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From Publishers Weekly
Many of the 150 entries in this volume (the fourth in the popular Not Your Mother's series) are as appealing as they are quick and easy, as the subtitle suggests. Paillards of Chicken with Sautéed Cherry Tomatoes, Spaghetti with Zucchini, Basil, and Mint, Golden Risotto with Fresh Corn and Ginger, and Peggy's Chipotle Sweet Potato Soup strike the right balance of simplicity and allure. So do the Mustard-Soy Glazed Salmon with Brown Sugar and Ginger and the Verde Salmon in Parchment with Green Olives. Some recipes, however, have a last-minute feel, such as a Chicken Divan Casserole adapted from a Campbell's Soup label. But for readers who simply want a handful of good recipes for the everyday arsenal-this one's worth the price.
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Praise for Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook: This whopping collection of 350 recipes is reason enough to unearth that Crock-Pot from the attic or invest in one of the new high-tech models. --Publishers Weekly

Praise for Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook: With detailed explanations of everything from product choice to food safety, these capable cooks wrest slow cooking from the back cupboards of uncertainty and deliver it from the mundane ethnocentricity of pot roast with a wide range of sound recipes and advice for every meal, even snacks. --San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author
Beth Hensperger writes a monthly baking column for the San Jose Mercury Newsand is a regular contributor to a number of national magazines. She is the author of several cookbooks, including three best-selling Not Your Mother's slow cooker cookbooks, the James Beard Book Award winner The Bread Bible, and the best-selling The Bread Lover s Bread Machine Cookbook. She has twice been nominated for the Julia Child/IACP Cookbook Award.

Customer Reviews

Weeknight Variety With Ease
Coming up with tantalizing meals that are nutritionally sound night after night after night is difficult at best, and Beth Hensperger is an expert at making it easy and fun to treat your family on any ordinary Wednesday night (or Tuesday, or Thursday, or even (shudder) Monday. Hensperger's latest offering is Not Your Mother's Weeknight Cooking, and if she were my mother, I would never have left home. For instance, Beth's Mexican Chicken with Beer Glaze and Sweet Potato Fries whips up in about an hour, and is deliciously spicy, using a spice blend that Jacquie McMahan shared with Beth. I love that Beth gives credit where credit is due as well. If you have ever moaned, "I don't know what to fix tonight," buy this book. It will help a great deal.

Home-cooked meals need not be the exclusive province of stay-at-home moms
Home-cooked meals need not be the exclusive province of stay-at-home moms. Not when there is Beth Hensperger's "Not Your Mother's Weeknight Cooking", an outstanding collection of 150 easy, nutritious, delicious dishes that are stress-free preparations of contemporary recipes for dinner dishes that are 45 minutes or less in preparation. Enhanced with a four-color insert showcasing finished dishes, the recipes range from Herb-Coated Tilapia; Spicy Chicken with Cilantro and Mushrooms; Scallops of Pork with Raisins and Sherry Vinegar; and Pan-Sauteed Lamb Chops with Blackberry Sauce; to Ravioli with Mushrooms and Sweet Peas; Peggy's Chipotle Sweet Potato Soup; Double Tomato Baby Lentil Salad with Olives; and Gold Beef Burgers with Cold Pea Salad. Each recipe features the Cooking Method, Prep Time; and Cook Time. The itemized ingredients list and the step-by-step cooking instructions make each recipe thoroughly 'kitchen cook friendly'. Palate pleasing and appetite satisfying, "Not Your Mother's Weeknight Cooking" is especially recommended for time-constrained working women (and men!) wanting to enjoy meals that are several cuts above dumping something out of a can or popping something into a microwave.