Crockpot Recipes

There used to be a tiny diner off Highway 12 called Millie’s that made a meatloaf so good, people would drive forty minutes just for … Read more

I ruined chili for Halloween three years in a row before I figured out what I was doing wrong. The first year, I added canned … Read more

The PTA potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d signed up for it weeks ago, but between school drop-offs and … Read more

My husband did not trust chicken tortilla soup from a slow cooker. He said it sounded like “soggy chip soup” the first time I mentioned … Read more

My neighbor Dave asked me last week why I couldn’t just dump everything in the crockpot and walk away. I was mid-sentence explaining the importance … Read more

I want pear butter right now, but I don’t have the patience to stand over a stove for two hours. That’s the honest thought that … Read more

“You’re not bringing that dip again, are you?” My brother-in-law Matt said it with a grin, but I caught the challenge in his voice. It … Read more

I wasn’t trying to invent anything that day. Honestly, I was just staring into my fridge on a Wednesday afternoon, feeling the kind of tired … Read more

My brother-in-law Mark swore he hated chili. For years. Fifteen years, actually. A staunch “chili-is-just-soup-with-delusions-of-grandeur” kind of guy. Then last November, during a particularly rainy … Read more

Introduction My roommate had flat-out refused to touch crockpot chicken for years. “Dry, bland, and boring,” she said, like it was some universal truth carved … Read more