Beyond Slow Cookers

Discover delicious recipes that don’t require a slow cooker. From stovetop meals and oven-baked dishes to air fryer favorites and grilled delights, this category is perfect for quick and flavorful recipes made without a slow cooker.

Ground Beef Hot Honey Bowl

Ground Beef Hot Honey Bowl served over fluffy white rice, topped with green onions and sesame seeds, with a glossy sweet-spicy beef sauce.

Ground Beef Hot Honey Bowl: sweet-spicy, savory comfort in one skillet—ready fast for busy nights. Sticky hot honey beef over rice!

Air Fryer Calzones

Air Fryer Calzones served with marinara dipping sauce on a wooden board

If there’s one thing busy weeknights have taught me, it’s this: Air Fryer Calzones are the kind of dinner win that feels like you cheated the system—in the best way …

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Chicken Burrito Casserole

Chicken Burrito Casserole baked with shredded chicken, black beans, corn, and melted cheese in a white casserole dish

If Chicken Burrito Casserole sounds like the kind of dinner that could save your sanity on a busy night… you’re absolutely right. This is one of those recipes that feels …

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Chick fil A Mac and Cheese

Chick fil A Mac and Cheese copycat with creamy elbow macaroni and a golden baked cheese top, garnished with herbs on a white plate.

Craving Chick fil A Mac and Cheese? Make this creamy, melty copycat at home in 5 easy steps—weeknight comfort that disappears fast!

Million Dollar Chicken Salad

Million Dollar Chicken Salad in a bowl with shredded chicken, celery, cheddar cheese, crispy bacon, and toasted almonds.

Creamy, crunchy, and irresistible—this Million Dollar Chicken Salad is the quick, flavor-packed meal you’ll crave for lunch or dinner!

Coconut Chicken Brothy Rice

Coconut Chicken Brothy Rice served with tender chicken, creamy coconut broth, fluffy white rice, fresh cilantro, and lime wedges

If you’ve ever stood in your kitchen at 5:30 p.m., tired, hungry, and wondering why everyone needs dinner every single night—this Coconut Chicken Brothy Rice is about to become your …

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Texas Roadhouse Smothered Chicken

Texas Roadhouse Smothered Chicken covered in creamy gravy and topped with herbs, served hot on a white plate for a cozy comfort-food dinner.

Make Texas Roadhouse Smothered Chicken at home—juicy, cheesy, and loaded with sautéed onions and mushrooms. A cozy, crave-worthy weeknight win!

Creamy Italian Sausage Gnocchi Soup

Creamy Italian Sausage Gnocchi Soup topped with melted cheese, cracked black pepper, and herbs in a creamy tomato broth.

Creamy Italian Sausage Gnocchi Soup is a cozy, irresistible one-pot dinner with pillowy gnocchi, savory sausage, and rich cream—ready fast.

Pineapple Chicken Tacos

Pineapple Chicken Tacos with juicy seasoned chicken, fresh pineapple salsa, cilantro, and diced onions in warm corn tortillas with lime.

Pineapple Chicken Tacos bring sweet pineapple salsa + juicy marinated chicken to your table in 30 minutes—weeknight dinner, upgraded.