10,000 melting recipes

Mexican cornbread is a Texas-style layered skillet-style cornbread with browned ground meat, onion, jalapeños, and melted American cheese sandwiched between golden cornmeal batter.

Spicy Szechuan chicken stir-fries velvety egg-white-coated chicken with peanuts, chilies, ginger and bamboo shoots in a glossy soy-sherry sauce. A fast, fiery weeknight stir-fry, easily made gluten-free.

A chicken breast and potato salad with spinach, dressed with a creamy and tangy tarragon-mustard dressing.

Classic sausage cheese balls: raw breakfast sausage, sharp cheddar, and Bisquick mixed and baked until browned. The church-cookbook party snack that vanishes off every Christmas platter.

Warm crab meat salad that's fit for Imperial guests.

City chicken made with cubed pork and beef, breaded with saltines and poultry seasoning, then braised in chicken broth. A Depression-era Midwestern classic with no actual chicken.

An easy no-fuss curry chicken but without the fat of a traditional curry chicken. Pop this in the slow cooker or crockpot and serve with some rice.

Avocado chef salad piled with red leaf lettuce, watercress, mushrooms, hard-boiled eggs, Swiss cheese, julienned ham or turkey, cubed avocado, and a tangy vinaigrette. A protein-packed lunch in five minutes.

Homemade turkey sausage seasoned with fennel, garlic, and red pepper flakes for authentic Sicilian flavor. Grind, stuff, and pan-fry these lean links in about an hour.

A lighter chicken curry with applesauce for natural sweetness and a creamy tomato-curry sauce, served over rice with all the fixings. Raisins, coconut, peanuts, chutney, and more on the condiment bar.

Easy to make and good to use up leftover cooked chicken, better than Chicken Nuggets!

Pickled or corned beef (or venison): a traditional barrel-cure brine for beef or wild game using salt, saltpeter, and molasses. Old-fashioned homesteader method for preserving large cuts.

Blue cheese potato meatloaf folds tangy blue cheese into the loaf, frosts the whole thing with blue cheese mashed potatoes, and crowns it with crumbled bacon. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes baked into one loaded dish.

Easy chicken and bean enchiladas rolled in corn tortillas with hearty baked beans, picante sauce, and melted cheese. A 5-ingredient Mexican-inspired dinner baked in 30 minutes for a warm, saucy, family-friendly meal any night of the week.

Tender chicken breasts pounded thin and rolled around a savory crab, water chestnut, and Dijon filling. Baked or microwaved in 40 minutes for an impressive low-calorie dinner.

Sauerbraten pot roast marinated 4-10 days in malt vinegar and horseradish, then slow-braised with onions. A traditional German sour roast with tangy, fork-tender beef.