Crockpot Recipes

Carla wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder for a Saturday project, and the smell of something warm and spicy … Read more

Three winters ago, during a particularly gray January that seemed to stretch on forever, I found myself at my neighbor’s doorstep holding a bag of … Read more

My neighbor, Carol, wasn’t trying to impress anyone when I stopped by on a rainy Tuesday to borrow a drill. But the smell that hit … Read more

The church potluck was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. Everyone else would be bringing their signature dishes—Mrs. Patterson’s famous baked macaroni, the Johnson … Read more

There used to be a little diner off Highway 17 called The Red Door that made the most ridiculous cheeseburger soup. When they closed—suddenly, with … Read more

My husband had claimed to hate “soup for dinner” for the better part of a decade. Ten years of eyeing my simmering pots with suspicion, … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from a plumber, but there I was, standing in my neighbor’s muddy front yard last October, watching him wipe grease … Read more

My friend Jenna asked why I couldn’t just throw everything in the crockpot and let it do the work. We were standing in her kitchen, … Read more

I wasn’t supposed to be there that long. I’d stopped by my neighbor Jen’s house on a drizzly Tuesday afternoon to grab a book I’d … Read more

“Mom, why can’t you just dump everything in the crockpot and let it get crispy at the end?” My twelve-year-old, Liam, asked me this on … Read more