Green Bean Casserole
Fresh green beans blanched bright, folded into a mushroom cream sauce built in one skillet, and baked under a thick crown of crispy fried onions.
- Total time
- 1 hr 10 min
- Yield
- Serves 8
Recipes
97 recipes, newest first. Most are easy dinner recipes sized for a weeknight — thirty to sixty minutes, one or two pans, and ingredients from an ordinary grocery store.
The rest is what goes around dinner: soup recipes for a cold evening, salads and side dishes, desserts, and a few sauces worth keeping in the fridge. Every one has been cooked and written here, with the timings and quantities that actually worked.
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Classic Pumpkin Pie
A silky, deeply spiced pumpkin custard in a crisp, blind-baked crust, baked low and pulled while the center still wobbles so it sets without cracking.
- Total time
- 4 hr 45 min
- Yield
- One 9 in (23 cm) pie, 8 slices
Scalloped Potatoes
Thin Yukon Gold slices simmered in garlic cream before they go in the dish, so they bake tender all the way through under a browned Gruyère and cheddar top.
- Total time
- 1 hr 50 min
- Yield
- Serves 8
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
A thick, smooth broccoli cheddar soup that stays velvety instead of grainy: a light roux, small florets simmered just tender, and sharp cheddar stirred in off the heat.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Chicken Pot Pie
Tender chicken and vegetables in a thick, savory gravy under a flaky golden crust, with a filling cooled before it is covered so the pastry bakes crisp instead of steaming.
- Total time
- 1 hr 35 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Chicken and Dumplings
Southern chicken and dumplings: bone-in thighs simmered into a rich, lightly creamy broth, topped with fluffy drop dumplings that steam under a closed lid until light all the way through.
- Total time
- 1 hr 35 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Lasagna Soup
Everything good about lasagna in one pot: Italian sausage and tomato broth, broken noodles cooked right in the soup, and a spoonful of seasoned ricotta and melting mozzarella on every bowl.
- Total time
- 55 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Cheese Ball
A classic party cheese ball: cream cheese and sharp cheddar beaten smooth with a little Worcestershire and garlic, chilled firm, and rolled in toasted pecans and fresh herbs just before serving.
- Total time
- 2 hr 20 min
- Yield
- Serves 12
Crockpot Spinach Artichoke Dip
Hot, creamy spinach artichoke dip made in a slow cooker, with the spinach squeezed dry so the dip stays thick and scoopable for the whole party.
- Total time
- 2 hr 15 min
- Yield
- Serves 12
Baked Ziti
Ziti boiled two minutes short, tossed in a beef and sausage tomato sauce, layered with seasoned ricotta and baked under mozzarella until browned and bubbling.
- Total time
- 1 hr 45 min
- Yield
- Serves 8
Peanut Butter Pie
A no-bake peanut butter pie with a fluffy filling of cream cheese, peanut butter and whipped cream in a chocolate cookie crust, chilled until it slices clean.
- Total time
- 6 hr 25 min
- Yield
- One 9 in (23 cm) pie, 10 slices
Chicken Tortilla Soup
A brick-red broth built from blended charred tomatoes, onion and chiles, simmered with chicken thighs and finished with crisp homemade tortilla strips, avocado, lime and cotija.
- Total time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- Serves 6
Fettuccine Alfredo
The American restaurant-style fettuccine alfredo: butter, cream and real Parmigiano-Reggiano tossed with hot pasta and a splash of its cooking water, so the sauce is silky instead of clumpy or oily.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Yield
- Serves 4
Crock Pot Cashew Chicken
Takeout-style cashew chicken from the slow cooker: cornstarch-dusted chicken seared for color, cooked low in a soy, hoisin and rice vinegar sauce, with the cashews stirred in at the end so they stay crunchy.
- Total time
- 3 hr 20 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Beef Vegetable Soup
A hearty, old-fashioned vegetable beef soup: chuck browned hard and simmered until tender in a tomato-beef broth, with the vegetables added in stages so none of them turn to mush.
- Total time
- 2 hr 25 min
- Yield
- Serves 8
Air Fryer Chicken Thighs
Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs dried and dry-brined with salt and baking powder, then air fried skin side down first and finished skin side up for crackling skin and juicy meat.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Yield
- Serves 4
Egg Drop Soup
Restaurant-style egg drop soup in fifteen minutes: seasoned chicken broth lightly thickened with cornstarch, with beaten eggs poured in a thin stream for long, silky ribbons.
- Total time
- 15 min
- Yield
- Serves 4
Chicken and Rice Casserole
A from-scratch chicken and rice casserole where raw long-grain rice bakes right in a creamy, seasoned broth under seared chicken thighs, so the rice comes out tender and the chicken stays juicy.
- Total time
- 1 hr 40 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Black Forest Cake
Three layers of tender chocolate sponge soaked in cherry syrup, filled with stabilized whipped cream and sour cherries, and finished with chocolate shavings and fresh cherries.
- Total time
- 5 hr 35 min
- Yield
- One 8 in (20 cm) cake, 12 slices
Tuna Casserole
A from-scratch tuna noodle casserole: egg noodles, peas and good canned tuna in a creamy mushroom sauce, baked under buttery toasted breadcrumbs until bubbling.
- Total time
- 55 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Mexican Rice
Restaurant-style Mexican rice with separate, fluffy grains: long-grain rice rinsed, toasted golden in oil, then simmered in a blended tomato, onion and garlic broth and left covered to steam.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Yield
- Serves 6
Egg Roll in a Bowl
All the filling of an egg roll without the wrapper: ground pork browned hard, cabbage and carrots stir-fried just until crisp-tender, and a ginger-garlic soy sauce, ready in twenty-five minutes.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Yield
- Serves 4
Red Enchilada Sauce
A smooth, brick-red enchilada sauce made from toasted dried guajillo and ancho chiles, blended with garlic and onion and simmered in broth, with a quick chili-powder version for busy nights.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Yield
- About 3 cups (710 ml)
Creamy Garlic Chicken
Thin chicken cutlets seared golden, then simmered briefly in a garlic, Parmesan and cream pan sauce built on the browned bits in the skillet. One pan, thirty minutes.
- Total time
- 30 min
- Yield
- Serves 4