Review: Some good recipes but I question the photos
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2013
This cookbook had some good recipes, but do not trust the photos, as they do not depict the end product.  For instance, there is significant browning on most of the meat roast photos, which would occur in an oven but not a slow cooker.  And one chicken stew recipe has carrots in the photo, none in the recipe, but apples in the recipe and none in the photo.  The whole point of a photo in a cookbook is to help you imagine what the end product should look like.  So I am missing the point on the ones the author has included.And some of the recipes have no need of being prepared in a slow cooker, and actually require prep work in another pan or skillet first.  I don't see the point in doing onion soup in a slow cooker.However, there were some good recipes and some very tasty recipes and the ideas the cookbook can give you for set and forget cooking is helpful.  I would recommend this one, just don't plan your meal to look like the picture.