Slow Cooking Beyond Meals

Do you think your slow cooker is only useful for making stews and roasts? Think again!

This handy appliance certainly isn’t new to the scene but have we truly figured out all it can do? Whether you use yours all the time or it’s gathering dust on the shelf, this book will get you excited to bring out your slow cooker again. Slow Cooking Beyond Meals expands what you think is possible to make in your slow cooker and brings the hands-off cooking approach to more than just weeknight dinners! This cookbook features 45 fun and exciting recipes that take you into a world where you can make desserts, breakfasts, breads, and even appetizers in this incredibly handy kitchen sidekick.

Dallyn Maresco, Executive Food Editor at Best Recipes Media Group, compiles some of her favorite slow cooker recipes that are perfect for nearly any occasion and even brings a little bit of fun back into the kitchen. Everyone in your family will love the slow cooker desserts like Decadent Fudge Brownies, Pecan Pie, and S’mores Dip. Breakfast is a no-brainer with recipes like Baked French Toast Casserole, Vegetable Strata, and Cinnamon Rolls—not to mention staples like Easy Homemade Bread, Creamy Hot Chocolate, and Garlic Pull-A-Part Bread. 

That’s just to name a few of the recipes to look forward to as well as many other delicious recipes to choose from! It’s time to bring out your slow cooker because Slow Cooking Beyond Meals is about to be a game-changer!

Dallyn Maresco is the editor and food stylist for website, magazine, and cookbooks by Best Recipes Media Group, LLC. For Dallyn, learning how to cook came at a young age. It began by making lunches on the weekends and finding new snacks to whip up after school. Her love of baking stemmed from time with grandma and the feeling of home and joy that came with it. Cooking and baking became some of the things she enjoyed best, an escape from reality, a time to learn new things, and experiment with flavors she hadn’t tried yet. Her belief is that food is what brings everyone together – whether for the holidays or just family dinners, a time to sit with the ones you love, enjoy good food, and to tell stories of life and love – which is why cooking means so much to her.

Her skill in writing is what initially brought her to the food team at Best Recipes, but it was her love of food and art that is quickly what made her an integral part of the operations and becoming our food stylist. She says writing and testing recipes is fun but her favorite part is actually the art behind it; styling the food and preparing the dishes for photography and publication is her favorite part of the process. She has a hand in every recipe before it’s seen by our community, and we are glad to have her here to make our food look as delicious as it tastes.