Simple Easy Stovetop Recipes

There’s nothing easier than a quick and tasty stovetop meal for dinner. We love getting in and out of the kitchen fast on busy weeknights, and we’re sharing all our favorites with you!

We love a creamy seafood Salmon Alfredo for dinner, or for something with a little kick, Carbone Spicy Rigatoni (you’ll love the silky vodka sauce). Saute up some Blackened Chicken Tenders or Chicken Piccata, a Cheesecake Factory copycat that might be even better than the restaurant.

The stovetop isn’t just for dinner, of course – it’s just as perfect for making an amazing breakfast of easy Bisquick Banana Pancakes or a protein-packed Ham and Cheese Frittata.

See you at the stovetop!

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Cheesecake Factory Chicken Picatta Recipe

A bowl of fried rice with veggies and chicken.

Chicken and Rice Bowl

Cheese spaghetti in a pan.

Rotel Chicken Spaghetti

Titled graphic collage of 12 food images.

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Sourdough Discard Recipes

Drizzling vanilla sauce over bread pudding with a jar on a white background.

Vanilla Sauce for Bread Pudding

A white bowl filled with tomato soup and a sprig of basil on top.

3 Ingredient Tomato Soup

Three bowls of cream of jalapeno soup on a cutting board on a white background.

Cream of Jalapeno Soup

Looking down into a dish of pan roasted jalapenos.

Roasted Jalapenos

Plate of pancakes next to two forks, a jar of syrup, and a plate of pancakes with bananas in the background.

Chocolate Chip Banana Pancakes

Placing turkey in bucket with brine.

Cajun Turkey Brine (for Breast or Whole Turkey)

Chili con carne and a spoon in a small bowl with 2 pieces of cornbread

Our Favorite Stovetop Chili

Stovetop mac n cheese in a white bowl, and a large blue serving bowl of it in the background.

White Cheddar Mac and Cheese

3-ingredient breakfast of blueberry flapjacks next to syrup and butter for serving.

Muffin Mix Pancakes

30 minute dinner of salmon alfredo fettuccine.

Salmon with Alfredo

spicy vodka sauce with rigatoni in a casserole dish.

Spicy Rigatoni Vodka Pasta

One half of a perfectly cooked sourdough grilled cheese with three cheeses.

Sourdough Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Hawaiian teriyaki chicken and pineapple fried rice served in a pineapple bowl.

Teriyaki Chicken Pineapple Bowls

Perfectly toasted sourdough breakfast sandwich on a white plate.

Sourdough Scrambled Egg Sandwich

Plated serving of homemade Cheesecake Factory chicken piccata.

Cheesecake Factory Chicken Picatta Recipe

Platter full of pan seared rockfish tacos topped with fish taco slaw.

Rockfish Tacos (Grilled or Pan Seared)

Red lentils in a small, clear glass dish with a white serving spoon.

How to Cook Red Lentils (Instant Pot or Stove)

Stacked pancakes with butter and syrup poured on top and fruits on the side.

Fluffiest Sourdough Discard Pancakes

Dutch oven pulled pork sliders, topped with slaw and ready for serving.

Shredded Pork Sliders

Overhead view: Serving dish of Chipotle brown rice.

Cilantro Lime Brown Rice (Like Chipotle)

Bowl filled with Dutch Oven carnitas meat next to charred corn tortillas and bowls of Pico de Gallo and minced jalapenos.

Dutch Oven Pork Roast

Penne alla Pomodoro in a stainless steel skillet.

Penne Al Pomodoro

Italian dinner plated with pan seared fish on a bed of long, flat noodles.

Salmon Pesto Pasta

perfectly seared boneless skinless chicken breast on a serving plate with a fork.

Cast Iron Chicken Breast

platter of Cajun spiced food.

Blackened Chicken Tenders

Fried cabbage with bacon in a large glass serving bowl.

Irish Cabbage

Meatball marinara dinner in a cast iron skillet.

Meatball Marinara

pouring fresh strawberry syrup onto strawberry French toast.

Strawberry French Toast

a white serving plate with Dutch Oven Pot Roast and vegetables.

Pot Roast in Dutch Oven

overhead: Ladle in a pot of keto cheeseburger soup.

Beefy Velveeta Cheese Soup

a plate full of broccoli getting drizzled by a spoonful of white cheese sauce.

White Cheese Sauce

a white bowl of cooled and thickened fresh cranberry sauce ready to serve with a gold serving spoon.

Cranberry Sauce

photo collage of easy soups with a text "Best Soup Recipes" written at the center.

Best Soup Recipes

two green bowls with short rib rigatoni and a silver fork poking a pasta, a red striped cloth, and a salt and pepper cellar in the background.

Short Rib Rigatoni

a white plate with cast iron skillet chicken thighs and hash brown placed on top of a wooden board.

Cast Iron Chicken Thighs

Hand holding filled wonton appetizer in chopsticks.

Mushroom Dumplings

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