It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old...or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
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Today's Wild Card author is:
and the book:
Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (February 1, 2012)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Cheryl Moeller is a seasoned mother and a standup comic. She is also a syndicated columnist with her own blog (www.momlaughs.blogspot.com) and contributes monthly to several online parent websites. Cheryl has coauthored two books on marriage with her husband and has written for www.mops.org and Marriage Partnership. Cheryl does comedy for parenting classes, MOPS groups, wedding or baby showers, church retreats, women’s conferences, and those in line at the grocery store. Visit the author's website.
SHORT BOOK DESCRIPTION:
From the celebrated coauthor of The Marriage Miracle comes a new kind of cookbook and a new attitude toward planning meals. With an eye toward the whole menu, not just part of it, columnist Cheryl Moeller teaches cooks to use two crockpots to easily create healthy, homemade dinners.
Don’t worry about your dinner being reduced to a mushy stew. Each of the more than 200 recipes has been taste-tested at Cheryl’s table. Join the Moeller family as you dig into:
- Harvest-time Halibut Chowder
- Salmon and Gingered Carrots
- Mediterranean Rice Pilaf
- Indian Chicken Curry
- Apricot-Pistachio Bread
- Shrimp Creole
- Rhubarb Crisp
... and many more! Perfect for the frazzled mom who never has enough time in the day, Creative Slow-Cooker Meals gives readers more time around the table with delicious, healthy, frugal, and easy meals!
List Price: $14.99
Spiral-bound: 272 pages
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers; Spi edition (February 1, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0736944915
ISBN-13: 978-0736944915
AND NOW...THE FIFTH CHAPTER (click on pages to enlarge):
My Review:
I have been starting to cook with a slow cooker more and more and was looking forward to this cookbook in hopes to add more recipes to my collection. Unfortunately I have been disappointed with this cookbook and I am not sure how often I will try recipes from it. Some of the things that I disliked was there were no pictures, the spiral binding was not constructed well which makes it hard to turn the pages and too many recipes that did not interest me. This is not a basic meat, veggie, and potatoes cookbook and found many odd and strange combinations. Many of the recipes you really do not need to use a slow cooker for and require a lot more prep then dump a bunch of stuff in it and walk away. I am sure there are some people who will enjoy the recipes if there taste is for different. Final rating 2 out of 5 stars.
I thought I was the only reviewer who didn't love this book! I like the idea of using two crock pots, but there weren't any recipes that sounded good to us. Too much about the book bothered me rather than interested me.
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I was so disappointed that I couldn't write a glowing review. I was really hoping to enjoy this more. I am glad I am not the only one!
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