I'm not a good cook, so I have to rely pretty heavily on simple recipes when I want to try a new meal. (I somehow missed the gene that gives you natural talent and desire to whip up tasty dishes.) My family doesn't eat 100% organic but whenever possible, I
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In the February issue of Self, I came across the most delish and helathy recipe for crock pot tacos. Before stumbling upon this recipe, the only thing I'd ever made in mys slow cooker was pot roast (bor-ing!). Apparently I've been living under a rock--or more appropriately--my crock pot for
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On Wednesdays, I'm super stretched for time. My son gets out of Kindergarten early and then we jet over to the children's hospital for his allergy shots. (Three a week for the past... eight months now. Phew.) With the weather cooling down, I've been turning to my slow cooker more
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I always thought crock pots were the most foolproof cooking tools out there. But with the exception of three meals I know I can handle with mine, I'm always screwing up what I cook in it. A Year of Slow Cooking is my favorite cooking blog, and the recipes I've
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I've been obsessed with crock pot oatmeal. How obsessed do you ask? Well, for starters, I just bought a 1.5 quart crock pot to keep from scorching most of my oat meal in my big crock pot. It's the cutest little crock pot I've ever seen, and it was only
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