Crockpot Recipes

Prep time: 15 minutes | Cook time: 6-8 hours (low) / 3-4 hours (high) | Servings: 8-10 Introduction I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my … Read more

This was supposed to be a regular Tuesday night meatloaf—the kind you throw together, bake for an hour, and hope the edges don’t burn while … Read more

Margaret, the woman who runs the little produce stand three blocks from my house, watched me shivering through my jacket one Tuesday afternoon in late … Read more

I was standing in the checkout line at the hardware store last October, holding a bag of lightbulbs and a new garden trowel, when the … Read more

My youngest swore she hated chicken. For a solid eighteen months. Every time I put a bird on the table, she’d push it around her … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of pre-chopped stew vegetables, when the cold air from the open … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a fierce, almost unreasonable hankering for chili. Not the kind that simmers for hours … Read more

I had a coworker named Diane who swore she hated chili. Like, wouldn’t even look at it. “Too heavy,” she’d say whenever someone brought a … Read more

It was 10:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I had a serious craving for something sweet and savory that didn’t require much effort. I … Read more

My neighbor Mark wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to grab a package that got delivered to his place by mistake, and this … Read more