My Healthy Slow Cooker Review:
Judith Finlayson’s The Healthy Slow Cooker is an easy to use recipe guide for people looking for easy slow cooker meals while still maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle. The recipes are easy, delicious and are made from ingredients you have in your home. We’ve made a few recipes from the Healthy Slow Cooker but our favourite is the one I have included for you – Mixed Vegetables in Spicy Peanut Sauce – delicious!
Mixed Vegetables in Spicy Peanut Sauce, page 242, Vegetarian Mains
Here’s one way to get kids to eat their vegetables, so long as they don’t have peanut allergies — cook them in a spicy sauce made from peanut butter and add a garnish of chopped roasted peanuts. All you need to add is some steaming rice or brown rice noodles. Required: Medium to large (31⁄2 to 5 quart) slow cooker
1 tbsp olive oil
2 onions, finely chopped
6 medium carrots, peeled and thinly sliced (about 4 cups)
4 stalks celery, diced (about 2 cups)
2 tbsp minced gingerroot
4 cloves garlic, minced
1⁄2 tsp cracked black peppercorns
1 cup vegetable stock
3 cups frozen sliced green beans (see Tips)
1⁄2 cup smooth natural peanut butter
2 tbsp gluten-free reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tbsp pure maple syrup
2 tsp Thai red curry paste
4 cups shredded napa cabbage
2 cups bean sprouts
1⁄2 cup finely chopped green onions, white part only
1⁄2 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts
In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onions, carrots and celery and cook, stirring, until softened, about 7 minutes. Add ginger, garlic and peppercorns and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Transfer to slow cooker stoneware. Add vegetable stock and stir well.
Add green beans and stir well. Cover and cook on Low for 6 hours or on High for 3 hours, until vegetables are tender.
Photos and recipe courtesy of The Healthy Slow Cooker, Second Edition by Judith Finlayson © 2014 www.robertrose.ca Reprinted with publisher permission.
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What I like most about slow cooker is you actually don’t need to add oil to a slow cooker, the contents won’t catch as long as there’s enough moisture in there. You don’t need a lot of fat on your meat either. Also helps to lower the overall fat and calorie content of the meal.