Something as simple as a beef stew using inexpensive ingredients can become a delicious healthy meal the whole family can enjoy.

I don't think the writing is difficult to read, there are lots of pictures and the recipes I have cooked have been generally yummy.Feel-good Family Food is all about appetizing ingredients, healthy meals and happy, well-fed families, so tuck in! There is a time and a place for all types of cooking, but it was the process of slow cooking that really got my creative juices flowing and reinvigorated my passion for food. Cook Slow features 90 delicious slow cooker recipes, all with conventional oven options, which will make you fall back in love with food again.

Pretty much every page I turned had a lovely sounding recipe on it and there is a good mix of meat, fish and veg dishes.Creole chicken and shrimp gumbo - a New Orleans-inspired stew cooked in the slow cooker to let the flavours develop and come together perfectly.