The Best Family Slow Cooker Recipes

Delicious slow cooker recipes created especially for busy families.

A slow cooker is the perfect appliance for families who want good, nutritious food with a minimum of effort. Simply throw a few ingredients into the slow cooker in the morning and your family can come home at the end of the day to a hot, satisfying meal.

The Best Family Slow Cooker Recipes features 125 easy, imaginative and delicious recipes -- each tested for dependability:

• Lunch box planning is a snap with Vegetarian Chili, Cheesy Pesto Pasta, Meaty Minestrone and Raspberry Cobbler
• Everyday family meals become an event with Brunswick Stew, Ginger Beef and Broccoli, Italian-Style Stuffed Peppers or Johnnycake Cornbread
• The next pot luck will be a hit by including Pepperoni Pizza Chili, Oktoberfest Hot German Potato Salad or Homestyle Barbecued Ribs
• A sweet slow cooker desert surprise awaits you with Double Chocolate Caramel Bread Pudding, Brown Sugar and Coconut Baked Apples or Raspberry Cobbler

The Best Family Slow Cooker Recipes also offers detailed information on slow-cooker techniques, serving suggestions and kitchen tips.

Donna-Marie Pye is an experienced home economist, food writer and recipe developer for numerous food publications and food marketing boards. She also has a first-hand appreciation of how slow cookers can benefit the lives of busy families. Her previous slow cooker book has 150,000 copies in print.