-Pot 5025WG 2.5-Quart Slow Cooker Review

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(More customer reviews)I have this Crock Pot but my crock insert is white instead of black. I bought this slow cooker probably in the late 1990s. I own three slow cookers (the Rival 3-1/2-quart oval and the Rival 6-quart), and this is the best one and the one I use the most. It is 2-1/2 quarts and is perfect for two people. It cooks the best out of all three of my slow cookers as it does not overcook the food as the other two will. I find that the cooking times listed in most slow cooker cookbooks are very accurate for this Crock Pot, but for my other two larger models, I must reduce the cooking time. I have never had overcooked food in this slow cooker. Everything has always cooked to perfection. Most recipes in slow cooker cookbooks are written for 6 to 8 servings. If I cut the recipes in half, they will fit perfectly in this Crock Pot and fill it 3/4 full. That is just enough food for my husband and me and will usually leave leftovers for one or two more meals for one person. This slow cooker also looks very nice as it is all white and matches my kitchen, so it is always out on the counter. I use it many times a week and I am very happy with it. Since it cooks at such a low temperature, whenever I cook meat, I use the high setting for the first hour and then reduce it to low and cook for one hour less than the stated recipe (since one hour on high is equal to two hours on low). Everything turns out perfectly this way. The potatoes and carrots are perfectly tender and have not cooked down to mush as has happened in my larger, more powerful Crock Pots.
I highly recommend this model if the size is big enough for you because it works the way slow cookers are supposed to work - cooking the food slowly and gently.

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33148 Cooker & Steamer Review

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(More customer reviews)I spent hours looking at slow cookers and reading reviews and finally decided on this one and I'm so glad I did. It has an oval
shape which is said to be very useful when cooking meats. Rather than having a pile, you can spread out the pieces so they are not
one on top of the other. This cooker is wider, not taller which works well.
It is fabulous that there are 2 cooking pans as for smaller things (my usual) I only need the 2 quarts and if I want to
make soups or anything with lots of veggies, I can use the 4 quart, which is a very decent size. The 2 quart one is fine
for several pieces of meat and a couple of cut up potatoes on top. I thought I would want a big cooker (5 quarts +) but fortunately
someone reminded me of how big they would be and that when using these cookers, the recommendation is to fill it
at least 1/2 way, which for a big cooker would be hard. They also take up a lot of space, which this smaller, oval shaped one does not.
The other thing I really like is that they are made of stoneware, super easy to clean and SAFE, not like anything with
non-stick coating. I've really enjoyed clean up so easy it may as well have been non-stick. Every recipe I've tried says
to oil the pan and I've done so but even place not oiled never required any effort to clean. And the pans are heavy, solid
cooking pans.
This is really a simple but quality appliance & I'm so glad I chose this one.

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Proctor Silex 1.5 Quart Slow Cookers Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this mainly for overnight steel cut oatmeal and stone ground grits. It cooks perfect on both. It is the only one I have seen this small with warm low and high settings. This will be great for dips and meatballs at parties. I have a huge Rival that cooks to hard on low. This cooks on low perfectly. It was on GMA as a cool gift.

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Rival Scr200-w 2qt Slow Cooker Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had this little crock pot for nearly a year and I use it much more often than my big fancy programmable slow cooker. The 2qt size is just right for heating up frozen bricks of homemade soup, stew, spaghetti sauce, etc. Put something frozen in at breakfast time and it's ready for lunch. Because the high setting runs hot it can simmer leftover meat and veg to make stock, and it's also good for cooking other long-simmer foods such as beans, lentils and wheat berries. Or just regular crock-pot meals for one or two people. It doesn't take up much counter space, either. Not so useful for a large family perhaps, but it's ideal for mine.


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Crock-Pot SCBAG Travel Bag for 7-Quart Slow Cookers Review

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(More customer reviews)I understand some people's reservations about this product, but I was careful about what I bought and if you are too you won't have a problem. I chose to buy the current 6-quart model (with the hinged lid and digital timer) of the CrockPot brand slow cooker because this is a CrockPot brand bag. I figured the bag would most likely conform best to CrockPot brand products.
I can't comment on other brands, but the 6-quart model is a perfect fit for this bag. I don't know if CrockPot sells a 7-quart model, but the 6-quart is PLENTY big. I don't think the CrockPot brand can be responsible for the fit of other brand slow cookers.
On a separate note, the photo is a little misleading, but on the positive side. It looks like there's just one long shoulder strap, but there are actually 2 shorter straps that gather above the bag, which to me seems like it would allow for more even handling during transport. There's also a strap inside to secure the lid and the the bag itself is insulated.

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