Crockpot Recipes

Last Tuesday, I was standing in my kitchen staring at a package of chicken thighs I’d defrosted that morning, completely uninspired. The rain had been … Read more

My neighbor, a retired chef named Mrs. Gable, watched me hauling bags of groceries up my front steps one chilly November afternoon. She didn’t say … Read more

The plumber was tightening a pipe under my kitchen sink when he started talking about sweet potatoes. I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from a man … Read more

I used to think taco soup was just chili with a midlife crisis. You know, throwing a packet of taco seasoning into something and calling … Read more

I was knee-deep in a pile of vintage Pyrex bowls at a dusty antique shop last fall when the owner—a gruff man named Earl who … Read more

My daughter asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work – … Read more

The church soup supper was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their grandmother’s heirloom recipes—the ones that had been … Read more

This was supposed to be a standard chicken tortilla soup. I had the whole thing planned out in my head—shredded chicken, a fire-roasted tomato base, … Read more

This was supposed to be a slow-braised chicken cacciatore, the kind with tomatoes and wine bubbling away for hours. I had the mushrooms prepped, the … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different dinner. I had this grand plan for a roasted broccoli and cheddar quiche—you know, the kind with … Read more