Crockpot Recipes

You know that moment when you walk into your kitchen after a long day, and the whole house smells like someone else has been cooking … Read more

My friend Jenna wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to return her bread maker—the one I’d borrowed six months ago and … Read more

The last ladle scraped the bottom of the slow cooker, and my husband looked up with that expression I know too well. The one that … Read more

I was standing in the parking lot of a big-box hardware store last Tuesday when the smell hit me. It wasn’t the exhaust from the … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cluttered office during tax season, watching him eat a pulled … Read more

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