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jah · Dooney & Bourke

Slow Cooker Recipes

Karina · Chanel

here are a bunch of weight watchers crockpot recipes

http://www.recipes-from-friends.com/weight-watchers/crockpot/

http://p087.ezboard.com/fdottisweightlosszonesoupsstewscrockpot

smash · Dooney & Bourke

not sure if you saw this thread -

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=44784&subForumID=102168&action=viewTopic&commentID=1725842&topicPage=3

bumblebee · Dooney & Bourke

karina, thanks so much for posting those! i never thought about getting a slow-cooker because i thought all the recipes would be like high-fat "stick to your ribs" type of stuff. i'm going to look into getting one now.

here's my question, though. is this really a good way for a single person to cook? like, can you cut the recipes in half or will they not work in the pot if there's too little stuff? does that make sense? i am completely slow-cooker-ignorant. thanks.

LA Gal · Kenneth Cole

I have this cookbook and have found some good light recipes in it.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1561484318/ref=pd_sim_b_2/102-2388516-0836922?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

I don't have this one but it looks even more promising:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1592330762/qid=1109353320/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/102-2388516-0836922?v=glance&s=books

bumblebee, i recommend getting a smaller slow cooker. we registered for a big one (7 quarts) for our wedding and now i regret it since it's just too big to cook for 2 people (but it still does its job, so i can't really complain). i'm not sure about cutting recipes in half, but i don't see why you can't. even with 2 of us, there's always a lot leftover, and i just bring it to lunch for a couple of days afterwards.

a quick search on target's website shows that there are a lot of choices:

http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html/601-9680222-5280920?%5Fencoding=UTF8&node=1041766

bumblebee · Dooney & Bourke

thanks LA_Gal. do you (or anyone) have opinions on either of these?

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_2/601-8442858-3572146?%5Fencoding=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B0001UD0R4

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-8442858-3572146?%5Fencoding=UTF8&asin=B0006A2ZRA

my mom has a rival one that has taken a lickin and kept on tickin, so i guess they are super-reliable. i've never heard of elite, but how cute is the clear glass one, though? it doesn't have any reviews though, so maybe riskier choice.

LA Gal · Kenneth Cole

They both look great to me. And they're both well-priced. I like the look of the glass one a little more, but I don't know anything about the brand. Maybe go to the store and see which one you like more in person?