The Slow Cooker Ready & Waiting Cookbook: 160 Sumptuous Meals That Cook Themselves by Rick Rodgers

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    • Categories: Dips, spreads & salsas; Appetizers / starters; Cooking ahead; Cooking for a crowd; Vegan; Vegetarian
    • Ingredients: eggplants; carrots; celery; onions; zucchini; canned tomatoes; tomato paste; dried basil; dried red pepper flakes; capers; Calamata olives
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  • Black bean and smoked turkey soup

    • jenburkholder on October 30, 2021

      Very tasty soup. I've subbed other smoked turkey parts in. Keeps well, lovely to swirl in sour cream at the end.

  • Very nice red beans and rice

    • IowanCorn on December 04, 2025

      Very nice red beans and rice, indeed! I used dark red kidney beans for this, and soaked them overnight - this was easy, extremely delicious, and a perfect weeknight dinner on a cold night. I didn't use the whole amount of chili flakes, but this recipe is easily scaled up and down on the heat level. Definitely will use this recipe again.

  • Chinese country ribs

    • IowanCorn on October 15, 2022

      I have made this twice now, and I think it may become my go to for slow cooker ribs. Definitely use the Chinese five spice with this recipe, it helps to make the flavor pop. I tend to skip the rice, as it's just a 'serve this with hot rice' thing, and we tend to eat ribs with fried potatoes.

  • Indonesian veal stew with coconut and peanuts

    • Shelmar on September 03, 2019

      Very good.

  • Shepherd's stew

    • melissa_8tppo3 on March 26, 2026

      This is a simple easy recipe in the crockpot. I used the full 8hrs to get the potatoes nice and cooked and the lamb was super soft. I have a Greenpan so can brown the meat and onions and then slow cook in same pot. Definitely want to put the peas in next time (i thought we had them in the freezer but alas not).

  • Sauerkraut and sausage casserole Alsace

    • ccav on March 10, 2019

      Very good. Possibly add paprika or curry ketchup on side

    • ccav on January 17, 2021

      Use Eden sauerkraut

  • The pot roast

    • IowanCorn on September 24, 2022

      A good basic pot roast recipe, which made ample amounts of food! The roast was tender, and the vegetables cooked nicely without too mushy.

  • North Carolina rainy day "barbecued" pork

    • IowanCorn on December 04, 2025

      Snowy rather than rainy day, but a 'barbeque' sandwich that really hit the spot. The recipe was easy enough that I could set it up with the pork and marinade in the fridge, with the spices mixed together in a container next to slow cooker, and have my daughter set up the meat and cook it while I was at work. It is vinegar forward for barbecue, so if you want it sweeter, you may want to add a bit of honey or other sweetener to the sauce.

  • The good woman's chicken pot roast

    • IowanCorn on February 01, 2024

      Not the best recipe in this book, but edible. The chicken got done before the potatoes, and I called it for dinner, since I didn't want dried out chicken. The potatoes and carrots were more 'el dente" - edible but not fully cooked to the way I would like. I used grains of paradise instead of pepper, and the combo of that with the tarragon and thyme worked really nicely. I think if the chicken was cut up with the veg, it would work better.

  • Soy-spice simmered chicken

    • IowanCorn on November 05, 2022

      Very tasty. I used chicken legs only and cooking it to 5 or 6 hours ended up overcooking the meat to the point of the meat falling off the bone. Still, it wasn't dried out, and simmering in the soy sauce mixture kept them moist. I was afraid that much soy sauce would make it too salty, but it was perfect - slightly salty but not over salty. I would highly recommend this recipe, especially using the legs if you had a potluck attended.

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  • ISBN 10 068815803X
  • ISBN 13 9780688158033
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  • Published Jan 01 1999
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English
  • Countries United States
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • Imprint William Morrow

Publishers Text

160 meals that cook themselves: hearty stews, rib-sticking chilis, tender pot roasts. The real secret is a long slow simmer at a constant temperature, and no appliance does this better than
the slow cooker. If your old slow cooker recipes disappoint you, throw them away! The Slow Cooker Ready & Waiting is for people who love good food! Rick Rodgers has adapted an eclectic array of American and ethnic dishes for the slow cooker.

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