Joined the CookBook Club at the Library. Went to one meeting so far. It was on a book of Slow Cooking. (think I've mentioned this else where)
We were encouraged to find and make a recipe within the book for discussion at the next meeting.
Cooking for one so most of the recipes I chose were not too difficult to reduce. In the end I did 3 recipes. A chicken, a pork and a potato one.
The book itself:
Good Looking book categorized into Holidays. Title:
Holiday Slow Cooker, 100 Incredible & Festive Recipes for Every Celebration.
by Leigh Anne Wilkes - founder of Your Homebased Mom.
soft cover, 8 x 9 inch - was comfortable to open and look at.
Where there were pictures (not every recipe had one) the recipe was on one side and the picture on the other. Only the one recipe with opposite picture per the two pages. Pictures were accurate representations and nice to look at. Not cluttered.
Where there were no pictures there were more recipes on the page.
The ingredients were in boldbut unfortunately the method instruction was in a pale black and the font thin to be almost grey. Very difficult to read, as was the introduction to the recipe at the top.
The author is a blogger, have never been to her site. I don't think she is a trained cook and think perhaps some of these recipes have been picked up from readers? That's not a bad thing, just a comment. Every once in a while I came across something that a novice cook would not understand. Of course, I couldn't find the two places I was looking for to give examples. LOL
A couple of recipes I think were included just as fillers and some not really suited for a Slow Cooker.
One recipe I found and made was Rosemary Lemon Roasted Potatoes. This was tasty but annoying as the potatoes were NOT roasted and did not LOOK roasted. Plus the picture was also misleading with them on a sheet pan and some crusty looking ones. The last instruction was to remove the lid for the last 30 minutes to allow the moisture to be absorbed.
All in all a good cook book - not the best but think the thumbs up out weigh the thumbs down.
We were encouraged to find and make a recipe within the book for discussion at the next meeting.
Cooking for one so most of the recipes I chose were not too difficult to reduce. In the end I did 3 recipes. A chicken, a pork and a potato one.
The book itself:
Good Looking book categorized into Holidays. Title:
Holiday Slow Cooker, 100 Incredible & Festive Recipes for Every Celebration.
by Leigh Anne Wilkes - founder of Your Homebased Mom.
soft cover, 8 x 9 inch - was comfortable to open and look at.
Where there were pictures (not every recipe had one) the recipe was on one side and the picture on the other. Only the one recipe with opposite picture per the two pages. Pictures were accurate representations and nice to look at. Not cluttered.
Where there were no pictures there were more recipes on the page.
The ingredients were in bold
but unfortunately the method instruction was in a pale black and the font thin to be almost grey. Very difficult to read, as was the introduction to the recipe at the top. The author is a blogger, have never been to her site. I don't think she is a trained cook and think perhaps some of these recipes have been picked up from readers? That's not a bad thing, just a comment. Every once in a while I came across something that a novice cook would not understand.
Of course, I couldn't find the two places I was looking for to give examples. LOLA couple of recipes I think were included just as fillers and some not really suited for a Slow Cooker.
One recipe I found and made was Rosemary Lemon Roasted Potatoes. This was tasty but annoying as the potatoes were NOT roasted and did not LOOK roasted. Plus the picture was also misleading with them on a sheet pan and some crusty looking ones. The last instruction was to remove the lid for the last 30 minutes to allow the moisture to be absorbed.
All in all a good cook book - not the best but think the thumbs up out weigh the thumbs down.
Called 
Discuss Cooking! 
