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Very good but with a heads up!
This is a really good, basic slow cooker cook book. Its easy to complete her recipes as well. I follow this blogger and love her recipes. The book shouldnt be titled '5 ingredient' because the author assumes everyone has certain items (like all types of broth stocked in their home) as well as a good variety of spices. I do but not everyone does. Those types of items are NOT included as the 5 items so some recipes might need 10 items but 5 are included your basic staples. I just don't think its right to make the assumption that a book buyer would know the recipes require a bunch of staples and many recipes have a lot more than 5 ingredients. Also, I noticed a few times that the author relies on frozen mirepoix. Ive never seen this before and its great short cut. However, if not available to the reader, then there are 3 more ingredients one needs to buy (i.e. carrots, onions and celery). The recipes really are easy but literally, very few are 5 ingredients or less.
September 2017 · Books