Soup and Slow Cookers



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Supporting Michigan Libraries - 01/30/2025

Keep Warm this Winter with Recipes

tomato soup with bread

January is National Soup Month and National Slow Cooking Month. Busy schedules can make meal planning difficult. The Michigan eLibrary [ [link removed] ] (MeL) can provide meal ideas and recipes to help save time.

MasterFILE Complete [ [link removed] ] is loaded with soup recipes. For a trip across the globe, "Sip on Soups [ [link removed] ]" from "Seema" [ [link removed] ] has recipes from chefs at restaurants in Dubai and India. "The Wonderful World of Chicken Soup [ [link removed] ]" in "Eating Well" [ [link removed] ] also offers recipes from across cultures, taking traditional recipes from locales such as Colombia, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, and Iran to put a different spin on a classic. If Italian soup is more to your liking, "A Bowl of Soup [ [link removed] ]" in "Italia!" [ [link removed] ] provides several tasty options.

Slow cooker meal prep can keep families eating meals together even on the most hectic days. The eBook Public Library Collection [ [link removed] ] has recipe books such as "Busy-Day Slow Cooking Cookbook" [ [link removed] ], "Slow Cook Modern: 200 Recipes for the Way We Eat Today" [ [link removed] ], and "Cooking Light Slow-Cooker Tonight!: 140 Delicious Weeknight Recipes That Practically Cook Themselves" [ [link removed] ]. Magazines in MeL [ [link removed] ] offer meal options such as frittata, macaroni and cheese, and chili in "Scrumptious Slow Cooker Recipes [ [link removed] ]" and "Slow-Cooked to Perfection [ [link removed] ]."

For those who are curious about uses for their slow cookers beyond meals, "Australian Women’s Weekly" [ [link removed] ] has curated recipes for a variety of condiments such as bacon jam and orange marmalade in "Slow-Cooker Preserves [ [link removed] ]." "War Cry" [ [link removed] ] includes an easy recipe to make apple cider [ [link removed] ]. Dessert recipes are offered in "Sweet As . . . [ [link removed] ]" in "Australian House & Garden" [ [link removed] ].

If time is an issue and you have a pressure cooker, it can speed up the cooking process. They can also be used to make yogurt and quickly cook rice, according to "Do More With . . . Your Instant Pot [ [link removed] ]" in "Consumer Reports" [ [link removed] ]. If you have never used a slow cooker or a pressure cooker, "Slow vs Fast [ [link removed] ]" in "Better Homes and Gardens" [ [link removed] ] explains the difference between the two options and provides tips and tricks, as well as recipes [ [link removed] ] using both methods.

Libraries can offer programming to get patrons involved in meal preparation by inviting an expert guest to teach about freezer meals. You might also consider adding popular small appliances to a Library of Things [ [link removed] ]. No matter how you decide to incorporate cooking into your library’s offerings, there is an abundance of information to help you get started in the MeL eResources [ [link removed] ]. 

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Brought to you by Laura Warren-Gross from the MeL Team

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