606 round recipes

Classic SOS (chipped beef on a shingle): ground chuck in a thick, peppery white milk gravy ladled over toast, waffles, or muffins. Five ingredients and 25 minutes.

Savory baked apples stuffed with brandy-seasoned pork and veal, topped with spinach, and served on a pool of port wine sauce. An elegant French-inspired autumn main course.

Easy runzas made with crescent roll dough, ground beef, cabbage, and onion soup mix. A shortcut version of the classic Nebraska meat-and-cabbage pocket.

Steamed broccoli tossed in a Japanese rice vinegar vinaigrette with garlic and stone ground mustard. A tangy, oil-free side dish ready in under 15 minutes.

Five-ingredient Texas-style bean soup with ground chuck, canned minestrone, Rotel tomatoes, and ranch-style beans. Ten minutes of prep, one hour of simmering, zero fuss.

Homemade breakfast sausage patties made with ground turkey, sage, thyme, and rosemary. A leaner, lower-fat take on classic pork breakfast sausage, ready in 25 minutes.

A tomato-based twist on classic SOS: ground chuck with onions, green pepper, and garlic simmered in tomato sauce and served over toast, rolls, or muffins. Fast, no-fuss comfort food.

Cuban-style ground beef picadillo simmered with green olives, raisins, lime, cumin, and cinnamon. Sweet-and-savory weeknight skillet meal that piles onto rice or stuffs into tacos.

Cream cheese jalapeno hamburgers stuff a jalapeno popper filling right inside the patty, sealed between two layers of beef and grilled so the molten center stays put. Juicy stuffed burgers for the grill.

Basic beef chili with lean ground beef, cumin, chili powder, garlic, and canned tomatoes simmered low for up to two hours. A no-bean Texas-style chili with pure meat-and-spice flavor.

Cheese-stuffed hamburger patties with cheddar sealed inside two thin layers of ground beef. The cheese melts into a gooey pocket as the burger cooks. Freezer-friendly for meal prep.

Pineapple butterscotch cake doctored from pound cake mix and instant butterscotch pudding, topped with crushed pineapple and butterscotch chips. The shortcut potluck cake that always disappears.

This pizza topped meatloaf combines seasoned ground chuck with gooey mozzarella and tangy pizza sauce. Baked golden in just 40 minutes, it brings together two family favorites in one crowd-pleasing dish.

Christmas cinnamon ornaments made from applesauce, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger. No-bake scented ornaments air-dried into holiday decorations. Not for eating.

Vietnamese spring rolls (cha gio): crisp rice-paper rolls stuffed with ground pork, crab, glass noodles, garlic, and shallots, fried to a deep golden crunch. The crackly fried appetizer everyone fights over.

Michigan chili dog sauce simmered low with ground beef, chili powder, paprika, and dry mustard. The authentic Coney Island method: never brown the meat, just simmer for an hour.