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    Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 150 Easy and Nutritious Slow Cooker Recipes
    Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 150 Easy and Nutritious Slow Cooker Recipes
    Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 150 Easy and Nutritious Slow Cooker Recipes
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    Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 150 Easy and Nutritious Slow Cooker Recipes

    By Hope Comerford

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    New York Times bestselling series! Full color photographs highlight easy-to-love, delicious-to-eat slower cooker recipes made with just 5 ingredients that are healthy for the whole family.

    Putting a wholesome meal on the table every night can be exhausting—and expensive. But it doesn’t have to be! Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook is chock full of slow cooker recipes that are guaranteed to need only a handful of easy-to-find ingredients and to be:
    • Quick to fix
    • Healthy for you and your family
    • Delicious and satisfying

    Sounds pretty good, right? Wait until you see the recipes. Selected from some of the best home cooks across the country, these are a few of the family-friendly meals you’ll be serving up in no time:
    • Southwestern Chili
    • Honey Balsamic Chicken
    • Fresh Veggie Lasagna
    • Butternut Squash Soup
    • Spinach Frittata
    • Nectarine Almond Crisp
    • And more!

    Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook is your solution for simple, affordable, healthy meals for you and your family.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Books
    Release dateJan 1, 2019
    ISBN9781680994131
    Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook: 150 Easy and Nutritious Slow Cooker Recipes
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    Hope Comerford

    Hope Comerford is the blogger behind A Busy Mom’s Slow Cooker Adventures and is the author of The Gluten-Free Slow Cooker and editor or author of several Fix-It and Forget-It books including Fix-It and Forget-It Lazy and Slow Cookbook, Fix-It and Forget-It Cooking for Two, and Welcome Home Cookbook. She is passionate about slow-cooking and writing easy, delicious recipes. She lives in Clinton Township, Michigan.

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      Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook - Hope Comerford

      Copyright © 2019 by Good Books, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

      Photos by Bonnie Matthews

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. All inquiries should be addressed to Good Books, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file.

      Cover design by Abigail Gehring

      Cover photo by Bonnie Matthews

      Print ISBN: 978-1-68099-412-4

      Ebook ISBN: 978-1-68099-413-1

      Printed in China

      To my beautiful and smart friend, sister, and confidant, Andrea.

      Thank you for teaching me what being truly healthy is!

      Table of Contents

      Welcome to Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook

      Choosing a Slow Cooker

      Slow-Cooking Tips and Tricks and Other Things You May Not Know

      Breakfast

      Appetizers and Snacks

      Soups, Stews, and Chilies

      Main Dishes

      Side Dishes and Vegetables

      Desserts and Beverages

      Metric Equivalent Measurements

      Recipe and Ingredient Index

      About the Author

      Welcome to Fix-It and Forget-It Healthy 5-Ingredient Cookbook

      Eating healthy doesn’t have to be hard, and we’re here to prove it to you! It’s all in the ingredients you use. You’ll find this book to be full of recipes you can feel good about eating! With step-by-step instructions and common ingredients, you’ll be feeling like a pro in the kitchen in no time.

      This book is divided into six different sections for you: Breakfasts; Appetizers and Snacks; Soups, Stews, and Chilies; Main Dishes; Side Dishes and Vegetables; and Desserts and Beverages. You know the word desserts got your attention! That’s right! There are even healthy desserts! For every recipe, we’ve included nutritional information to further help you with your dietary needs.

      If you find a recipe you love, but it calls for an ingredient you can’t have, please feel free to sub it with one that fits your particular allergen or dietary needs. For instance, if a recipe calls for peanut butter, but you have a peanut allergy, feel free to sub that with sun butter. Or, if a recipe calls for gluten-free soy sauce and you do not have a gluten-allergy or sensitivity, feel free to use regular soy-sauce. It’s easy to make a recipe work for you! Most of the recipes in this book can be very easily adjusted!

      What qualifies as a 5-Ingredient recipe?

      •A recipe that has 5 or fewer ingredients.

      •Spices do not count.

      •Water does not count.

      •Optional ingredients do not count.

      •Serving suggestion items, such as rice or pasta, do not count.

      Choosing a Slow Cooker

      Not all slow cookers are created equal . . . or work equally well for everyone!

      Those of us who use slow cookers frequently know we have our own preferences when it comes to which slow cooker we choose to use. For instance, I love my programmable slow cooker, but there are many programmable slow cookers I’ve tried that I’ve strongly disliked. Why? Because some go by increments of 15 or 30 minutes and some go by 4, 6, 8, or 10 hours. I dislike those restrictions, but I have family and friends who don’t mind them at all! I am also pretty brand loyal when it comes to my manual slow cookers, because I’ve had great success with those and have had unsuccessful moments with slow cookers of other brands. So, which slow cooker(s) is/are best for your household?

      It really depends on how many people you’re feeding and if you’re gone for long periods of time. Here are my recommendations:

      Large slow cooker advantages/disadvantages:

      Advantages:

      •You can fit a loaf pan or a baking dish into a 6- or 7-quart, depending on the shape of your cooker. That allows you to make bread or cakes, or even smaller quantities of main dishes. (Take your favorite baking dish and loaf pan along when you shop for a cooker to make sure they’ll fit inside.)

      •You can feed large groups of people, or make larger quantities of food, allowing for leftovers, or meals, to freeze.

      Disadvantages:

      •They take up more storage room.

      •They don’t fit as neatly into a dishwasher.

      •If your crock isn’t ⅔–¾ full, you may burn your food.

      Small slow cooker advantages/disadvantages:

      Advantages:

      •They’re great for lots of appetizers, for serving hot drinks, for baking cakes straight in the crock, and for dorm rooms or apartments.

      •Great option for making recipes of smaller quantities.

      Disadvantages:

      •Food in smaller quantities tends to cook more quickly than larger amounts. So keep an eye on it.

      •Chances are, you won’t have many leftovers. So, if you like to have leftovers, a smaller slow cooker may not be a good option for you.

      My recommendation:

      Have at least two slow cookers; one around 3 to 4 quarts and one 6 quarts or larger. A third would be a huge bonus (and a great advantage to your cooking repertoire!). The advantage of having at least a couple is you can make a larger variety of recipes. Also, you can make at least two or three dishes at once for a whole meal.

      Manual vs. Programmable

      If you are gone for only six to eight hours a day, a manual slow cooker might be just fine for you. If you are gone for more than eight hours during the day, I would highly recommend purchasing a programmable slow cooker that will switch to warm when the cook time you set is up. It will allow you to cook a wider variety of recipes.

      The two I use most frequently are my 4-quart manual slow cooker and my 6½-quart programmable slow cooker. I like that I can make smaller portions in my 4-quart slow cooker on days I don’t need or want leftovers, but I also love how my 6½-quart slow cooker can accommodate whole chickens, turkey breasts, hams, or big batches of soups. I use them both often.

      Get to know your slow cooker . . .

      Plan a little time to get acquainted with your slow cooker. Each slow cooker has its own personality—just like your oven (and your car). Plus, many new slow cookers cook hotter and faster than earlier models. I think that with all of the concern for food safety, the slow-cooker manufacturers have amped up their settings so that High, Low, and Warm are all higher temperatures than in the older models. That means they cook hotter—and therefore, faster—than the first slow cookers. The beauty of these little machines is that they’re supposed to cook low and slow. We count on that when we flip the switch in the morning before we leave the house for ten hours or so. So, because none of us knows what kind of temperament our slow cooker has until we try it out, nor how hot it cooks—don’t assume anything. Save yourself a disappointment and make the first recipe in your new slow cooker on a day when you’re at home. Cook it for the shortest amount of time the recipe calls for. Then, check the food to see if it’s done. Or if you start smelling food that seems to be finished, turn off the cooker and rescue your food.

      Also, all slow cookers seem to have a hot spot, which is of great importance to know, especially when baking with your slow cooker. This spot may tend to burn food in that area if you’re not careful. If you’re baking directly in your slow cooker,

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