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Summary: Fix it-----You won't forget it!
Review: I love this book, even more than the origianl Fix It and Forget It. The recipes are very easy to put together, and are family friendly. I can put these meals together in the morning before I leave for work and have a good meal ready when I get home. I have used some of these recipes to take to pot-lucks or when having family over. Although they do not make a grand, 12 course meal, thess recipes are perfectly acceptable for friends and family. As a homeschooling mom with three kids and a 30-hour-a-week job, this book has been a lifesaver! It keeps my husband from making pbj every night that I work! Well worth it!
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Summary: Fix-It and Forget-It Recipes are Fast...
Review: I've ordered hundreds of books from Amazon. This is the first time I have felt compelled to write a review. This is the worst cookbook I have ever read. Most of the recipes require the addition of processed food such as canned vegetables or beans. Not only does this type of processed food provide poor nutrition, it is unoriginal and uninspiring.
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Summary: Pick the best , leave the rest & use good common sense
Review: My husband's aunt "loaned" us this book since we're busy quite a few nights each week and she never used it. We weren't crock-pot cooks ourselves but we're learning - and we love the freedom the crock-pot gives when there's not a lot of time to cook.In a nutshell, let me say this volume is well worth the price of admission for the gems tucked in the pages! The praise:
- There are some excellent contributors. We've been particularly fond of the submissions by Naomi Fast. Her "Pot Roast Complete," "Fruited Beef Tagine" and "Bavarian Beef," among others, have received rave reviews from friends and family.
- Some of the odd recipes are actually quite good and have encouraged us to put our prejudices aside and give entries we might otherwise have ignored a try.
- This is a good source of inspiration... it's got us thinking about what can be done in the cooker and not just what's printed on the page. Now that you know we like it, here are the criticisms:
- You'll flip through a number of so-so, and some downright awful looking, entries.
- There are a number of similar recipes, which could have been shown as variations on a basic dish. But, in fairness to the fact that they came from different contributors, we suppose they should be listed separately.
- We've noticed a lamentable tendency toward too much liquid, and/or not enough thickening agent, in some of the recipes. It's almost as though they were originally stove top or oven recipes that someone converted to crock pot cookery (Without testing?? Either that or much of America likes much thinner gravies than we do!). After a while, common sense kicked in and we are getting pretty good at anticipating which recipes will need to be adjusted. We've coped with cornstarch slurries during the last half hour and the occasional packet of gravy mix as a quick rescue. Some trial and error and, finally, common sense will let you adjust for your tastes before you cook. For example, how appetizing will it be to serve skin-on chicken from a crock pot?? It's not! So, just ditch the skin! Many happy meals later, we've still got the book and we're sharing the gems with our aunt as we find them!
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Summary: Pick the best , leave the rest & use good common sense
Review: My husband's aunt "loaned" us this book since we're busy quite a few nights each week and she never used it. We weren't crock-pot cooks ourselves but we're learning - and we love the freedom the crock-pot gives when there's not a lot of time to cook. In a nutshell, let me say this volume is well worth the price of admission for the gems tucked in the pages! The praise:
- There are some excellent contributors. We've been particularly fond of the submissions by Naomi Fast. Her "Pot Roast Complete," "Fruited Beef Tagine" and "Bavarian Beef," among others, have received rave reviews from friends and family.
- Some of the odd recipes are actually quite good and have encouraged us to put our prejudices aside and give entries we might otherwise have ignored a try.
- This is a good source of inspiration... it's got us thinking about what can be done in the cooker and not just what's printed on the page. Now that you know we like it, here are the criticisms:
- You'll flip through a number of so-so, and some downright awful looking, entries.
- There are a number of similar recipes, which could have been shown as variations on a basic dish. But, in fairness to the fact that they came from different contributors, we suppose they should be listed separately.
- We've noticed a lamentable tendency toward too much liquid, and/or not enough thickening agent, in some of the recipes. It's almost as though they were originally stove top or oven recipes that someone converted to crock pot cookery (Without testing?? Either that or much of America likes much thinner gravies than we do!). After a while, common sense kicked in and we are getting pretty good at anticipating which recipes will need to be adjusted. We've coped with cornstarch slurries during the last half hour and the occasional packet of gravy mix as a quick rescue. Some trial and error and, finally, common sense will let you adjust for your tastes before you cook. For example, how appetizing will it be to serve skin-on chicken from a crock pot?? It's not! So, just ditch the skin! Many happy meals later, we've still got the book and we're sharing the gems with our aunt as we find them!
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Summary: Company or the Family....You Fix-It...They Won't Forget-It!!
Review: Phyllis and Dawn have done it again! As if their first slow cooker digest, Fix-It and Forget It Cookbook didn't take the cooking world by storm, this is the perfect follow-up to that work. The recipes are a collection of favorites from cooks all over the country and who submits a recipe that doesn't already have a host of fans? The book is divided into Main Course(mostly meat),Soups, Vegetables, Sweets, and 'The Extras'(appetizers, breakfast and beverages) and contains an easy to read index with a larger type size, which is greatly appreciated. Although the title suggests that this is a book for entertaining, don't be put off. The recipes are simple, the ingredients are readily available and are certainly suitable for serving to the family. I'm fairly certain that most of the contributors serve these offerings to their family more often than to guests. But the great thing is that you know that you can grab this book whenever you need something special and delicious for company. In the past year I have rediscovered the slow cooker. Like many others, I had relegated my old crock pot to the attic as it was no longer 'cool'. But having little time to cook and with the publishing of several new cookbooks on the subject, I have now purchased several sizes of slow cookers. Let's face it, you can't beat it for simplicity and the results are more often than not, spectacular. I am a big fan of homemade soups and stews and nothing turns them out better than a slow cooker. In summary...buy this book! If you haven't purchased the earlier book by the authors, buy it too!!! You are guaranteed to have meals that even the pickiest eater will love, and you'll be armed with a vast repertoire of entertaining ideas. And oh yes, the family will love it too!!!
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: The recipes are fine- if as many reviewers note you don't mind using processed ingredients. Those that I have tried lack sufficient seasonings. While I'll serve the recipes to my family (trying to improve their heathiness when possible), I would never consider them to be the kind of dishes to serve to guests.
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Summary: Ok slow cooker recipes- but not for entertaining
Review: The recipes are fine- if as many reviewers note you don't mind using processed ingredients. Those that I have tried lack sufficient seasonings. While I'll serve the recipes to my family (trying to improve their heathiness when possible), I would never consider them to be the kind of dishes to serve to guests.
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Summary: meal ready on time
Review: This book has some great recipes! One of them is 'Beef Burgandy' on page 19. My husband and I really enjoy this one. We don't entertain a lot so I can cut these recipes in half. But the crockpot is the best way for any woman or man to have a hot meal waiting for them when they get home from a long, hard day at work.
This book is truly a gift to share with others. Just like my new beverage of choice that replaced my morning brew. Its called s oyfee and taste so wonderful with no caffeine or acids. Organic and made from soya! Bye bye acid stomach and hello healthy tummy! Google it under "acid free coffee".Anyone who buys it will not be disappointed.
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Summary: dump-it and serve-it
Review: This is the WORST cookbook I have ever read. Obviously, these recipes were neither taste-tested nor selected for any criteria other than someone submitted them and they "must be published." Bottled cheese product, canned soups, little or no seasoning in many recipes and the repetition...oh, the repetition: BBQ meatballs, cocktail meatballs, Italian meatballs, easy meatballs, festive meatballs and the list goes on. If you've got a can of cream of mushroom soup, American cheese, or corn flakes...voila...you can re-name your meatballs and you have another amazingly insipid recipe to add to the collection. Let the book speak for itself. Nothing could say it better than this recipe for "Hot Chicken Sandwiches" (found on page 123); "1 large chicken, 1 cup of water." (That's it, no seasonings, no salt, even.)
"1. Place chicken in slow cooker. Add water." (You've got to admit it's easy.)
"2. Cover. Cook on low 6-7 hours." (Simple, too, if not time consuming. But, I guess you've got to have some spare time on your hands to think up recipes like this.)
"3. Debone chicken. Mix cut-up chicken with broth.
4. Spoon into dinner rolls with straining spoon to make small hot sandwiches. Top with your favorite condiments." (What??? Like ketchup, or bottled cheese sauce or ???? Boy howdy, can't wait to whip up a batch and invite over some friends to see their faces when I serve this to them!) Don't waste your hard earned cash. I once worked at Macy's where the employees assembled a collection of favorite recipes on goldenrod mimeograph paper. That was twenty years ago, and I am still using some of the recipes in that "book." "Fix-it" probably can't be, just "Forget-it."
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: This was a definite surprise! I love the recipes because when you are truly not having the time to pull off an extravagant meal, the last thing you want to do is to have to run to 3 different stores to get the ingredients. Most of the recipes contain ingredients I already have at home. I know there was a complaint about the duplication, but I agree with reviewers from the first book that it gives you a choice if you only have certain ingredients. It's not like you don't have enough different types of recipes in there to choose from. The sweet and Saucy Chicken is excellent as well as the Harvest Kielbasa. I also agree that the ingredients might be somewhat processed, but as someone who is cooking for a Celiac allergic to wheat, you can always work around them....and there is plenty there that are not processed foods at all. Great job with this book!
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