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Home › Recipe Index › American

American

If you’re looking for traditional American dishes, you’re in the right place! From the kitchen to the backyard grill, you’re sure to find something delicious to make in this collection of classic American recipes.

Reader favorites include the Philly Cheesesteak Recipe, Classic Beef Burgers, and Baked Beans from Scratch.

Lemon Herb Sheet Pan Chicken and Potatoes with golden bone-in chicken breasts, roasted baby potatoes, fresh parsley, and lemon.

One Pot

Sheet Pan Chicken and Potatoes

Chicken and wild rice skillet with mushrooms, carrots, Parmesan cheese, and fresh parsley in a blue skillet.

One Pot

Chicken Wild Rice Skillet

A pumpkin bar topped with cream cheese frosting and chopped walnuts is lifted from a pan of frosted pumpkin bars.

Bars + Brownies

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

Buffalo chicken flatbread pizza topped with melted mozzarella, crumbled blue cheese, and chopped green onions on a parchment-lined baking sheet, with a second pizza behind it and a green towel at the side.

Pizza

Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Pizza

Roasted butternut squash salad with chicken, crisp apples, dried cranberries, sliced almonds, feta cheese, and red onion on a bed of mixed greens, served with maple Dijon vinaigrette.

Salads

Butternut Squash Salad with Chicken and Apples

Slow Cooker Country Style Ribs coated in a sticky, caramelized BBQ sauce and garnished with parsley.

Main Dish

Slow Cooker Country Style Ribs

Tender slow cooker chuck roast with carrots and baby potatoes on a wooden serving platter, garnished with fresh parsley and served with gravy.

Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker Chuck Roast

Cinnamon apples coated in a glossy brown sugar cinnamon sauce in a cast iron skillet, surrounded by fresh apples and cinnamon sticks.

Side Dish

Cinnamon Apples

Eight baked chili dogs topped with melted cheese, red onion, and pickled jalapeños in a baking dish with beer and potato chips.

Sandwiches

Baked Chili Dogs

Old-fashioned beef noodle soup with tender beef, thick egg noodles, carrots, celery, and parsley in a rich beef broth.

Soups + Stews

Old Fashioned Beef Noodle Soup

Chopped Italian Sandwich halves stacked on a wooden board, showing the creamy chopped deli meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and banana pepper filling.

Sandwiches

Chopped Italian Sandwich

Apple Berry Crisp with a spoonful lifted from the baking dish, showing tender apples, berries, and a golden oat topping.

Fruit Desserts

Apple Berry Crisp

Three ham, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches stacked on a wooden board with foil-wrapped sandwiches in the background.

Breakfast

Make-Ahead Breakfast Sandwiches

Slice of cherry coffee cake with fresh cherries and an almond streusel topping served with coffee.

Breakfast

Cherry Coffee Cake

Easy Pepper Steak made with tender beef, bell peppers, and onion simmered in a flavorful brown sauce, served in a blue skillet with white rice on the side.

Classic Recipes

Classic Pepper Steak

Southwest Chicken Caesar Salad drizzled with creamy Caesar dressing, topped with chicken, avocado, black beans, corn, tomatoes, shredded cheese, and crispy tortilla strips.

Salads

Southwest Chicken Caesar Salad

A 6 image collage featuring 10 easy chicken salad recipes with text overlay.

Collections

10 Easy Chicken Salad Recipes

Hand holding a cheeseburger topped with homemade burger sauce, cheddar cheese, pickles, red onion, lettuce, and tomato.

Sauces

Burger Sauce

Peach Strawberry Crisp with vanilla ice cream served in bowls next to the baking dish and fresh peaches and strawberries.

Fruit Desserts

Peach Strawberry Crisp

Sliced pineapple zucchini bread with a soft, moist crumb and bits of fresh zucchini throughout.

Muffins and Quick Breads

Pineapple Zucchini Bread

A slice of Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake with fudgy chocolate icing and chopped peanuts lifted from a 13- x 9-inch sheet cake.

Cakes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Summer Chicken Salad with bacon, corn, avocado, tomatoes, and Cajun chicken on a bed of fresh greens, served on a wooden platter with apple cider vinaigrette.

Salads

Summer Chicken Salad with Bacon, Corn, and Avocado

Watermelon Caprese on a serving platter with layers of watermelon, fresh mozzarella, basil leaves, blackberries, chopped pistachios, and balsamic glaze.

Cold Appetizers

Watermelon Caprese

Three chili dogs topped with shredded cheddar cheese, diced onion, and chopped pickled jalapeños on red checkered paper.

Soups + Stews

Hot Dog Chili

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