The Diva of Do-Ahead simplifies your life with over 400 delicious slow-cooker recipes requiring minimal prep and yielding maximum flavor. Follow Diane Phillips’ simple rules for cooking with and caring for this versatile appliance, and you’ll see how this book earns its title. Right off the bat, you get great advice for 1) choosing the best slow cooker to fit your needs, 2) boosting the flavor of any recipe with a dash of this or a splash of that and 3) converting conventional recipes for the slow cooker. But it’s the recipes, many of which use less expensive cuts of meat, that make this book worth its weight in gold. Assemble, go about your day and voilà, sit down to meltingly tender meals. Color-photo insert.
Softcover: 544 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books ( August 01, 2009 )
Item #: 96-7334
ISBN: 9780811866576
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 9.0 x 0.0 inches
Product Weight: 53.0 ounces

we have used a slow cooker for years and where happy to find new recipes and some old stand bys. great book.
Reviewer: chickenrighi
I have ordered slow cooker cook books in the past and been very disappointed. Not so this time. Great recipes that turn out just the way they are supposed to!
Reviewer: Annemarie E
There are some innovative recipes in the book as well as old favorites. It should be a go-to book for anyone with a slow cooker.
Reviewer: Melissa
We like to use the slow cooker. This cookbook has all kinds of interesting new recipes. We have tried a number of them and they have all been delicious. We are looking forward to cooking more. We highly recommend this book if you like to use a slow cooker.
Reviewer: Paula
This cookbook is loaded with great recipes. We are enjoying working them into our meal schedule. Even though we are retired, we love the slow cooker because it takes less energy to fix the meal and less kitchen time on the meal.
Reviewer: John