Crockpot Recipes

There used to be a tiny Vietnamese sandwich shop tucked inside a gas station on Hawthorne Boulevard that made the most incredible lemongrass honey chicken. … Read more

Hand me that potato masher, my neighbor said, not even looking up from her own pile of russets. It was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and … Read more

The PTA chili cook-off was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Every other parent was going to show up with a slow cooker full … Read more

My husband claimed he hated lasagna soup for about five years. Not lasagna itself—he’d demolish a tray of the baked kind—but the idea of it … Read more

I was standing in the dairy aisle of my local grocery store last Tuesday when the cold air from the open refrigerator case hit my … Read more

My sister-in-law, Jen, wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by on a random Tuesday afternoon to drop off a book I’d borrowed, and honestly, … Read more

This was supposed to be a completely different dinner. I had this grand plan for a smoky, red-tinted chicken chili that would simmer all day … Read more

My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I was mid-explanation—something about building flavor layers, sautéing aromatics … Read more

I was standing in the middle of a hardware store last November — looking for a specific size of drill bit I didn’t even know … Read more

My uncle Frank had claimed to hate beef stew for forty-two years. Forty-two years. He’d make a whole production about it at every family dinner, … Read more