3-year anniversary!!

3 years ago today I wrote my first post on this blog.  It read…


“I have decided to try to use my crockpot for 365 days in a row! That is the basis of this blog. I will blog about my efforts and post recipes and pictures. I hope that you will try the recipes and comment about your own successes and failures. I typically haven’t used the crockpot all that much since I’ve had one; however, that is about to change! I’m sure after this experiment is over with our whole family will be sick of the crockpot and go back to the oven.”


3 years later and I’m still using the best appliance ever at least 4 or 5 times a week.  Boo yeah.

• As a stay-at-home mom I’ve had the chance to feel like I’m connected with many adults even though I spend the majority of my time at home with young kids.
• I’ve been able to get really really awesome at using the slow cooker.  I have learned SO much about slow cookers, slow cooker recipes, why things turn out, why things don’t turn out, etc. etc.
• I’ve taught dozens of slow cooking classes
• I’ve been featured on TV, radio, magazines and newspapers.
• I’ve put together 2 cookbooks.
• I’ve blogged 885 different posts about slow cooking (holy cow!)
• I started with one slow cooker and now I have 9!
• I’ve had almost 1.5 million pageviews with viewers from 173 different countries.
• I started a facebook page for 365 Days of Slow Cooking and we now have almost 6,000 fans.