Crockpot Recipes

My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to return her slow cooker—I’d borrowed it weeks ago and felt terrible about it—and the … Read more

Linda wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by her place on a Tuesday to pick up a book she’d borrowed, and the smell hit … Read more

My office holiday potluck was in four hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just forgotten to prepare — I’d forgotten the entire event existed until … Read more

The woman at the community garden handed me a paper bag of brown sugar through the fence. I’d been complaining—not to her, exactly, but loud … Read more

Let’s face it. I have a love-hate relationship with the slow cooker. Sometimes it feels like a black box that eats good ingredients and spits … Read more

The church potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I was standing in my kitchen at 3:15 on a Sunday, staring at a … Read more

It was a Tuesday, the kind of evening where the house is too quiet because everyone is finally home from their respective chaos. I was … Read more

That heavy, savory steam — the kind that clings to your hair and lingers in the curtains for days — still takes me straight to … Read more

My husband’s text message popped up at 3:45 PM, right when I was staring at an empty fridge and a mountain of uncooked noodles. I … Read more

I was standing there in my pajamas, staring at the empty spot on the counter where the dinner ingredients were supposed to be. It was … Read more