This must-have guide is an invaluable companion to your slow cooker. Containing over 200 tried-and-tested recipes, Cara shows you how to make best use of your slow cooker and create a delicious range of nutritious and healthy dishes - and with minimal preparation time in the morning, you are guaranteed to enjoy a hearty, hot dinner every evening.
A practical guide to adding that professional flourish to any dish. Food Presentation Secrets provides professional cooking school instruction, tips and recipes for more than 100 sweet and savory garnishing ideas. Using this comprehensive guide, any home chef can make professional-looking garnishes with delicious edible ingredients.Five comprehensive sections reveal the techniques, tools, ingredients and designs used by chefs in fine restaurants. Step-by-step illustrations show how to assemble the garnishes, and each is graded in difficulty from one to five. Handy checklists, tip boxes and identifier directories explain the best ways to use the different garnishes.The features include:How and why to garnish, history of garnishing, modern garnish stylesEssential cooking tips and rules of presentationThe aesthetics of plate styles and shapesUseful tools and essential knivesCore garnishing techniques using sauces, gravies, oils, salsas, pestos, foliage, flowers, fruit, vegetables, flour-based garnishes, dairy, sugars, pastries, ices, chocolate and textures Food Presentation Secrets rivals a professional culinary course and will give all cooks the confidence to create attractive designs for any type of menu.
Time is short in the working day and it is difficult to find time at the end of it to produce a hot meal. With a slow cooker, you can be eating a nutritious and thrifty hot supper every evening, with minimal effort and preparation time.