Design: Are you looking for a simple, budget-friendly option that just slow-cooks (but does it extremely well) or something more versatile that sous-vides, pressure cooks, bakes and roasts too? Do bear in mind that the more technological the slow cooker, the higher the price. I got this book a while ago and it’s bloody brilliant, have got lots of recipes bookmarked. I bought a second-hand copy which was in good condition.” (Recommended by Mumsnet user Furries) Our verdict

This slow cooker book has a good variety of main meal dishes and recipe ideas. Covering a range of tastes and cuisines. With a large and clear photo for each slow cooker recipe. Each recipe also includes helpful tips. For example, where recipes can be halved or doubled. And a very useful guide to the nutritional information for each recipe. And compared to the other slow cooker books I’ve used. This has a very good range of fish and seafood slow cooker recipes.No liquid escapes from a slow cooker, so when adapting a recipe not specifically written for a slow cooker, reduce any added liquid by a third.

If you don’t know where to start, there are loads of great slow cooker recipe books around to inspire you in the kitchen. From vegetarian-friendly dishes to tasty curries, there’s a cookbook to cater for every kind of taste. Whilst this book isn’t specifically a slow cooker recipe book, it comes recommended on our Mumsnet forums due to the variety of ways the meals can be cooked. Written by Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone, Pinch of Nom Comfort Food is part of their bestselling series of books.A lot of the recipes involve preparing parts before hand, for example: making mashed potato first to add to the meal and they also involve a lot of ingredients too. Every book in this series has so far been a little gem and this one is no exception. Now the only problem might be what slow cooker to buy so that one may try out properly what one might have been missing!