Crockpot Recipes

There used to be a tiny, dimly-lit café tucked between a dry cleaner and a used bookstore in my old neighborhood that made a white … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different meal. I had this vision of a slow-simmered, from-scratch chicken tortilla soup with homemade stock and crispy … Read more

My friend Jenna 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

Hand me that ladle, my neighbor said, barely looking up from her phone. I’d stopped by to borrow a cup of sugar—how cliché, I know—and … Read more

The Christmas Eve service ended at 9 PM and I was staring at a grocery bag full of cinnamon rolls I’d forgotten to bake. Our … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a particularly dreary Tuesday in February, and I had that specific craving—not for anything sweet, but for something deeply savory, … Read more

Marta wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a rainy Tuesday to pick up a book I’d lent her months ago, … Read more

The power went out halfway through browning the chicken. That’s how this whole thing started. I had a half-cooked breast sitting in a cold pan, … Read more

My neighbor Carla wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a lug wrench—don’t ask, it’s a whole thing—and this smell hit me … Read more

I used to think slow cookers were for people who had their lives together. You know the type—they meal prep on Sundays and own matching … Read more