Slow Cooker Dump Dinners: 5-Ingredient Recipes for Meals That (Practically) Cook Themselves (Best Ever)

Finally!!!!! Recipes that truly are easy. The Jambalaya is so good!!!! This cookbook will become one you use weekly.

Finally real meals with minimal effort.

I bought this for an upcoming bridal shower, but ended up keeping it for myself & ordering a second copy. No really fancy recipes, but no-fuss, easy-to-make meals that are useful for busy people. The bride-to-be was very pleased, especially since one of her wedding presents was a slow cooker!

I purchased this for my son to have some easy recipes for slow cooking while I undergo major surgery/recovery. He LOVES it and that is saying something from a non-cook like him. I am impressed with the variety of recipes and truly how easy they are.

I liked just about everything In the cookbook except the ones that add canned soup.

I confess I haven't made any of these recipes yet, but most of them sound really good, and I intend to make several. That said, do not expect the finished dish to look like the photos. While reading the book I noticed small differences between a recipe's ingredients and/or preparation methods and the dish as shown in its photo. Some showed an obviously oven-browned product which never came from a standard slow cooker. Others showed ingredients not mentioned in the recipe, even in the notes. Still other pictures were missing foods specifically listed. So I checked the book's photo credits (at the end of the book in the ebook edition) and found all photographs were sourced from stock images outlets. While there is nothing wrong with using these stock images, we as readers do have the expectation that photos are of the ~actual~ dish prepared as described by the recipe. Just bear in mind that your finished product will probably not look much like the picture in the book (mine never do anyway, even when the picture IS of the actual dish, so this won't be much different for me, lol!). My other complaint is the non-standard description of some ingredients (which varied from recipe to recipe). While it's fine to simply list "turmeric" (which is generally only used dried ground in the US), the author needs to specifically define what she means by "garlic" or "ginger" (which can be used in either fresh or dried forms, as well as minced, crushed, or grated if used fresh, and granulated, powdered, or minced when used dry) and other similar situations where cooks have multiple forms of an ingredient to choose from (there is a big difference between a teaspoon of fresh rosemary and a teaspoon of dried ground rosemary!). Despite my criticisms, I liked the recipes and intend to make some of them. I did check out this book from my public library (as an ebook), but if I end up liking the recipes I use, I'll definitely purchase a copy for myself! EDIT: I forgot to mention that these recipes are definitely geared toward convenience, using mostly pre-prepared ingredients like gravies & sauces in jars or cans and pre-chopped frozen veg. If you're looking for Cook's Country prep you won't find it here. This book is for busy people who want to save time and serve fresh-cooked comfort food, which is just my style. A note about my rating scale: 1 star = F 2 stars = D 3 stars = C 4 stars = B 5 stars = A So a 3 star rating is still an acceptable rating, despite the common expectation that anything less than 5 stars is a Fail (would these be the same people who would loudly complain if we went to a simple thumbs-up/thumbs-down "scale"?).

great, as promised, thank you

I am a cookbook collector and this cookbook is great!! I have marked about 8 recipes that I can’t wait to try. It can’t get any easier. Dump ingredients in a crock pot and turn it on. The hardest part is waiting for it to get done.

An extremely easy to read and understand book for the novice slow cooker beginner. Ideal for students, busy working mums and dads who can just throw together a few ingredients, plug in and wait for dinner to be cooked

Excellent recipes for a busy household !

Ok book , but has american recipes only unfortunately don’t think I will ever use the book

I have tried a couple of these recipes and they are great for anyone who does not like to spend a lot of time in the kitchen