Get the most out of your slow cooker with hands-off beginner recipes Discover the convenience and hearty flavors of slow cooking with the ultimate starter guide! Begin with a crash course on using and caring for your slow cooker, then explore 100 simple recipes, including roasts, chilis, soups, stews, and casseroles. With plenty of beginner-friendly advice, this slow cooker cookbook makes it easy for you to get a delicious and hearty meal on the table with minimal effort. The Essential Slow Cooker Cookbook for Beginners features: Slow cooker basics—Learn how your slow cooker works with a guide to the controls and how to properly layer ingredients. Fast prep—The recipes in this slow cooker cookbook only require about 15 minutes of hands-on prep time and include familiar, easy-to-find ingredients. Truly hands-off cooking—Every dish is meant for a 6-quart oval cooker, and most have cook times of 8 hours or longer, so you can leave them all day and come home to a hot meal. One-pot recipes