Feed your family. Feed your soul.
From simple chicken dishes, hearty pies, chillis, home comforts like meatloaf, or grilling in the summer, these are our go-to recipes that will get you and your family through the week and to the weekend. Put your slow cooker or Instant Pot to work, so you don’t have to! All created by the Zen of Slow Cooking.
For Carli, our social media intern from The Cove School, one of her independent living goals is to learn how to cook. The path to transition isn’t always straightforward, and as Carli noted in her letter last week “it is hard!” She’s burned pans, and, both …read more
As Meg embarked on her long journey along Route 66 with her sister Ann last month, I got a little taste of it living vicariously through her Facebook posts and texts keeping me up to date on all the important culinary news.
Earlier this month we were invited to Green City Market for the second year to participate in their Chef Demo series to share our award winning chicken tortilla soup recipe with the audience.
Four and a half years ago we published our inaugural blog recipe and adaptation of Julia Child’s Coq Au Vin, which remains our most successful to date. Since then we’ve gathered quite a following and created a community around our desire to simplify cooking for the …read more
If you’ve been following us recently then you’re familiar with the close of our successful Kickstarter campaign. It has propelled us forward as we busy ourselves with rewards for our backers and a new wave of large orders for Slow Cooker Spice Blends.
We headed south to Nashville for Spring break this week and I was relieved to find a basic, white Crock Pot in the pantry of our airbnb.
Earlier this month Meg’s discussed entertaining at home rather than going out as a budgeting tip during her early married life. Expenditure on home entertaining can get out of control without some forethought. How many times a week can you realistically “share” the cooking? Who is responsible for …read more
The second installment from our favorite cookbook and blog authors comes from Katie Morford of Moms Kitchen Handbook.
This week we took flight on our latest journey into retail at Andersonville Galleria. Tucked away in “foodie corner” on the second floor our shop is compact and bijou, just large enough to share a slice of Zen.Â
This week I finally got back into my own kitchen after our extended trip abroad. I missed our routines around breakfast: my morning pot of fresh brewed coffee on the table, lunch – being creative with leftovers, and dinner – the pleasure of chopping onions …read more
When I firmly joined Meg on our zen of slow cooking journey two years ago, there was a mantra in the slow cooking/crock pot world “pot roast and pulled pork..pot roast and pulled pork.”
This endless Chicago winter tentatively holds onto some aesthetic charm for me however my mind wanders to warmer climes. With auspicious timing we are focused on bringing a little warmth into your home with our heart healthy recipes from around the Mediterranean.
