The 163 Best Paleo Slow Cooker Recipes {Book Review}

Enjoy old standards and new classics with this very topical collection of slow cooker recipes. They've been refined to meet the needs of people who subscribe to the Paleo or Primal lifestyle. The Paleo diet is currently one of the most popular diets being followed today and has been embraced by nearly 1.5 million people in North America. The recipes don't contain any grains or legumes (therefore making all of them gluten-free), no refined sugars, no refined oils or processed ingredients -- the basic principles of the diet.

The paleo diet is one of most popular diets being followed today and has been embraced by nearly 1.5 million people in North America. The basic principle of the diet is that the recipes contain no grains or legumes (therefore making all of them gluten-free), no refined sugars and no refined oils or processed ingredients. Slow cookers are hugely popular because they're so convenient and the results so delicious. All the recipes in this book pay very close attention to paleo guidelines, while also recognizing that there’s a wide variety of reasons that people choose to eat paleo that go way beyond weight loss. So there’s room to be flexible depending on your personal requirements and/or expectations of the diet.

Slow cookers are hugely popular because they're so convenient and the results so delicious. That's why I love cooking with my slow cooker. In "The 163 Best Paleo Slow Cooker Recipes", you'll find recipes that include the following:

• Starters and Snacks: Eggplant Caviar, Country Terrine, Swedish Meatballs, Braised Tomato Topping
• Soups: Shrimp Bisque, Double Tomato Soup with Arugula-Walnut Pesto
• Poultry: Chicken Provencal, Texas-Style Chicken Stew, Tomato-Braised Turkey Breast
• Fish and Seafood: Braised Swordfish, Caribbean Pepper Pot, Florida Fish Chowder
• Beef and Veal: Short Ribs in Rich Mushroom Gravy, Meatball Goulash, Mom's Sunday Pot Roast
• Pork and Lamb: Ancho-Embraced Pork with Tomatillos, Pork Columbo, Irish Stew
• Meatless Mains: Louisiana Ratatouille, Cumin Beets, Braised Red Cabbage, Onion-Braised Potatoes with Spinach
• Desserts: The Ultimate Baked Apples, Peruvian Cream

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


After a long career as an author and journalist, Juduth Finlayson decided to transform her passionate love of cooking and interest in the culture of food into a second career. Her slow cooker books, including The Healthy Slow Cooker, 175 Essential Slow Cooker Classics, Slow Cooker Comfort Food, and The Vegetarian Slow Cooker, have sold more than 750,000 copies. Using her recipes, thousands of people have discovered not only how delicious and convenient food prepared in the slow cooker can be, but also how this handy appliance can be used to create an extraordinary range of dishes not typically associated with a slow cooker.

Judith, who is also the author of 125 Best Rotisserie Oven Recipes, The Convenience Cook and The Complete Whole Grains Cookbook, has a long history of community involvement and has served on numerous committees and boards, focusing on the arts and social issues. In 1994, she received the YWCA Women of Distinction Award for her work in communications. Judith, her husband, and daughter live in Toronto, Ontario.


Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of the mentioned book from the PR firm or publisher in exchange of my review. Any expressed opinions are my own and personal thoughts. No other compensation was given.