Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting With Your Slow Cooker

Customer Reviews

WHO EVER THOUGHT LIFE COULD BE SO SIMPLE!

If you run as short on energy and time during the run of a day as I do, you will not want to be without this terrific book. Who ever thought meal preparation could be so simple for those of us who put in a full day at the office. The title says it all: "Fix It and Forget It" Forget the microwave section of your favourite supermarket and pass by the fast food outlets on the way home - too much of that will eventually play havoc with your health anyway. It takes just a few minutes each morning, when we do have the energy, to peel a few veggies, cut up a portion of meat if that is to your liking, toss it in the slow cooker with a dash of this and a dab of that and...voila, your meal will be waiting for you at the end of the day. The recipes are terrific in this book, particularly the stews and soups, and the flavourful goodness that comes out of the pot is out of this world! Buy the book; it's a real time saver.

Waste of money unless you only cook with canned soup!

I was really shocked by this cookbook! Save your money and just borrow it from the library or just "google" for slow cooker recipes. This book looks like it's a collection of untested recipes. I was shocked that there was little variety in the recipes but rather a dozen beef stew, pot roast, chili etc type recipes. I don't need a cookbook with 15 calico beans recipes! And, like the other reviewers stated - most of these recipes are unhealthy and seem to involve nothing more than a can of cream of mushroom soup and an onion soup packet. Hey wait a second! This sounds pretty good!! And, easy too. Well, yes, if you like your cooking simple, hearty and like cooking with cream of mushroom soup, than maybe this is your cookbook after all!! I didn't like it because I prefer healthier recipes using REAL FOOD (processed soup and dry soup packs with cream and MSG are not my idea of food) and would prefer one REALLY GREAT pot roast recipe rather than 20 variations of one and no evidence that any of them have been tested. I also was hoping` for a `cookbook with some new innovative recipes. I would bet money that the bulk of these recipes could be found for free at allrecipes.com or via google.com. Hope this helps!

Extremely Unhealthy!

I just browsed through this book while waiting for my mother in Walmart. I would not recommend it to anyone. Not only is it disorganized and repetitive as other reviewers have pointed out, but the steady reliance on beans and prepared soups and condiments promotes unhealthy eating habits. I found many of recipes to be purely disgusting.