15 steve recipes

Steve's meatloaf: classic comfort-food meatloaf with marinara, garlic, and a hint of nutmeg, served with a creamy mushroom and sour cream sauce. Sunday supper at its most satisfying.

Microwave cheeseburgers brown ground beef patties with a quick bouquet sauce wash, then melt cheese on a soft bun in minutes. A retro 70s-style fast burger for when the stove is busy.

An easy one-pan stove-stop chicken main dish braised in white wine and three kinds of mustard. Delicious and easy to prepare chicken main. Easy to scale down to two servings or up to serve a crowd.

Pickled chipotles in red wine vinegar with just two ingredients and 15 minutes of cooking. Smoky, tangy, and ready to use as a condiment for months. Store in the fridge up to 3 months.

Chicken pot pie meets Thanksgiving leftovers: creamy chicken filling crowned with savory herb stuffing instead of pastry. Easy casserole-style comfort with crispy, seasoned topping. Turkey works great too.

Oat bran cereal cooked in half orange juice, half water with raisins and cinnamon. A single-serving hot breakfast with natural citrus sweetness. Ready in minutes on the stove or microwave.

Oven pancakes baked on a hot buttered sheet pan with buttermilk batter. No flipping, no standing at the stove. A batch of golden pancakes in under 15 minutes.

Oven scrambled eggs feed 30+ people with 100 eggs baked in 13x9 pans. The crowd-cooking method that frees up the stove and skips constant stirring at brunch.

Stove-top cream of pea soup: a 30-minute vegetarian soup of fresh or frozen green peas pureed with butter, onion, and milk. Six ingredients, one pot, supremely simple.

A rustic blueberry pie baked right in a cast-iron skillet with a golden pastry lid and no bottom crust. Just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes from stove to table.

Steamed fish and vegetables in stove-top papillotte: halibut and sugar snap peas steamed in plastic over diced tomatoes and basil. A clean, light, restaurant-style dinner in 20 minutes.

Chilled cream of cucumber soup with sour cream, fresh dill, and parsley. A cool, refreshing summer starter that's better made the day before. No fuss, no stove time after dinner.

Pasta alla checca, a Roman no-cook summer pasta sauce of ripe tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers, fresh basil, and garlic steeped in olive oil for hours. No stove needed for the sauce.

Mushroom oven omelet bakes sauteed mushrooms, bacon and sharp cheddar into fluffy eggs, no flipping or fussing at the stove. A make-it-once dish that slices into squares for breakfast, brunch or supper.

Quick soy-honey chicken marinade with olive oil, lime juice, and garlic. Just 6 ingredients and 1 hour of marinating for juicy, flavorful chicken breasts on the grill, in the oven, or on the stove.