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In loving memory of Nanci and Maggie

Recipe Collection

One-Pot Recipes

Complete meals cooked in one pot, Dutch oven, or deep cooking vessel.

These recipes keep the complete meal in one pot from start to finish: Dutch ovens, stockpots, heavy-bottomed pots, and deep cooking vessels where the main ingredients cook together. One Pot stays separate from One Pan, which covers skillet, sheet-pan, roasting-pan, and other pan-based recipes.

9 recipes
Beefy Tomato Macaroni

Beefy Tomato Macaroni

The entire appeal of beefy tomato macaroni is that the pasta never gets its own pot.

45 min · Easy
Garlic Herb Chicken and Rice

Garlic Herb Chicken and Rice

To make garlic herb chicken and rice, sear bone-in chicken thighs, sauté aromatics and rice in the drippings, add broth with dried herbs, then simmer.

50 min · Easy
Cabbage Roll Soup with Beef and Rice

Cabbage Roll Soup with Beef and Rice

Cabbage rolls are excellent, but they do ask you to stand there wrapping individual parcels of beef, rice, and cabbage as if dinner has assigned you seasonal…

55 min · Easy
One-Pot Chicken and Rice

One-Pot Chicken and Rice

Season chicken thighs and sear them in a Dutch oven or deep skillet, then cook aromatics, add rice and broth, and simmer covered for 20-25 minutes.

45 min · Easy
Classic Beef Chili

Classic Beef Chili

This classic beef chili recipe browns ground beef with onion and peppers, then simmers with tomatoes, kidney beans and pinto beans for a hearty one-pot dinner.

110 min · Easy
Creamy Tortellini Tomato Soup

Creamy Tortellini Tomato Soup

Creamy Tortellini Tomato Soup simmers cheese tortellini in a rich tomato-cream base with spinach and Parmesan -- a one-pot dinner ready in 30 minutes.

30 min · Easy
Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup simmers chicken, vegetables, orzo, broth, and lemon for a bright, comforting soup.

55 min · Easy
Mushroom Barley Soup

Mushroom Barley Soup

Mushroom Barley Soup simmers mushrooms, barley, vegetables, and broth until hearty, tender, and deeply savory.

55 min · Easy
Rice and Beans

Rice and Beans

Rice and beans may be inexpensive, but there is no requirement that inexpensive food taste like it has accepted defeat.

45 min · Easy