Slow Cooker Double Dinners for Two: Cook Once, Eat Twice! (Slow Cooking for Two) Hardcover – April 1, 2014

It seems a bit unfair to me to give this only 3 stars, when many of the recipes look delicious. But there is one thing I wish I'd known prior to buying it - because if I had, I might have tried to borrow it from the library instead.The great majority of recipes in this book - at least 75%, from a quick glance - call for cooking times of 4-5 hours. The rest, yes, call for 6-7, but since I work eight hour days, and thus am gone for nine, minimum, with travel time...most of the recipes will be weekend only. I do use my slower cooker on the weekends, but it's really during the week that I rely on it.I have the same model slow cooker as she does, and I do love the keep warm feature. But even she cautions against leaving food to warm for more than two hours. I also realize that there is some flexibility with slow cooker recipes - that the chicken recipes she says should be cooked for four hours on low probably won't become inedible at seven on low...but then if, they are, it's not fair to blame the book, because we're not really following the directions, are we?The one truly saving thing here, from my perspective, is that since you're making two meals at once, you can make them on a weekend and still have one of your weeknight meals taken care of.Generally, though, this book is pretty obviously written for retirees or others with very flexible schedules. It's unfortunate, since there are plenty of people who are cooking for two (from young professionals to empty-nesters who are still working) who are always on the lookout for good recipes.

We tried 2 of the pork recipes today and liked them.The pork stew with green beans and yellow squash was tasty. We had it for lunch with smashed red potatoes.The companion cooking recipe was spicy pork in garlic sauce which we will have on Tues. I plan to serve it with steamed rice and broccoli. Of course we had to sample a little bite, lol, and thought it as good as the first dish.I plan to try chicken dishes later this week and hope they are just as good.Often foods cooked in the slow cooker are bland, this cookbook seems to conquer that problem, using bold flavors that stand up to the prolonged heat of low-temp cooking. Now if someone could just figure a way to keep colors from fading to gray.

Doesn't show quart size you need some recipes are okay some not so much

My son lives on over 1,00 miles away. I know that he bought the family a slow cooker and I was anxious to have him be a user and well as eater. So i bought him this book to aid him in being at ease with cooking for their busy life style. I watched him open it and he said"wow,how cool! As i talked with the rest of the family he was flipping through and interrupted us to say," Look at This!" I felt good about the present.

I was looking for a cookbook to cook for one. This one seemed right, but it actually has recipes to cook two meals at once and then have to sets of leftovers. I am trying to avoid leftovers. They get tiresome when you eat them several times a week.

I have the other one as well by the same author. These are excellent cookbooks for one or two people. The recipes are small, but you can augment them depending upon whether or not you would like leftovers. I also find this book great for my slow cooker that has several "crocks" in it. Highly recommended.

The book is well written and full of useful information on the use of slow cookers. There are plenty of recipes to try and explanations are given on menu conversions and actually cooking the particuar recipes.The book is very well presented, and of very good quality.It will last for years.F S Turner

The recipes in this book are amazing! I had a question about quantities and cooking time and Cynthia herself responded to my email in less than 30 minutes! I'm super impressed! A must buy for those new to slow cooking and those who need to jazz up their repertoire.

Meals are good. Not gourmet, but hey, it's a slow cooker. :-) Quantities are not overly generous, but even on the 'hungry' days, there'll still be a bit left over.

Not bad