Looking for a few non-traditional slow-cooker recipes? Before you add this to your cookbook collection, check this out from the library or borrow it from a friend first to make sure it merits that much space on your shelf versus a couple handwritten recipe cards.

I'm happy with the book, but for some reason, I can't get past Zunni Stew and Moroccan Chicken Thighs. Maybe it's because I don't keep pearled barley and a basket of summer vegetables on hand.

I've made a lotta dinners outta this one, many of them very good. Nothing earth-shattering, but a solid volume to have on hand, particularly for winter weeknight meals.

As a newbie to the whole slow cooker world I wanted something simple and yet enticing. This did the trick. I highly recommend it.

This is one of the few books I've picked up from the library that I'm going to buy so I have my own copy.

Having finally used this cookbook, oh man. Indespensible.

While the "Fix it and Forget it" crock pot cook books are cheaper to buy, they rely on pre-made sauces and soups (with tons of fat & sodium!) for almost everything.

Not only are the recipes in here healthy, they taste awesome and they're not complicated. I made my own enchilada sauce in 15 minutes and for the first time in my life, it was actually a sauce instead of a soup!

Hensperger & Kaufmann did a beautiful job of explaining beyond the recipe so that you're grounded in the basics of cooking as well, and they do it at the front of the chapter so that you aren't bogged down with excess information when you're just trying to cook.

There are a bunch of bread recipes that I can't wait to try out!

Some of the recipes call for short cooking times of 2-3 hours while others cook 5-8 hours, so having a delayed timer on your crock pot is terribly useful. The other solution I've found is to cook things overnight, pack them away in the morning and re-heat for dinner that night. For instance, right now I'm a walking fajita because I was shredding chicken for dinner and accidently spilled some sauce on my pants.

Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hensperger (2005)

I haven't cooked too much with this book, since I tend to cook smaller meals most of the time. What I have made has been quite good, however.

One of the best cook books for a working person. Ever.

Hit or miss. Some recipes are great, but the ones using chicken breast are not good. My conclusion is that chicken breast just doesn't belong in the slow cooker.

For me, one of the greatest parts of a cookbook are the pictures, I tend to read with my eyes and stomach before I look at the ingredients and the techniques so I am psyched up to try something new. This book was a big letdown. Other than the cover, there are no pictures. Not even a center section where you can go back and search out the recipes when the picture entices you.

Darn, I was hoping for so much more.

I did come across a couple recipes that sound good, but now the dilemma lies in cooking times. What I need are recipes that I can quickly throw together in the morning before work and eleven hours later when I return, the food is ready. Many of these recipes have cook times of two to three hours. That sounds more along the lines of something that you would put together after school and before you rush out to sports practice. Short cook times are not practical for me.

The cookbook covers the usual soups and stews with a couple breakout dishes. Most recipes call for usual pantry and freezer fare, so in that regard, there is no stress in the slow cooker recipes mentioned in this book. The quantities are small since this is a cookbook designed for two, so make sure that you have a 1 ½ - 3 quart slow cooker.

Long story short, if you are looking for small quantities with short cook times, then check out this book. If not, do as I do and keep looking. There has to be something out that that solves all of my slow cooker issues.

My new favortie cookbook - I have made about 10 recipes and my family loved them all. This will be a great winter cookbook.

I had taken this book out of the library at least three times, so I figured I'd better buy the book. I think that was an indication to me that it belonged on my cookbook shelf (which is at least 3 book cases). I have made at least 5 of the recipies and thought they were all good. I recommend the Tapioca Pudding (adjust cooking time for your crock pot) and the Hot Fudge Spoon Cake (very yummy).