Kitchen

[suzyQ3]

Good deal, @Imaoldhippie. I'm not a big fan of her cookbooks but hope you enjoy it if you did buy it.

[Imaoldhippie]

@suzyQ3...........would you please tell me why your not a fan of her cookbooks?  

[suzyQ3]

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@Imaoldhippie wrote:

@suzyQ3...........would you please tell me why your not a fan of her cookbooks?  

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@Imaoldhippie, we're not big fans of slow cooker cooking. Each time we think we should try it again, we're just not fond of the results. But during one of those trials, I did buy her "Big" version of fix it and forget it.

Almost every recipe relied on processed foods -- seasoning packets, frozen stuff, etc. It was a kind of "dump" cooking -- easy but not appealing to us. Also, her recipes are often repetitious -- just a tweak here or there.

Maybe if we had a dozen kids to feed every night, we would avail ourselves of such shortcuts occasionally. But we are empty-nesters and prefer fresh food whenever possible and bright flavors. Neither seems to lend itself to slow cooker cooking.

Remember, you did ask. :-)

[candys mine]

@suzyQ3  So it's really more the tecnique  ( Slow cooker cooking) than just this authors cookbook you don't like. 

[suzyQ3]

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@candys mine wrote:

@suzyQ3  So it's really more the tecnique  ( Slow cooker cooking) than just this authors cookbook you don't like. 

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@candys mine, it's both. If  I could find a slow cooker cookbook to my liking, I might try again. But it would have to have recipes that somehow preserved the taste and freshness of the food and didn't resort to processed food unless it was necessary.

[Imaoldhippie]

@suzyQ3.................thanks.  I use my crockpot frequently.  We have a lot of church potlucks, and on Sundays I like to have our dinner ready when we get home.  I have been looking for a good potcrock cookbook, and when Phyllis was on the Q I thought maybe it would be a good choice.  I am looking for different things to cook as I have tweaked most of the things I put in it.  So I need new ideas, not tweaking.  Thanks for your input I really appreciate it.