79 fun fun recipes

Avocado halves stuffed with Italian-dressed tuna salad, topped with melted cheddar and crushed potato chips, then baked until warm and bubbly. Tunados are a retro stuffed avocado dinner that's fun, crunchy, and totally addictive.

Serve in buns or as a main course, hot or cold. Can be frozen.

A hearty, delicious stew and very filling as well. Served it with a homemade whole wheat bun, comfy and tasty.

Piroshki: golden Russian stuffed buns of soft yeast dough wrapped around savory beef, mushroom, or buckwheat fillings, then baked or fried. The portable hand pie of Russian home cooking.

These lentil burgers are packed with flavor and goodness.They can be served on top of hamburger bun, with some chutney or whatever your favorite toppings; or just have these tasty burgers with some fresh vegetable salad to complete a meal.

Stacked roast beef sandwich on rye with a tangy cream cheese horseradish spread, crisp lettuce, and red onion rings. A 5-minute no-cook lunch that packs serious deli-style flavor.

A great rendition to crockpot-made beans that are best served with bread bowls or hamburger buns.

BBQ Beans with molasses, chili powder, cumin, mustard, and tomato sauce, sauteed oil-free and ready in 30 minutes. Serve on buns like sloppy joes, over whole grains, or as a picnic side.

Vegetarian lentil-walnut burgers with mushrooms, wheat germ, and dry sherry. Hearty, earthy veggie patties that hold together on a bun and freeze beautifully for meal prep.

These nutty burgers are a barbecue favorite, great on whole-wheat onion bun with the traditional toppings of tomato, cheese, lettuce and so on.

Minestrone casalinga: a homestyle Italian vegetable soup packed with white beans, leeks, cabbage, zucchini, and orzo. Rustic, layered, and exactly what cold weather calls for.

Slow cooker Italian sausages braised in spaghetti sauce with green peppers and onions until fork-tender. Serve on buns for sausage subs or sliced over spaghetti.

Pumpkin sloppy joe burgers with ground beef, chili sauce, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and tomato soup simmered thick and served on buns. A fall twist on a classic.

Soft, yeasted rolls swirled with brown sugar, cinnamon, and black walnuts, baked in a buttery butterscotch coating that pools over each warm roll. Old-fashioned sticky bun goodness from scratch.

Vegan BBQ beans simmered with molasses, tomato sauce, chili powder, cumin, and hot sauce. Water-sauteed veggies keep it oil-free. Serve on buns like sloppy joes, over grains, or as a picnic side.