Crockpot Recipes

My neighbor across the hall, a quiet retiree named Leo, asked me one rainy Tuesday why I couldn’t just throw everything into the slow cooker … Read more

I have this friend, Mark, who spent years claiming he didn’t like chicken thighs. Dark meat, he’d say with a little shudder, was too greasy, … Read more

Third time in ten days I made this crockpot beef and broccoli, and I finally stopped tweaking the garlic-to-soy-sauce ratio. That first batch? Edible, sure, … Read more

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, last October, sitting in his cramped office while he shuffled papers and muttered … Read more

My neighbor Carol watched me hauling groceries up three flights of stairs last October, and she didn’t say anything at first. Then she just shook … Read more

The softest, most pillowy bite of egg-soaked bread, and it practically melts on your tongue. That’s the whole point of this casserole. I made it … Read more

I had refused to buy a slow cooker for years. Years. I told anyone who would listen that it was a glorified countertop dust collector, … Read more

Maya 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, and the … Read more

The first snow of the season came down sideways that year, and I remember standing in the kitchen doorway watching it pile up against the … Read more

Third time in two weeks and I finally stopped adding extra cumin. That was the moment I realized this creamy crockpot white chicken chili with … Read more