Busy-Day Slow Cooking Cookbook

With work, school, play and everything else, moms know it's a real challenge to serve up home-cooked meals. You may already have a secret weapon in the cupboard, though...a trusty slow cooker! Bring it out and start slow-cooking hearty meals for every occasion.

In Busy-Day Slow Cooking you'll find 225 new delicious recipes shared by cooks just like you. Fill up the slow cooker overnight, then serve Overnight Blueberry French Toast for breakfast...what a day brightener! For lunch and casual suppers, tummy-warming Gram’s Loaded Baked Potato Soup and Creamy Chicken & Macaroni Soup are sure to be welcome on chilly days. Root Beer Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Carol’s BBQ for a Crowd and other savory meals-on-a-bun will make your next tailgating party a big success.

Two big chapters of main-dish recipes will meet all your dinnertime needs. On busy weeknights, you'll love serving your family Help-Yourself Hamburger Casserole, Creamy Dreamy Chicken and Kickin' Pork Chops...even meatless choices like Chili Sans Carne. For church potluck or special get-together? Cheesy Chicken Spaghetti, Cowboy Beans and Best-Ever Pineapple & Brown Sugar Ham are sure to please.

We've included tasty snacks like Hot Artichoke & Spinach Dip and Kielbasa Cocktail Appetizer to share...even Hot Fudge Peanut Butter Cake, Easy Cherry Cobbler and other ooey-gooey desserts.

Chapters:

• Warm & Cozy Breakfasts

• Hot Sandwiches to Share

• Simmering Soups

• Easy Weeknight Meals

• Potlucks & Get-Togethers

• Party Food Snacks & Sweets

With familiar ingredients and simple directions, it's easy to fix these recipes. You'll find plenty of handy tips too. So, pull out that Crock Pot® and put it to work!

Gooseberry Patch was founded by Vickie Hutchins and Jo Ann Martin, two moms looking for a way to do what they loved and stay home with kids too. Celebrating 25 years of publishing in 2017, Gooseberry Patch is best known for their collection of family-friendly, community-style cookbooks. Each book is created with today's time-strapped, budget-conscious families in mind and filled with recipes shared by cooks all across the country... with some from friends in Canada and occasionally "across the pond". Along with treasured family recipes, each book includes the stories the go along with these tried & true dishes.