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Life is stressful enough without your having to spend hours slaving away in the kitchen making meals. Give yourself a well-deserved break instead and put your slow cooker to work. Once you've prepared the ingredients, this heaven-sent machine will do all the work for you. Stocks, soups and stews couldn't be easier - and this book will also show you how to expand your repertoire and make imaginative recipes that will wow. I Love My Slow Cooker gives you more than 100 recipes for hearty soups and starters, tender meat, delicious poultry and fish courses, inspiring vegetarian dishes and divine desserts. As the steam rises in a slow cooker, the flavours intensify and the ingredients become meltingly tender. Whether you want to make Beetroot & Pear Soup, Beef & Aubergine Tagine, Chinese Pork Belly or perhaps indulge in a Lemon Pudding, you'll find here the succulent, comforting flavours that are unique to the slow cooker. Each recipe shows the time it takes to cook, and a symbol on some of the recipes indicates it's a super-easy meal. Whatever the occasion you'll find in this book everything you ever wanted - and more - for your much-loved slow cooker.

The aroma of home-made soup warming on the hob is one of life''s great comforts. Whether you''re longing for a winter-warming creamy, sweet-flavoured Parsnip and Nutmeg Soup on a cold and rainy day, or want to try the fresh Mediterranean flavors of a Chilled Tomato and Garlic Gazpacho for a sun-soaked summertime lunch outdoors, this book gives you everything you need to create bowls of delicious goodness in your own kitchen. Here you''ll find a tureen-full of international flavors with tried-and-tested recipes. Try chowders from America, dals from India, Middle Eastern tagine soups, Scottish broths, Eastern European borschs, Japanese miso soups, Italian bean stews and pasta soups, and French classics such as onion soup and bouillabaisse. Whatever the size of your appetite, whatever the occasion, you''ll find just the right soup in this mouth-watering collection of recipes, from simple and traditional to elegant and inventive, as well as countless ideas for the perfect accompaniment. Whether you''re a beginner or a more experienced cook, you''ll find it easy to master the art of soup-making with this one-stop guide for soup lovers.