The Healthy Slow Cooker: Loads of veg; smart carbs; vegetarian and vegan choices; prep, set and forget

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The slow cooker gets a healthy makeover with 100 recipes for comforting food without sacrificing flavour.

Everyone’s favourite set-and-forget device gets a healthy makeover with over 100 recipes you’ll want to cook again and again. Acclaimed food writer Ross Dobson has compiled his very favourite family pleasers, packed with veg, using smart carbs and with lots of flexibility for when you need to cater for those with dietary restrictions. Chapters include Sunday Suppers, Weekday Dinners, Set and Forget, Soups, Curry Night and Saturday Night Specials.

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About The Healthy Slow Cooker

Most slow cooker recipes make stodgy, heavy meals. This book turns that thinking on its head – it’s all about using the convenience of a slow cooker but creating healthy meals.Includes lots of ‘set and forget’ recipes that can cook while you’re at work, so you come home to a delicious meal without any stress.Everyone’s favourite set-and-forget device gets a healthy makeover with over 100 recipes you’ll want to cook again and again. Acclaimed food writer Ross Dobson has compiled his very favourite family pleasers, packed with veg, using smart carbs and with lots of flexibility for when you need to cater for those with dietary restrictions.

Shakshuka

Shakshuka is one-pot dish is so packed with flavour that it’s no surprise it has become such a popular brunch item at cafes. But with this great recipe, there’s no reason not to make it at home. Serve with toast to mop up the runny egg yolk and delicious tomato sauce.

Ginger and black bean chicken with green veggies

Chinese black beans aren’t actually black beans at all, but fermented soy beans. Here these funky little beans impart savoury umami flavours to beautifully tender chicken. Stating the obvious, they are the main ingredient in the Chinese black bean sauce you see in supermarkets. But do try and find the unadulterated ingredient from a good Asian grocer and let your black bean addiction begin! You only need to use a few to get a good flavour boost and they will keep for ages.

Poached salmon with verjuice, potatoes, chilli and herbs

Verjuice is the juice of unripe grapes, and it brings a delicious sweet-and-sour note to these elegant, omega-rich salmon fillets. The fish is simply steamed in the slow cooker once the potatoes are done, and the whole lot is bathed in fresh-tasting cooking juices spiked with chilli and herbs.

Spicy Korean kimchi and tofu soup

Kimchi not only ticks all the boxes in terms of on-point, fashionable food, but also boasts a list of health benefits as long as your arm. When an ingredient packs this much punch, you don’t need to mess around with it too much. For a really quick meal, it’s delicious simply stirred through some steamed rice. But with just a little more effort, and a slow cooker, you can make this amazing soupy stew, with plump tomatoes and shiitake mushrooms floating happily in a spicy broth.

Yellow curry of pumpkin, prawns and pineapple

There is a wide range of Thai curry pastes out there. The best way to choose a good one is simply to look for those made in Thailand. The Thai brands are generally more finely processed into a paste, so you need less and they keep for ages in the fridge. This also makes them a wise economical choice, but be warned – they are often very spicy!

Mediterranean seafood and couscous stew

Couscous is used here to thicken the stew and bring everything together; it doesn’t become gloopy and stodgy, but stays slightly crunchy and nutty. If you wanted to get ahead, you could make the tomato sauce in advance, cooking it for the required time and then refrigerating it until needed. About half an hour before you want to eat, just reheat the sauce on High in your slow cooker and when it is bubbling around the edges, throw in the couscous and seafood and proceed.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07P58TJKB
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Murdoch Books (June 3, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 3, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 60486 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 345 pages