Crockpot Recipes

My neighbor Sarah wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to borrow a ladder on a rainy Tuesday afternoon, and the smell hit me … Read more

There used to be a little sports bar on the corner of 12th and Pine in my old neighborhood that made a buffalo chicken dip … Read more

The school bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. My kid had been talking about it all week—the big fifth-grade fundraiser where … Read more

This was supposed to be roasted garlic mashed potatoes. The kind you spend an hour on, carefully peeling, boiling, mashing, and then drizzling with butter … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday. I’d stopped by to return her measuring cup—the one with the faded red handle … Read more

My neighbor, Mrs. Gable, watched me wrestle a bag of rock-hard russet potatoes from my car trunk and didn’t say anything at first. Then she … Read more

My neighbor Mark asked why I couldn’t just dump canned biscuits on top of the slow cooker chicken stew I was making. I started to … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a rainy Tuesday, and I was staring into the fridge like it owed me money. The kind of tired where … Read more

I used to think beef stew was just… fine. You know, the kind of thing you eat because it’s there, not because you’re excited about … Read more

There used to be a little sports bar on the corner of Elm and 4th called The Rusty Mug that made the best queso dip … Read more