The Budget Slow Cooker Cookbook: 30 Cosy Family Dinners for Less

Great food doesn't have to be expensive or time-consuming. This is the cookbook for busy, budget-minded families who want to eat well without blowing the grocery bill — just load the pot in the morning, walk away, and come home to a hot, home-cooked dinner.

Every one of the 30 recipes leads with its cost per serve, so you know exactly what dinner costs before you shop. Most feed four for under $12, and the cheapest work out at under a dollar a bowl. Slow cooking transforms the most affordable cuts and humble pantry staples — dried lentils, tinned tomatoes, root veg, cheaper cuts of meat — into rich, tender, deeply satisfying meals.

Inside you'll find:

• Hearty soups — split pea & ham, minestrone, creamy potato & leek
• Stews & braises — classic beef stew, pulled pork, lamb shanks, chickpea tagine
• Mince magic — bolognese, cottage pie, chilli, meatballs, sloppy joes
• Chicken dinners — whole slow-roast chicken, honey soy drumsticks, curry
• Meat-free mains & self-saucing puddings to finish
• Clear tags on every recipe — Dump & go · 5 ingredients · Freezer-friendly · Meat-free · Batch cook
• A slow-cooker know-how guide and a "pick by what you need" finder (cheapest, feeds a crowd, freezes well)

Cheap cuts, clever bulking, and cook-once-eat-twice batch meals throughout — real strategies to stretch every dollar. Set it, forget it, save.