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Home › Recipe Index › Classic Recipes

Classic Recipes

These Classic Recipes are the very foundation of cooking. You’ll find yourself turning to these comforting recipes time and time again to recreate the nostalgic food memories from childhood. Mastering these essential recipes will make you a better cook.

Not sure where to start? The Classic Stovetop Beef Stew is a recipe everyone should have in their collection. Many readers claim that the Instant Pot Pot Roast with a silky, flavorful gravy is the best pot roast they’ve ever had! The Old Fashioned Potato Salad recipe will remind you why it has remained one of the most popular pot luck dishes of all time.

Homemade chicken noodle soup in a blue Dutch oven with egg noodles, shredded chicken, carrots, celery, and herbs, with crackers and fresh parsley nearby.

Soups + Stews

Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup

Stacked dill pickle tuna salad sandwich layered with crisp lettuce and fresh tomato on sliced bread.

Sandwiches

Dill Pickle Tuna Salad

Bowl of Get Well Chicken Soup with tender chicken, carrots, and short pasta in a clear, golden broth, garnished with fresh parsley and served with saltine crackers and a lemon half in the background.

Soups + Stews

Get Well Chicken Soup

Close-up of stacked macadamia nut fudge with a bite taken out of the top piece.

Candy

Macadamia Nut Fudge

A slice of Dutch apple pie with a crumb topping served on a plate with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, with the remaining pie in the background.

Pies and Pastries

Dutch Apple Pie

Stack of homemade caramel popcorn balls on a wooden serving board with glittery pumpkins in the background.

Halloween

Popcorn Balls

A wooden spoon scooping green chile rice from a casserole dish.

Side Dish

Green Chile Rice Casserole

A small sliced meatloaf with glaze on a cutting board.

Main Dish

One Pound Meatloaf Recipe

Kielbasa and sauerkraut with apples in a skillet next to a pan of dinner rolls.

30 Minute Meals

Skillet Kielbasa and Sauerkraut

Fish sandwiches with coleslaw on a wood board with French fries.

Sandwiches

Fish Sandwich Recipe (Crispy and Oven Baked)

A crudite platter with assorted vegetables and two dips in small bowls.

Cold Appetizers

Crudité Platter

Stuffed endive with balsamic glaze on a white plate.

Cold Appetizers

Endive Appetizer with Goat Cheese and Pear

A large pot filled with chile colorado and garnished with cilantro.

Mexican

Chile Colorado Recipe

A black serving bowl filled with three bean salad next to a blue kitchen cloth.

Salads

Three Bean Salad Recipe

A bowl of white bean and ham soup topped with croutons next to a pot of soup and more croutons on a baking sheet.

Soups + Stews

White Bean and Ham Soup

Dinner rolls in a round metal cake pan next to a butter dish.

Breads

Easy Dinner Rolls

Cranberry chicken salad on a croissant wth lettuce on a wooden plate.

Sandwiches

Cranberry Chicken Salad

A spatula lifting a slice of lasagna from a baking pan.

Pasta

Classic Lasagna Recipe

A spatula lifting a slice of chocolate cake from a cake pan.

Cakes

One Bowl Chocolate Cake

Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker Corned Beef

Italian pot roast and carrots in a slow cooker.

Slow Cooker

Slow Cooker Italian Pot Roast

A wooden spoon stirring BBQ cocktail sausages in a crock pot.

Hot Appetizers

Crock-Pot Cocktail Sausages

A bowl of chili cheese dip on a platter with tortilla chips.

Dips

Rotel Chili Cheese Dip

Four braised pork chops with fresh thyme in a pan.

Classic Recipes

Skillet Braised Pork Chops

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