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Quick and Easy Stovetop Recipes

Sometimes all you need to make the most delicious recipes is a stovetop! Whether you’re without an oven or just don’t feel like turning it on, these recipes are always a win. Check out some of our most-popular stovetop recipes: Minestrone Soup, White Cheddar Shells and Cheese, or Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.

Stovetop Soups & Stews

A bowl of creamy chicken and corn chowder garnished with herbs and bacon bits, accompanied by slices of bread on the side.

Chicken Corn Chowder

A bowl of creamy tomato tortellini soup garnished with herbs and grated cheese, served with slices of bread.

Tomato Tortellini Soup

A bowl of creamy tomato pasta soup with tortellini, ground meat, spinach, and slices of parmesan cheese, served with a side of butter.

Easy Sausage Tortellini Soup Recipe

7-can chicken tortilla soup

Seven Can Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

quick italian ground turkey soup

Quick Italian Ground Turkey Soup Recipe

A ceramic bowl filled with creamy soup, featuring pieces of broccoli and bread slices, with a black spoon resting inside. Another similar bowl and a small dish of butter in the background.

Chicken and Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe

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Stovetop Desserts

There’s a reason “Eat Dessert First” is a saying. When your dessert is this tasty, you just can’t wait through a whole meal before you dig in!

Close-up of several pieces of peanut brittle arranged on a light-colored surface.

Peanut Praline Clusters Recipe

Several chocolate-covered caramel and nougat bars with peanuts, some cut in half, are displayed on a white surface.

Snickers Fudge

Homemade caramel candies arranged on a white surface.

Homemade Caramels

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A bowl of cooked shrimp with herbs, beside two small bowls of dipping sauce and skewered shrimp on a green textured surface.

Bang Bang Shrimp

A white bowl filled with Cabbage Soup with a spoon. Surrounded by slices of crusty bread.

Easy Cabbage Soup

A bowl of Apple Pie Filling surrounded by green apples, cinnamon and brown sugar.

Apple Pie Filling

White Chocolate, Christmas Decorated Cake Pops in a mug.

Christmas Cake Pops

A large skillet on top of a striped towel filled with Tomato Gravy with a wooden spoon.

Tomato Gravy

A bowl of Acorn Squash Soup with cream sauce and toasted pumpkin seeds on top. Separate bowls of Acorn Squash Soup, pumpkin seeds and cream sauce in the background.

Acorn Squash Soup

A bowl of Tuscan White Bean Soup with a white pitcher and bread on a plate in the background.

Tuscan White Bean Soup

Top view of 3 bowls of Chicken Soup sitting on a countertop with the middle bowl centered in the picture.

Marry Me Chicken Soup

A bowl of macaroni salad with sliced boiled eggs and dill, placed on a gray cloth, with a wooden spoon beside it.

Deviled Egg Pasta Salad

A slice of creamy lemon pie on a plate topped with fresh lemon spiral. With the remaining Creamy Lemon Pie in the background.

Creamy Lemon Pie

A white bowl filled with a creamy mixture containing marshmallows, shredded coconut, pineapple, and other fruit pieces.

Mom’s Frog Eye Salad

Creamy Pasta Salad

Deviled eggs topped with bacon and chives on a wooden board.

Loaded Deviled Eggs

Green Beans with Candied Pecans

Green Beans with Candied Pecans

wisconsin bacon and potato cheese soup

Wisconsin Bacon and Potato Cheese Soup Recipe

sticky sesame chicken

Sticky Sesame Chicken Recipe

chicken Alfredo made healthier with less fat served with fettecine

Healthier Chicken Alfredo Recipe (Lightened Up)

quick italian ground turkey soup

Quick Italian Ground Turkey Soup Recipe

orange glazed carrots

Orange Glazed Carrots Recipe

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Chow Mein Recipe

7-can chicken tortilla soup

Seven Can Chicken Tortilla Soup Recipe

Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes in a white bowl.

Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes

A white bowl filled with Creamy Chicken and Potato Soup with a spoon lifting out a bite. Rolls on a plate in the background.

Creamy Chicken and Potato Soup

smashed cheesy potatoes

Smashed Cheesy Potatoes Recipe

A glass bowl filled with creamy dessert topped with diced peaches, placed next to two whole peaches on a dark surface.

Peach Jello Fluff Salad

beef and broccoli

Beef and Broccoli Recipe

Bowl of salsa with cilantro garnish surrounded by tortilla chips.

Easy Freezer Salsa

steak slices on wood cutting board

Pan Seared Steak

A platter of salad with tortellini, artichokes, bell peppers, olives, herbs, and grated cheese on a tiled surface with a blue napkin and wooden utensils beside it.

Italian Tortellini Salad

A bowl of pasta salad with rotini, kidney beans, chopped vegetables, and shredded chicken, accompanied by wooden serving utensils.

Copycat Hug-Hes Chicken Pasta Salad

A bowl of macaroni salad with ground meat, chopped tomatoes, and vegetables, with a wooden spoon. A checkered cloth is nearby on a light-colored surface.

Cowboy Pasta Salad

A bowl of pasta salad with bowtie pasta, cherry tomatoes, chicken, black olives, cheese, and greens, mixed with a wooden spoon.

Grilled Chicken Bow Tie Pasta Salad

Deviled eggs topped with sliced jalapeños and bacon pieces on a dark surface.

Jalapeño Popper Deviled Eggs

bbq sloppy joes

BBQ Sloppy Joes

A white bowl of pasta salad with rotini, cheese, diced tomatoes, green onions, and bacon bits on a light gray cloth.

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad

A glass bowl of tortellini pasta salad with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, artichoke hearts, olives, red onion, and feta cheese, with a wooden spoon.

Tortellini Pasta Salad

A wooden bowl filled with a chopped salad of cabbage, shredded chicken, sliced almonds, and noodles. A striped cloth lies beside the bowl.

Ramen Noodle Oriental Chicken Salad

White casserole dish filled with meatballs in tomato sauce, topped with chopped parsley.

Porcupine Meatballs

Grandma’s Delicious Goulash in a pan

Grandma’s Delicious Goulash

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