Crock-Pot Recipe Collection [with Binder] by Publications International

Crock-Pot Recipe Collection [with Binder] Reviews

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  Ronda Tutt

  Nicely Illustrated
  
  Every recipe looks so delicious and the mouth watering photo by each recipe makes the cook book real nice. However, I had to knock a star off the cook book because there is no nutritional facts listed through out the whole book which is sad because I am big on counting Carbs and Calories per serving.
  
  Nice recipes though.
• 
  May

  This book (more of a binder, really) has a lot of fantastic recipes, but I definitely wouldn't recommend this to just anyone.
  
  Pros: It's from the actual Crock-Pot(TM) people, so all of the recipes tell you exactly what size of cooker is appropriate and I'm fairly certain that their times are accurate (although I have only tried two recipes so I can't be 100% on that).
  Because it's a binder, I can take out the recipe I'm working on and have that in the kitchen without lugging the whole thing around (it is massive).
  The collection is HUGE and has something for pretty much everyone, from die-hard meat eaters (there's a dish under "sides" that has beef and bacon in it...) to vegetarians (a vegetarian entree section and plenty of meatless dishes scattered throughout the rest of the book).
  
  Cons: Although plenty of the recipes use fresh veggies and good spices, there's also a lot of recipes that use cream-of-gross condensed soups, dry soup seasoning mixes, etc. that I don't want to bring into my kitchen.
  The other somewhat problematic thing is that the way the recipes are organized (and the premise of the book itself), 6 different sections all have different recipes for pot roast, and I find it easier to have things like that be all together. This isn't a huge issue, but it does make browsing for a recipe somewhat less simple than it ought to be.
  
  I've only made two recipes from the book so far, but they seemed to be successful, so I will definitely be trying more.
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  Joycee

  Handy reference for tried-and-true Crock Pot.
  
  Recipes are hit or miss - there are faves & there are once-and-dones.
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  Wendy

  Meh. Perhaps because it's spring, and the appeal of the crock pot is less? Perhaps because if I'm going to make gourmet risotto, no way am I making it in a crock pot? Either way, even with all the pretty photos, I wasn't inspired.
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  Nicole Baratta

  Crockpot: The Original slower cooker (Recipe collection) by Editors of Publications International (2008)