The Whole30 Slow Cooker: 150 Totally Compliant Prep-and-Go Recipes for Your Whole30 — with Instant Pot Recipes by Melissa Urban

The Whole30 Slow Cooker: 150 Totally Compliant Prep-and-Go Recipes for Your Whole30 — with Instant Pot Recipes Reviews

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  Erika ♥OwlwaysReading♥

  I wish you could try the food before you spent the money & time to replicate the recipes. Such a bummer when the meal is just blah and you have leftovers. Also, a lot of the meals started tasting same-ie. When you eat a meal with NO SUGAR (unless natural from fruit), no grains (ex. wheat, oats, barley, corn, rice, millet, buckwheat, quinoa, and etc), no peanuts & soy, no milk (ex. cheese yogurt,), no etc etc etc you start to get the same tastes and flavors over and over again.
  
  See... SAME-IE
  
  
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  Jen W

  Can’t wait to try some of these recipes! I really liked the way the book is laid out and that many of the recipes had pictures. My only complaint is that there is no nutritional information to know carbs, fat, fibre and calories per serving. I understand the Whole 30 is a food reset program but I’d still like to know the nutritional info.
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  L.A.

  DISCLAIMER: This is more of a note to myself for later than an actual review.
  
  I felt like I would I really like this, especially since I’ve successfully completed Whole30 a few times; I’ve decided to nix grains and beans (the only non-Whole30 ingredients I regularly consume); and was just gifted an InstantPot. But hard as I tried, I still feel like the WellFed Weeknights cookbook I’m reading looks tastier and more manageable. One review I read of this book said they were surprised to see that, for a lot of these recipes, it’s only one ingredient that’s prep, dump, and walk away, and I think that’s my issue. Just seems like a lot of steps and moving parts to chop, use an appliance AND the stove, AND to make a sauce—AND be the mother of a two-year-old (I know, Melissa specifically said NOT to say it’s “too hard” 🙄).
  
  But I haven’t tried to make anything yet. And not all the recipes fit that agonizing description. When I’m more comfortable with my InstantPot, I’ll check this book out from the library again.
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  Elizabeth (Literary Hoarders)

  Still rediscovering my slow cooker thanks to this recipe book. The meals aren’t quite as savory as the Nom Nom Paleo books, but they’re still delicious. It’s such a treat to see a slow cooker recipe book that doesn’t call for “cream of” soups. (Do they still sell those cans of glop?)
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  Quinn's Quippy Quotes

  This makes me feel like I can actually do this with a family of 4!
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  Melissa

  Great recipes! Everything I've tried so far (3 recipes) have turned out fantastic. Highly recommend for anyone following a Whole30/Paleo lifestyle.
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  Amy

  Got out of the library to do another round of Whole 30. Generally good, but not worth buying in my opinion. Good to have a new slug of recipes and I appreciated the Instant Pot recipes (because I have one, but don't use it much). But I am definitely a set it and forget it type of slow cooker person and adding different ingredients at different times or using the cooker for a 1-3 hour gig? Nope, not interested. Might as well cook it on the stove where I've got more control. There were still enough recipes for me to try and enjoy. The barbacoa instant pot recipe, for example, looked simple and wasn't terribly clever, yet it ended up delicious.
  
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  Heather S

  Some good info at the beginning about the Whole 30 program and nutrition (but nothing new if you've read other Whole 30 books), but I found the recipes kind of overwhelming. I recommend checking out the mix and match food guide at the end of "It Starts with Food" as a starting place if you want to do Whole 30 or just eat more Whole 30ish, as the official Whole 30 cookbooks are a bit more intimidating.
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  Adria

  If you enjoy meat or fish this book is for you. If you dont care for eating many animal products, the book wont entice you to change your dietary habits. This whole 30 is one of a genre of diet books claiming to cure numerous ailments through reducing certain kinds of food groups and focusing on others. I do think that this would improve ones health overall because it eliminates junk food.
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  Susan

  This book was hard to find on Goodreads! Interesting.
  
  Anyway, many of these recipes will probably work for my family, which is a nice change. A few we're going to try first:
  sweet potato and jalapeno pork stew
  Mexican pork stew
  Asian pork noodle bowls
  chicken thighs with parsnips and potatoes
  salmon with smoky vegetable hash
  
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  Amanda

  Only slow cooker portions of these recipes, otherwise they’re identical to other whole30 recipes where you make the meal w pots and pans. I expected this to be set it and forget it for all or a majority of the recipe when, in fact, it was the chicken set and forget, the rest make. Not for me.
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  Rachel Anne

  There are many great recipes in here and I appreciate the Instant Pot section. The downfall of official Whole30 recipes is that you have to have so many items and spices in your pantry and you use them in very small quantities. I may eventually use maybe 2 recipes out of this whole book.
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  Caitlin

  Some solid recipes here.
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  Jennzah

  the recipes are good and easy to follow. yum!
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  Stephanie

  As with most Whole 30 recipes, several of these had LOTS of ingredients which turns me off, but the ease of using the slow cooker is definitely helpful!
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  Lee

  photos weren't particularly appetizing.
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  Jenny

  Nice collection of recipes, many of which I can't wait to try!
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  Karie Rogers

  Haven’t Tried them but look yummy!
  
  I haven’t tried any of the recipes yet, but they all look delightful! I have some shopping to do before i start!
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  Steph

  Excited to make some of these recipes!!
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  Megan Hudson

  I really enjoyed most recipes in this book, and recommend for anyone doing whole30 as a must have!
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  Taylor

  Only criticism: add a little extra salt for seasoning and a little more fat to prevent drying out. I've made many of these recipes multiple times over and I'm still trying others. Love this book!
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  Jodi Geever

  Good ideas for healthy meals for working folks. I'm a fan.
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  Michelle

  I was hoping for something besides stews, so I was a little disappointed.