The Healthy Slow Cooker: More Than 100 Recipes For Health And Wellness

Slow Cooking has experienced a resurgence in recent years. When we now think of "slow cooking", we think of easy and deliciously satisfying meals that have been tossed together with a minimum of effort. This is the beauty of the slow cooker! The recipe options have multiplied significantly with new slow cooker cookbooks arriving on shelves to great reception and savory dishes appearing in our favorite cooking magazines. Now a pioneer in the slow cooking field has given the health-conscious at-home cook even more to rejoice about - the slow cooker has gotten a healthy makeover!

THE HEALTHY SLOW COOKER (Robert Rose; January 2006; $22.95/Trade paperback original) by Judith Finlayson offers more than 100 delicious, nourishing recipes that are healthy, easy to make and contain key nutritional, health and wellness information. With diet in mind and a firm understanding of what readers are looking for in a slow cooker cookbook, Finlayson has carefully developed recipes which provide wellness along with great flavor.

Each recipe features a complete nutritional analysis as well as "Mindful morsels" that highlight particular nutritional elements and "Natural Wonders" that provide an overview of the recipe's healthful benefits. For example: Indian-Style Chicken with Puried Spinach provides 400% of the daily requirement of Vitamin K, and cumin in the recipe improves digestion.

The choices range from vegan to vegetarian to recipes which incorporate fish, chicken, beef and more. Finlayson has found recipes from far and wide and the book takes on a distinct international flare. Just a few of the recipes included are:

* Creamy Polenta with Corn and Chilies
* Moroccan-Style Lamb with Apricots and Raisins
* Ribs 'n' Greens with Wheatberries
* Winter Vegetable Casserole
* Cranberry Pear Brown Betty
* Indian Banana Pudding

With a wide range of recipes, from hearty soups to elegant desserts, THE HEALTHY SLOW COOKER will guide readers as they prepare nutritious and delicious meals that strike the perfect balance between achieving healthy eating habits and great taste.

About the Author

Judith Finlayson is a food writer and the author of many cookbooks, including the bestselling 150 Best Slow Cooker Recipes, Delicious and Dependable Slow Cooker Recipes, and 125 Best Vegetarian Slow Cooker Recipes. There are currently more than 500,000 copies of her books in print. She lives in Toronto.

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THE HEALTHY SLOW COOKER:
More than 100 Recipes for Health and Wellness
By Judith Finlayson
Robert Rose
January 2006
$22.95/Trade paperback original
ISBN: 0-7788-0133-0