305 out meal recipes

Tangy baked meatballs with oats and evaporated milk, glazed in a sweet-smoky sauce of ketchup, brown sugar, and liquid smoke. Big batch recipe for parties or freezing.

Golden-browned whole chicken pieces simmered with okra, fresh tomatoes, cumin, and white wine until fall-off-the-bone tender. A soulful one-pot stew that tastes even better the next day.

Italian-style party meatballs with Parmesan and rolled oats simmered in a homemade tomato-oregano-basil sauce. Serve in a chafing dish for easy entertaining and cocktail parties.

Vereshchaka is a traditional Ukrainian pork casserole braised in beetroot rassol with bacon, allspice, and pearl barley. Topped with sour cream and fresh herbs, it's hearty comfort food.

Cornbread stuffing layers crumbled herbed cornbread with chicken livers, chestnuts, dried apricots, raisins, pine nuts, almonds, and apple. Rich and complex Thanksgiving showstopper.

Picnic kabobs: olive-stuffed ground beef meatballs skewered with tomato wedges, green pepper, baby potato, and button mushroom, basted with French dressing. An outdoor grill classic for six.

Classic no-bake peanut butter chocolate cookies with oats, cocoa, sugar, and milk. Boil the base, stir in the oats and peanut butter, drop, and done.

Homemade dog biscuits with whole wheat flour, oats, wheat germ, and molasses. Baked low and slow for an hour to make crunchy, shelf-stable treats your dog can chew on.

Rustic French meatloaf channels country pâté with ground pork, veal, puréed chicken livers, chopped prunes, and pistachios. Served with Dijon mustard for a bistro dinner in loaf form.

No-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with coconut, cocoa, and margarine boiled for 2 minutes then dropped onto wax paper. A classic fridge cookie ready in under an hour.

Boiled cocoa cookies: no-bake oatmeal drop cookies made on the stovetop with cocoa, sugar, milk, and vanilla. Old-school fudgy bites that set on waxed paper in minutes.

If you're tired of having popcorn during movies, then try this crunchy and scrumptious snack that won't disappoint.

Traditional English black pudding baked in a roasting pan with pig's blood, beef suet, pearl barley, oatmeal, and dried mint. A casing-free version sliced and fried for breakfast with apples and mash.

No bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal cookies that drop straight from the saucepan onto waxed paper. The classic stovetop cookie that sets into fudgy, chewy rounds in under 30 minutes with no oven required.

Mexican Yuletide cookies (polvorones) with butter, oatmeal, and pecans rolled in powdered sugar while warm. A crumbly, nutty holiday cookie that makes 6.5 dozen from one batch.

Vegan pinto bean loaf with mashed beans, tomato sauce, oats, and breadcrumbs topped with ketchup or BBQ sauce. A hearty, high-protein plant-based meatloaf alternative.