If you associate slow cooking with unappealing brown stews made with last night's leftovers, then think again! The range of foods you can cook in a slow cooker is extremely diverse and whatever you cook will be flavoursome with all the nutritional value that this way of cooking preserves. Breakfast dishes, soups, fondues, casseroles, tagines, curries, risottos, pasta dishes, puddings, preserves and even hot drinks can be prepared in a slow cooker. As well as being energyefficient, slow cookers are inexpensive to purchase, safe to run whilst out of the home and easy to use. A techniques section at the front of the book shows you how to care for and make the most of your appliance. So forget slaving away over a hot stove, let your slow cooker do all the hard work whilst your relax!.