The secret is out: That slow cooker that's been collecting dust in your kitchen cabinet is a wonderful and easy tool for making delicious entrees at the touch of a button. With new U.S. sales estimated at 6 million a year, more people are finding slow cookers indispensable in getting a home-cooked meal on the table. Besides tasting good, slow cooked meals are convenient and nutritious because you use fresh, wholesome ingredients. 
Slow Cookers For Dummies is for working families, couples, single people, students, and anyone who is tired of takeout. Perhaps you love cooking but have little time to do it or want to decrease your reliance on prepared mixes or boxed convenience foods. Slow cooking may be right for you if you want to <ul>
<li>Save money on food and utility bills</li> <li>Control your sodium and fat intake</li> <li>Free up your oven and cooktop for more holiday cooking</li> <li>Take a hot dish to a potluck supper</li> </ul>
If you already know how to use a slow cooker, the delicious recipes in this book can help you expand your repertoire beyond soups and stews. If you're thinking of getting a slow cooker, Slow Cookers For Dummies takes you from the basics of how these cookers work to preparing special occasion meals, to troubleshooting slow cooker problems. Here's a closer look at what Slow Cookers For Dummies includes: <ul>
<li>Guidelines on how to choose the right slow cooker for you</li> <li>Techniques to help you slow-cook the right way</li> <li>Easy recipes for snacks, beverages, chili, stews, and casseroles</li> <li>Scrumptious recipes for roasting beef, pork, lamb, and poultry</li> <li>How-to's on cooking and freezing in batches</li> <li>Ways to adapt favorite traditionally cooked dishes for the slow cooker</li> </ul>
In Slow Cookers for Dummies, food and appliance cooking experts Tom Lacalamita and Glenna Vance show that this classic cooking appliance is really a wonderful tool for making creative, delicious meals. With 75 recipes for making the most out of your slow cooker, you'll never put that slow cooker in your cabinet again.

Slow Cookers For Dummies

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Lacalamita, Tom

Vance, Glenna

Main Courses & Side Dishes

For Dummies

There’s nothing like the smell and taste of fresh homemade bread. But who has the time to make it anymore? You do―with a little help from your automatic bread machine. All bread machines can make good bread; they just need a little help from you to turn out a good loaf. With a little practice and a lot of fun, you too can make freshly baked bread in your kitchen with the touch of a button. 
Bread Machines For Dummies is for anyone who has ever been frustrated by a bread machine and wants to know if it’s really possible to turn out great bread with a minimum of time and effort (it is!). This fun and easy guide shares simple techniques and more than 85 tested, foolproof recipes for making aromatic and flavorful breads―either for your bread machine or from dough that you shape yourself and bake in the oven. You’ll see how to make: <ul>
<li>Soft white bread</li> <li>Cracked wheat bread</li> <li>Basic danish dough</li> <li>Babka and C hallah</li> <li>Bread bowls</li> <li>Bread sticks, pizza, and focaccia</li> <li>And so much more!</li> </ul>
This handy resource guide provides everything you “knead” to know about making bread, including the best ingredients to use, how to work with dough, and how to get the best results out of your machine. Along with plenty of cooking, measuring, and shopping tips, you get expert advice on how to: <ul>
<li>Shape simple doughs into beautiful breads</li> <li>Mix flours and liquids for perfect bread texture</li> <li>Adapt machine recipes for two loaf sizes</li> <li>Understand the different wheat flours</li> <li>Fit bread into a gluten-free diet</li> <li>Avoid moisture mistakes</li> <li>Make breads with alternative ingredients such as rice flour, potato starch, and tapioca flour</li> </ul> Featuring a cheat sheet with standard measuring equivalents and temperature conversions, tips for troubleshooting your machine, and delicious recipes for such tasty delights as Cheddar Cheese Corn Bread, Pecan Sticky Rolls, Cranberry Nut Bread, and Banana Lemon Loaf, Bread Machines For Dummies reveals the best ways to bake, store, and enjoy your bread!

Bread Machines For Dummies

Baking

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