I was enjoying reading through this book as if it were a novel and then decided it was time to give some recipes a try. That was a great idea. I now use the crockpot for more than just making my rice.

The recipes I've tried worked out OK but FAR too many of the recipes are high in saturated fat. If you have any of those older slow cooker books, many of these will sound familiar to you.

While not formally reviewed, this has been included in various cookbook round-ups. Thanks for the opportunity to take a look!

My rating: 2 out of 5 stars, it was okay.

I love my slow cooker, so I was happy to see this on Goodreads. We're always looking for new recipes, since we both work and a meal ready in the slow cooker is great when we get home. But really, this cookbook was kind of meh. I browsed through it multiple times. Out of 100 recipes, I found a handful that I might try and 2 that I thought I'd actually make.

A lot of the recipes were for baked goods. I'm sorry, but baked goods go in the oven. Why would I make brownies that take hours in a slow cooker when I can pop a batch in the oven and have moist brownies in under an hour?

Also, some of the recipes seemed a bit vague. It seems to assume you know when it says 6 hours that it should be cooked on low. Fine for someone who has used a slow cooker before, not so fine for someone new.

All in all, there was nothing Must Have about this cookbook for me.

I think many people, myself included, under utilize their crock pot. This kitchen appliance can do much more than cook spaghetti sauce and baked beans. Reading Stock the Crock has shown me so many dishes I would not have tried making in a crock pot before. Desserts are one of those dishes. And who knew that rice, grits, and pasta can go into the crock pot uncooked, making prep much easier? After reading through Stock the Crock I even adapted a few recipes I found in other cookbooks to make in my crock pot. Lentil Sloppy Joes and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake with Sauce are two recipes I tried from this cookbook. They both turned out good. For the Lentil Sloppy Joes I switched out navy beans for the lentils in the recipe.

Phyllis Good created Stock the Crock with the busy cook in mind, looking for healthier versions of the food they prepare. There are variations offered for each recipe that include many types of eating and diets. The pictures alone in this cookbook will make you want to try the recipes. They very nicely illustrate how the dish will turn out. The ingredients needed can be easily found locally. This is a great cookbook with easy to follow recipes and beautiful images. Stock the Crock can help change up your cooking routine and the meals that you create. I recommend adding a copy of this cookbook to your collection.

This is a perfectly fine general purpose slow cooker cookbook with some good fundamentals such as how to poach in a slow cooker. However, I have to say I didn't find it to be special enough for me to make space for it in either my physical space or my virtual space.

This recipe book is practical and useful with a good variety of recipes which make using a slow cooker highly effective. I do think the recipes all have a purpose in this book and allow you to cater for different diets and tastes. I'm pretty confident with my slow cooker when it comes to savory dishes but I must admit I haven't been brave enough to give desserts a try yet. This may be the recipe book that inspires me to do so. None of the recipes are overly complicated nor do they require extraordinary ingredients. Phyllis Good provides a fair amount of explanation of how to use a slow cooker effectively and how to get recipes to work just so. I think it is a useful addition to a cookbook collection if you rely quite often on a slow cooker to get the job done.
Thanks NetGalley for the opportunity to review this cookbook.

Working a partly second shift schedule now (and putting in all that overtime for Christmas) means I'm not home to make dinner several nights a week. Having my family order out defeats the purpose of working extra, and bolgna sandwiches are not meant to be consumed quite that frequently.

Enter my love affair with my slow cooker. I'm currently devouring recipes for it in an effort to seem like mom of the year without the effort. Oh, and it feels the family.

This had some keepers, although I'll admit I'm bad to make adjustments or utilize whatever herbs I have fresh instead of what the recipe calls for.

This is the kind of book that would make a great gift for a working mom, or any mom that doesn't like standing over a hot stove for hours. Or any mom. Hint hint, Christmas is coming!

This is a colorful book with great crockpot recipes that even suggests substitutions. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

I liked this cookbook. Nice and simple recipes and nice and simple instructions. I don't care for the fact that a lot of the recipes were from cans but sometimes you use what you have.

I love a good slow cooker cookbook and this did not disappoint! My slow cooker is an essential kitchen tool and helps me prepare nutritious meals with a busy lifestyle. I am so excited to try the recipes in this book! They were accompanied by gorgeous photography.

Clearly designed and chock full of recipes that are sophisticated but not fussy. I love a cookbook that presents the recipes cleanly on one neat page and Ms. Good (with just a few exceptions) presents this in spades and accompanied with beautiful photos that present luxurious, but accessible, food. Winter is always a time to embrace the crockpot and this cookbook definitely provides the home cook with lovely options to use now and throughout the year. A definite recommend.

The 100 recipes are different, but not that bizarre that the ingredients are hard to find or picky eaters won’t touch them. There’s a bit of everything in this book—soups, vegetarian, poultry, beef/pork, fish, sides and sweets.
Phyllis Good provides many “make it for two” variations for larger quantity recipes that are hard to halve. I’ve tried some, and the proportions and times are perfect. She also includes many paleo-friendly and gluten-free versions. Have you often wondered whether browning meat is important in crock pot cooking? She answers this question and more.

I've been using a crockpot for years, and consider myself experienced in this field but I did find some surprises in this book. Lots of delicious looking recipes, including cakes, brownies and puddings, and best of all, hardly any pre-frying/browning which I hate ... for some recipes it states that you can brown meat etc before, but that it's optional. The only slight negative was that it is firmly written for the US market, with a few ingredients that we don't commonly see in the UK (such as grits, cornmeal etc). However it's a lovely book, and particularly outstanding is the fact that every recipe has notes at the end on how to make it paleo/gluten free friendly, substitutions etc, which is really helpful.

Review of an advance digital copy from the publisher.

I received a free electronic copy of Stock the Crock: 100 Must-Have Slow-Cooker Recipes, 200 variations for Every Appetite by Phyllis Good from NetGalley for my honest review.

Phyllis Good does the Fix-It and Forget-It cookbooks, which I have always loved. As always she created another wonderful cookbook for Slow-Cookers. She has made easy-to-prepare recipes but these recipes allow the reader to customize the recipe according to their diet. Anything from Paleo, gluten-free, or vegetarian diets. You can even customize it to cook for one person or more.

Take a market at times oversaturated with cookbooks, add in the seemingly endless resource of the internet, and it can be hard for a cookbook to distinguish itself. Many turn to "high class" recipes, fancy ingredients, cocktails, that sort of thing. Its nice, then, to see a book like this one which I call "real people food". Standard ingredients, only a few things that the average person doesn't keep in the pantry. I especially liked the tips for ways to suit the same meal to varied tastes.

Phyllis Good can straighten her crown and easily claim the title of Slow Cooking Queen with this, her latest entry in a long trail of slow cookery cookbooks. Stock the Crock contains hundreds of recipes for old favorites with new twists, all using your crockpot.
Divided into seven chapters – Soups, Stews & Chowders; Vegetarian & Pasta Mains; Poultry; Beef & Pork; Fish & Seafood; Sides; and Sweets & Treats – this book has something for everyone. Good writes clearly, listing the ingredients in the order in which they are used, and uses everyday ingredients that most American cooks will have in their pantries. She also emphasizes the flexibility of cooking in a crockpot, often letting us know things like: “If you don’t have time to brown the meat before adding to the pot, don’t worry. It will be fine,” or “If you’re not there to stir the pot after 2 hours, don’t worry. It will be fine.” I love that.
I did learn some new things from this book, like Good recommends you grease the interior of your crockpot before you add the food. I’ve never done that, and I do wonder if it’s necessary. I also learned that you can BAKE in a crockpot, too, although again, I wonder who would want to do that.
There are some excellent recipes here – some that I tried and found delicious, and some that I plan to try soon. For example, Salsa Rice. Did you know you can cook rice in a crockpot? Rice is my cooking Achilles heel. I never get it right. Cooking it in a crockpot, though? Perfection! Good also provides recipes for homemade Cream of Mushroom and Chicken Soup, which are wonderful. Cider Baked Apples – sublime. I plan to try the Butternut Squash Soup with Apples & Red Onions, although I am quite certain I will be the only one in my home to eat it.
Good adds some extras to each recipe that make this book even more versatile. She provides instructions for making recipes gluten-free, vegan, or vegetarian, as well offering tips for making the recipe for picky eaters. She also specifies the size of the crockpot needed for each recipe, which is a huge benefit (those of you who have tried cooking a turkey in a 4 quart pot will understand), as well as prep time estimates, and cooking time.
There is nothing not to love about this book. The photos are gorgeous, the instructions are clear and concise, and above all, the recipes are delicious. Highly recommended.
Publication Date: September 5, 2017
Oxmoor House Books
Thanks to NetGalley for the review copy

Stock the Crock has nice pictures and loads of slow cooker recipes presented in a good easy to follow format. There is also useful information. Phyllis Good sandwiches the recipes with useful information;
Beginning with Slow Cooker Fundamentals with information on selecting models to buy, size, and features. She ends with Make Your Own Basics with recipes for many pantry essentials. Many recipes includes tips and notes on how to make some recipes gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, paleo, cooking for one or two and my favorite, cooking for picky eaters. This is a good book for getting the most out of your slow cooker.

I’ve been wanting to learn to make new dishes in my slower cooker for some time now. I make a pot roast with potatoes, baby carrots, and onions that is amazing (if I do say so myself). Other than that, my slow cooker sits empty. I think author Phyllis Good has changed that for me!

In the beginning of, STOCK THE CROCK, author Good gives readers/cooks a personal introduction that is lovely. I enjoyed getting to know about her, to get the feel of the writer behind the book.

After the introduction the author shares the symbols she uses to help readers find and make such variations as Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo-Free, and more. Tips on note taking that I absolutely loved (if you pass your book on, or leave it to the next generation, you will see why. Then on to Slow Cooker Fundamentals, wonderful tips and tricks, like baking in your slow cooker, and more!

This book is filled with mouthwatering colored photos of just about every recipe listed, making them so very real to the reader that the smells practically emanate from the pages.

Finally the recipes. There are some amazing dishes between the covers of STOCK THE CROCK. I will most certainly be trying some myself. Soups & stews, vegetarian, pasta, poultry, seafood, desserts! You name it, and you’ll find it. Just a few of the great dishes you’ll find are . . . Beef and Barley Stew, Creole-Style Red Beans, Veggie P0t Pie with Biscuits, Chiles, 4-Cheese Artichoke Dip---or Pasta Sauce, Honey Baked Chicken, Peppery Turkey Tenderloins with Apples, Shepard’s Pie, Holiday Ham with Apricot Glaze, Eggs and Shrimp, Baked Corn, Scalloped Potatoes, Peach & Berry Cobbler, Cream Cheese Pound Cake, and your own homemade Yogurt.

STOCK THE CROCK was everything I hoped for and more. I was really surprised with the diversity of choices. If you’re looking to make more use of your slow cooker, this is the cookbook for you.

Oxmoor House and NetGalley provided me with an electronic copy of Stock the Crock. I was under no obligation to review this book and my opinion is freely given.

Author Phyllis Good has packed Stock the Crock, not only with tantalizing recipes, but with practical advice and great instructions for getting the most out of your slow cooker. With helpful tips and hints along the way, as well as recipe variations for those with special dietary needs, this cookbook has everything that the home cook needs to successfully use the appliance.

Stock the Crock is logically sectioned, with segments for Soups, Stews, and Chowders, Vegetarian and Pasta Mains, Poultry, Beef and Pork, Fish and Seafood, Sides, and Sweets and Treats. With the inclusion of fundamentals, some basic recipes, and helpful hints, the cookbook can serve as a manual for getting the most out of the crockpot.

Recipes that will entice readers include ones like Beef Noodle Soup, p. 39, with its easy, step-by-step instructions for a delicious and hearty soup. Another fast favorite is Veggie Lasagna, p. 77, which can yield a lasagna in as little as 2 1/2 hours with little prep time. One recipe that I really like is the Whole Chicken Dinner (with a little buzz) on page 116, which provides a whole meal with very little fuss. Screamin' Good Carnitas, p. 144, will definitely appeal to the entire family, with its layers of flavor and fresh, optional toppings. Fish can be a little more difficult to make in the crockpot, but with a little preparation, readers can make delicious Maple-brushed Salmon, p. 165. Whether readers choose to round out their meals with Pineapple Sweet Potatoes, p. 204, and Pumpkin Pie Pudding, p. 232, or simply choose something else, there are recipes here that will appeal to all sorts of tastes. I would recommend Stock the Crock to readers who are looking for a good cookbook with many appealing recipes.