Crockpot Recipes

I wasn’t expecting cooking advice from my accountant, but there I was, sitting in his cluttered office during tax season, watching him stir a pot … Read more

My friend Jen asked why I couldn’t just dump everything in the crockpot and call it soup. I was in the middle of explaining—very patiently, … Read more

This was supposed to be a stovetop cheddar broccoli soup, the kind you stir constantly and pray doesn’t scorch on the bottom. I had the … Read more

It was 11:47 PM on a grumpy Tuesday in late October, and a very specific, almost aggressive craving for butternut squash soup hit me. The … Read more

I had a long-standing position about potato soup. For years. I claimed that it was just “mushy potatoes in milk” and that it wasn’t real … Read more

The neighborhood chili cook-off was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d signed up for it weeks ago, but between work deadlines … Read more

There used to be a little soup-and-sandwich place on Main Street in our town, a place called The Rusty Ladle, that made the most incredible … Read more

I had claimed to hate white chili for almost a decade. Let me tell you, I was smug about it. Every time someone ladled out … Read more

I was standing in the frozen food aisle last Tuesday, staring at a bag of pre-chopped onions, when the smell hit me. It wasn’t from … Read more

My husband asked why I couldn’t just throw everything in the slow cooker and walk away. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work—then stopped. … Read more