Book excerpt: Real food without the fuss - every time. When Paulene Christie started Slow Cooker Central in 2012, she wanted to share her passion for slow-cooking with like-minded people online. Fast forward 7 years, and she has more than half a million followers, four bestselling cookbooks, and thirty slow cookers! In Slow Cooker Central Family Favourites, Paulene has brought together 200 of her most-loved recipes - the new classics - that are guaranteed to please the whole family. Online praise for Slow Cooker Central books: 'Amazing books. They get used at least five times a week, sometimes more!' 'I was hooked from the first book. Slow cooking has changed my life.' 'I am a cookbook junkie and have not bought another cookbook since I purchased all three Slow Cooker Central books.'