Who?s hungry? EVERYONE. Who has time to cook? NO ONE.

Dig out the slow cooker. Add a second and a third if you wish. Fill one with main-dish fixins and the others with go-alongs. Do it in the morning — or between work and after-school events. Come home to richly-flavored, ready-to-serve food.

Slow cookers are having a comeback. With good reason. They are friends on a day of running errands. They allow easy entertaining with no last-minute preparation. And vegetarians won?t find a better way to work with dried beans. Slow cookers are gentle with the food budget — less expensive ingredients flourish in their slow, moist heat.

Fix-It and Forget-It offers more than 800 recipes — the whole range of recipes slow cookers do well: Appetizers and Snacks, Soups and Stews, Main Dishes (with and without meat), Vegetables and Go-Alongs, Desserts and Beverages. Tips and Hints are dropped in throughout, urging one additional small step for lots of extra flavor, offering ways to make your cooker a complementary appliance, explaining seasoning to maximum effect.

Bring an element of simplicity — and quality — to your pressured life! Let your slow cooker work for you.

This "New York Times" bestseller includes more than 800 wonderful recipes, and has already sold more than 4 million copies! Scrumptious slow cooker favorites include appetizers, soups and stews, main dishes, vegetables, and desserts.

The "Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook" offers over 800 recipes for a wide range of dishes that can be prepared in slow cookers, including appetizers and snacks, soups and stews, main dishes (with and without meat), vegetables, and so much more!

Who's hungry? EVERYONE. Who has time to cook? NO ONE. Dig out the slow cooker. Add a second and a third if you wish. Fill one with main-dish fixins and the others with go-alongs. Do it in the morning or between work and after-school events. Come home to richly-flavored, ready-to-serve food. Slow cookers are having a comeback. With good reason. They are friends on a day of running errands. They allow easy entertaining with no last-minute preparation. And vegetarians won't find a better way to work with dried beans. Slow cookers are gentle with the food budget less expensive ingredients flourish in their slow, moist heat. Fix-It and Forget-It offers the range of recipes slow cookers do well: Appetizers and Snacks, Soups and Stews, Main Dishes (with and without meat), Vegetables and Go-Alongs, Desserts and Beverages. Bring an element of simplicity and quality to your pressured life! Let your slow cooker work for you.

Dawn J. Ranck has been a convinced slow-cooker user for years. She, along with her many friends, have been lining up their various-sized cookers on their kitchen counters before they set off each morning — and coming home to richly flavored full dinners. Ranck, who lives in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is the co-author of A Quilter?s Christmas Cookbook and Favorite Recipes with Herbs.

Phyllis Pellman Good has been part of many cookbook projects, authoring The Best of Amish Cooking and The Festival Cookbook, and co-authoring Recipes from Central Market, Favorite Recipes with Herbs, The Best of Mennonite Fellowship Meals, and From Amish and Mennonite Kitchens. Good and her husband, Merle, live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and are co-directors of The People?s Place, a heritage interpretation center in the Lancaster County village of Intercourse, Pennsylvania.

About This Cookbook
Appetizers, Snacks, and Spreads
Breakfast Foods
Breads
Soups, Stews, and Chilis
Main Dishes
Bean Main Dishes
Vegetables
Desserts
Beverages
Index
About the Authors