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Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook
By Beth Hensperger
Harvard Common Press - 2004
Easiest Black Bean and Brown Rice Chili : page 230
Great vegetarian chili with the rice built in. Extremely fast to make in your slow cooker - took about 10-15 min tops! It says cook 6-8 hrs but it was done by 6. Made tons, and I've been eating it for lunch. Served it with some baked corn chips, low fat sour cream and guacamole. My kids ate it up, and my daughter requested it for her school lunch the next day. Can't go wrong, and nice to have a meatless chili. Doesn't have oodles of veg in it, just the beans, but you could probably add some if you wanted. I used a whole canned chipotle chili and it was fairly spicy - might use half next time for my son's benefit.
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Mom's Beef Stew : page 327
Another great slow cooker recipe. One of the best stew's I have eaten, but a bit involved to make as lots of vegetables to prepare and you have to brown the meat. Took about an hour to assemble, but fantastic result when we came home at night to eat it. Has potatoes built in, so just had some crusty bread with it.
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Our Best Pot Roast with Roots : page 315
Very good. We had guests over and it fed 8 of us (kids didn't eat too much), with some left overs. Served with mashed potatoes and a green vegetable. The guests really liked it. Took about 30-40 min to prepare. Very turnipy, which was good for me, but others may want to cut back on it.
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Thai Pork with Peanut Sauce : page 360
This was so easy it was hard to believe. I used 1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes instead of 1 tsp, as I was serving it to young children. Took about 10 min to prepare, I kid you not. The kids gobbled it up, and we've had it twice. The meat appears dry when you open the cooker, but it breaks up into the sauce and is wonderful. I put the peanut butter into the slowcooker to begin with by mistake the first time I made it and it turned out fine, but with a little less sauce than the second time I made it. Friends also made it after I recommended it and it was a huge hit at their house too.
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