260 fun fun recipes

Hot sandwiches stuffed with SPAM, melted cheese, and crisp vegetables get wrapped in foil and baked until steaming for easy lunch boxes, camping trips, or retro comfort food.

Quick ground beef gumbo made with condensed chicken gumbo soup, bouillon, and green pepper. A shortcut weeknight version served over rice or on toasted buns.

Baked ground beef patties with Dijon cheddar cheese sauce and a tomato slice on top. A homey, fork-and-knife dinner that skips the burger bun entirely.

Slow cooker BBQ beef sandwiches with shredded chuck roast in a tangy tomato sauce, brown sugar, and mustard. Fork-tender and crowd-ready on buns.

Caramel rolls made with frozen bread dough, butterscotch pudding mix, brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon. A shortcut sticky bun with an overnight rise option.

Homemade siopao steamed dumplings stuffed with a savory shrimp, ground pork, and water chestnut filling. Makes 30 pillowy buns from scratch, street-food style.

Barbecue pulled chicken made in a slow cooker with smoky chipotle, green chiles, honey, and cider vinegar. Hands-off comfort food that piles high on buns or over rice.

Italian sausage with peppers and onions, boiled first then pan-fried golden brown, served on hot dog buns with mustard. A classic street fair sausage sandwich that's a staple at every Italian-American festival.

Wisconsin-style butterburgers with cottage cheese mixed into the patties and cooked in a generous pool of melted butter. Buns dipped in the pan drippings and broiled.

Tortilla hot dog wraps a cooked frank in a flour tortilla with mustard. A kid's lunchbox swap for buns, ready in 10 minutes and easier to pack without going soggy.

Open-faced tuna melts pile canned tuna, mayo, dill pickles, and onion onto a toasted bun, then broil with melty cheese on top. Five-ingredient lunch ready in 10 minutes flat.

Broiled open-face crab burgers loaded with cheddar, hard-boiled eggs, and a tangy mayo-ketchup spread on toasted bun halves. Bubbly, golden, and ready in 20 minutes.

Broiled cheddar-olive sandwiches loaded with sharp cheddar, olives, hard-boiled egg, and green pepper on toasted buns. A retro open-face sandwich that broils bubbly in minutes.

Corned beef barbecue sandwiches simmered in a homemade sauce of ketchup, Worcestershire, vinegar, mustard, chili powder, and paprika. A Midwestern potluck classic using canned corned beef on hamburger buns.

Baked vegetarian walnut burgers with silken tofu, sunflower seeds, herb stuffing mix, scallions, and nutritional yeast. A hearty meatless patty that holds together on the bun and delivers plenty of savory flavor.

Beef slices are stir-fried with onions, celeries and mushrooms in a soy-wine sauce. Quick, easy and flavorful. Serve it with a bowl of rice or steamed buns to complete the meal.