Slow Cooker

I did not trust slow cooker lasagna until it stuck to my ribs. Honestly, I thought blending the layers into a soup sounded like a … Read more

My sister-in-law Sarah stood in my kitchen last winter, spoon hovering over a steaming bowl of white chicken chili. She looked skeptical. Honestly, I get … Read more

My husband took one bite of this creamy crockpot white chicken chili with hatch green chiles, looked up at me with those wide eyes he … Read more

Dropping four chicken thighs into a cold crockpot at 7:15 AM on a Tuesday, I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired. The bag of baby carrots was … Read more

I burned my first batch of this slow cooker soup so badly that the house smelled like scorched beef for three days. I had browned … Read more

The first time I made this creamy slow cooker white chicken chili, it was the third quarter of a playoff game, and I was losing … Read more

I did not trust a slow cooker with potato soup. That sounds dramatic, but honestly, I had a bad run with a different recipe years … Read more

The way the beef just surrenders after eight hours—that’s the whole point. It stops being chunks of meat and starts being something else entirely, something … Read more

“This tastes like fall in a bowl,” my neighbor said, handing me back the empty mug. I’d brought over a thermos of soup after she’d … Read more

The soft, slow heat that spreads from the back of your throat and settles warm in your chest—that’s what I was after the first time … Read more