Weeknight Slow Cooker

Cooking the slow-cooker way makes weeknight meals better and easier as cooks like you continue to create new recipes to slow-cook and slow-bake, making mealtime so simple.

This exciting second edition of our Weeknight Slow Cooker cookbook offers over 200 delicious recipes that are sure to please. Just prep and toss your ingredients into your slow cooker, and dinner’s done! You’ll find simple recipes from snacks, soups and treats to breads, sides and mains. We’ve even thrown in a few surprise recipes sure to put a smile on your family’s faces!

Need something hearty for the kids to snack on before ball practice or piano lessons? With recipes like Family Favorite Party Mix and Cheesy Chicken Ranch Nachos, your slow cooker will have yummy before-dinner snacks ready to go. The best meal is a simple meal. With easy-to-fix, hearty and delicious soup, stew and side recipes like Ham & Potato Soup, Slow-Cooker Butternut Squash Soup or Creamy Mac & Cheese, you might be able to sneak in a few vegetables and can rest assured everyone is full and satisfied the rest of the night. It’s easy to get a wholesome meal on the table with worry-free recipes like Caribbean Chicken & Veggies, Savory Pot Roast and Chicken Cordon Bleu. We’ve added some unexpected ways to cook or bake in your slow cooker. With recipes like Apple-Cinnamon Bread in Jars, Delectable Lemon Cheesecake and Bacon-Wrapped Egg Cups you’ll easily add a little “yum!” and fun to any weeknight meal! Surprise your kids and top dinner off with amazing desserts like Triple Chocolate-Nut Clusters and Fudgy Pudding Cake.

So keep dinnertime about family time by taking the hassle out of cooking with simple weeknight recipes done the slow-cooker way... you’ll be glad dinner’s done and so fun. You’ll discover the joy of making good food...fast. Enjoy! 225 recipes.

Gooseberry Patch was founded more than 40 years ago by Vickie Hutchins and JoAnn Martin, two moms looking for a way to do what they loved and stay home with kids too. 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.