Crockpot Recipes

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d signed up two weeks ago, wrote it on the calendar … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 36 called The Rusty Spoon that made the most incredible potato soup I’d ever tasted. When … Read more

I was supposed to be making a completely different dinner. The plan was chicken enchiladas—I had the tortillas, the shredded cheese, the green sauce all … Read more

“You’re making that again?” my husband asked, peeking over my shoulder at the brisket sitting on the counter. It wasn’t a complaint—more like a happy … Read more

The last ladle scraped the bottom of the crockpot, and my brother just looked at me with this expression of pure betrayal. “There’s no more?” … Read more

My daughter asked why I couldn’t just dump all the apples in the slow cooker without peeling them. I started to explain why that wouldn’t … Read more

Late Sunday afternoon, the kitchen is finally still. The last of the weekend’s chaos—the scattered cereal boxes, the damp towels from soccer practice—has been put … Read more

The last tortilla chip hit the bottom of the bowl, and I hadn’t even finished my first beer. That’s how I knew. My friend Jenna … Read more

The way the sauce clings to each piece of chicken breast—that’s what I was after. Not a thin, watery glaze that slides off into the … Read more

The first real cold snap hit in mid-November, and I found myself standing in my kitchen at four in the afternoon with the light already … Read more