Crockpot Recipes

I wasn’t supposed to be there for the meatloaf. I’d stopped by my aunt’s house on a random Tuesday to grab a storage bin she … Read more

The church potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. It was a Tuesday, I think, and I’d been so buried in work that … Read more

It was 9:47 PM on a rainy Wednesday, and I was staring into the abyss of my refrigerator, which is a fancy way of saying … Read more

“Why can’t you just throw everything in the slow cooker and walk away?” My sister-in-law asked me this last fall while I was stressing over … Read more

My buddy Marcus showed up at my door last fall with a slow cooker under one arm and a pork shoulder wrapped in butcher paper … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different chili. I had it all planned out — a slow-simmered, all-day affair with a secret ingredient my … Read more

Introduction It was 11:37 PM on a quiet Thursday night, and I was hit with this unstoppable craving for something warm, tender, and just a … Read more

Introduction The other night, I was unloading groceries from the car when the faint scent of sun-dried tomatoes and garlic from a neighbor’s kitchen drifted … Read more

Introduction It was 11:37 PM on a chilly Wednesday, and a sudden craving for something warm and comforting hit me like a freight train. I … Read more

Introduction “I’m telling you, I really don’t like buffalo wings,” my friend Mark declared for years. About five long years, actually. Then one chilly Sunday … Read more