65 refigerator recipes

Tender ravioli swaddled in a rich tomato-wine sauce with earthy mushrooms, spinach, and fennel. One-dish weeknight comfort that tastes like you spent hours in an Italian kitchen.

Make-ahead pizzaburgers stuffed with seasoned ground beef, tomato sauce, mozzarella, and chopped green olives on hamburger buns. Wrap, refrigerate, and reheat anytime.

Banana-Green Mango Chutney pairs ripe bananas with unripe mango, fresh ginger, serrano chile, and raisins in a tangy sweet-hot sauce. Ready in 30 minutes and keeps refrigerated for 2 weeks.

Old-fashioned icebox cookies with cardamom, cinnamon, lemon juice, and chopped nuts. Slice-and-bake dough that refrigerates overnight or freezes for weeks. Paper-thin and crispy.

Make-ahead sourdough biscuit batter with buttermilk, self-rising flour, and yeast. Mix once, refrigerate, and bake fresh biscuits anytime you want them.

Chilled raspberry soup with sour cream, dry sherry, pineapple juice, and grenadine, thickened with gelatin and refrigerated overnight. An elegant cold dessert soup.

Pickled green tomatoes with fresh dill, garlic, celery, and green pepper in a hot vinegar brine. A tangy, crunchy refrigerator pickle ready in 4 weeks using end-of-season tomatoes.

Easy caramel chocolate sticky buns: a four-ingredient hack using refrigerated biscuits stuffed with chocolate kisses and baked over coconut-pecan frosting that turns into instant caramel when inverted.

Quick rhubarb mint chutney with lemon juice, sugar, and onion. Tangy-sweet condiment for lamb, ready in 30 minutes. Make up to 2 days ahead and refrigerate.

Rhubarb-apple bread with tart rhubarb and sweet apples in a spiced quick bread with cinnamon, cloves, and chopped nuts. Makes two loaves that keep for 10 days refrigerated.

Layered pecan crust dessert with cream cheese, vanilla and chocolate pudding, and Cool Whip. No-bake except for the crust. Refrigerate overnight for best results.

Apricot almond chewies are no-bake bites that bind dried apricots, toasted slivered almonds, and shredded coconut with sweetened condensed milk. Refrigerator cookies, no oven required.

Old-fashioned homemade lemonade syrup concentrate with citric and tartaric acid. Bottle once, refrigerate, and mix 1:5 with water for instant fresh lemonade all summer.

This cake is so rich and moist and it keeps well for some time in a well covered cake tin or wrapped in plastic in the refrigerator.

Tex-Mex chicken wraps rolled with cilantro mayo, salsa-tossed chicken, crunchy red peppers, and romaine. Make ahead and refrigerate up to 2 days for easy lunches.

Bubble up pizza casserole with quartered refrigerated biscuits tossed in marinara and mozzarella, baked into a bubbly, cheesy, fork-and-knife pizza bake. Kid-favorite weeknight dinner.