Crockpot Recipes

My husband looked at the pot on the counter and said, “That’s not going to work.” He was talking about my plan to dump raw … Read more

“This is the best chili I’ve ever had,” my neighbor said, spoon hovering mid-air. “And I don’t even like turkey.” That’s the thing about this … Read more

That first cold snap of the year—the kind that sneaks through the windows and settles into the floorboards—always has me reaching for my slow cooker. … Read more

This was supposed to be a traditional beef chili for a Halloween potluck. I had everything planned out—the ground meat was browning, the onions were … Read more

“Okay, but what’s for dinner?” My husband asked this from the couch, not looking up from his phone, and I felt that familiar mid-afternoon panic. … Read more

For a long time, I just accepted that weeknight chicken dinners meant dry, bland meat or a frantic scramble at the stove. I’d get home … Read more

My Aunt Carol did not trust a slow cooker with green bean casserole. For thirty years, she made it the classic way—oven-baked, cream-of-mushroom straight from … Read more

The last of the daylight was fading fast, and the October wind was rattling the kitchen window. I had a bag of black beans staring … Read more

I burned the first batch of this stew so badly that the barley fused to the bottom of my slow cooker insert and I had … Read more

For the longest time, I just accepted that a good chicken tortilla soup meant a couple of hours of simmering on the stove. You know, … Read more

I want pulled pork right now, and I have everything except the patience to stand over a smoker all day. That’s the honest thought that … Read more

The first real cold snap of November had settled in, and I had just pulled a third layer of blankets out of the closet. The … Read more

The way the steam curls up from the bowl is the first thing you notice. It hangs there for a second, thick and fragrant, before … Read more

My husband did not trust chili in a slow cooker. He said, and I quote, “It’s just going to be sad, watery meat soup.” This … Read more

It was a Tuesday, late February, the kind of gray afternoon that makes you want to curl up under a blanket instead of standing over … Read more

Chicken breast wants to be juicy, always. Yet somehow, it often ends up a sad, leathery afterthought in my slow cooker experiments. Today, I’m staring … Read more

It was already past noon when my neighbor popped in unexpectedly, holding her toddler in one arm and a grocery bag in the other. The … Read more

I want that thick, cheesy potato soup right now, and I happen to have all the fixings except one thing: the perfect crockpot to let … Read more

Third time this week I’ve pulled apart that pork shoulder, and honestly, I can’t tell if it’s the smell wafting up that keeps pulling me … Read more

Late Sunday afternoon, the kitchen is quiet except for the faint hum of the crockpot warming up on the counter. The light through the window … Read more