Crockpot Recipes

This was supposed to be a roasted sweet potato situation. A simple, hands-off side dish I could throw in the oven while I focused on … Read more

My neighbor, a retired truck driver named Frank, watched me hauling a bag of groceries up the front steps one Tuesday evening. I was juggling … Read more

This was supposed to be a loaded baked potato soup. I had the bacon crisping, the potatoes scrubbed, and I was ready for a slow … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, Frank, but there I was, stuck in his office on a rainy Tuesday, watching him eat lunch … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark had claimed for fifteen years that he hated potato soup. Fifteen years. He’d turn up his nose at any creamy bowl of … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I had stopped by on a random Tuesday afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had a sudden, almost desperate craving for shredded chicken tacos. The problem? I had a … Read more

The first time I made this slow cooker venison chili, it was for a hunting camp potluck that I was honestly a little nervous about. … Read more

I was at my local hardware store last December, of all places, picking up a new snow shovel. The guy at the counter, a grizzled … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday, and I was hit with a craving so specific it almost hurt—I wanted the kind of thick, … Read more