Reddit reviews Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two

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This book has given me a few good ideas: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Mothers-Slow-Cooker-Recipes/dp/1558323414

Do you have a library card? Check your city library for cookbooks or you can buy the Ebook version of this excellent cookbook [Not Your Mother's Slowcooker Recipes for Two](Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two https://www.amazon.com/dp/1558323414/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_noVzzbGETGK6V)

It's great

not the amazing price your little dipper was, but this is a full fledged mini slow cooker i often use for making small dishes:
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008GS8R3K
 
and here is a cookbook specifically for small slow cooker recipes:
 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1558323414

I'm really enjoying Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook and Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two (which I'm in fact looking at right now). They have some good information at the beginning about how to use a slow cooker, and what sort of food you should have on hand (building your pantry).


My best advice is to build a pantry of common food items (herbs & spices, sauces, etc), and then start practicing cooking based on simple recipes. If she's encountering terms that she's unfamiliar with, encourage her to Google them. Most people don't start out being good cooks; they just keep practicing and experimenting they're making tastier and more sophisticated meals.


Also, encourage her to watch as you cook, and as you're cooking, explain what you're doing and why you're doing it.

I've got a "trio" style set of slow cookers that are about the same size. When I wanted to learn how to use them for meals, I found two books that I really like: Slow Cooking Just For Yourself and Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Recipes for Two. They both offer a wide variety of recipes, both vegetarian and not, and they helped me get used to thinking about ingredient amounts at the right scale for the smaller cookers. Good luck!