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Oven recipes

Oven cooking trades hands-on time for hands-off time. Preheat, slide it in, set a timer. Sheet-pan dinners, roasts, casseroles, baked pasta — the workhorse method of any well-fed household.

222 recipes match this method.

Rich Beef Gravy

Red wine and redcurrant jelly do the heavy lifting in this British one-pot main. On the table in about 15 minutes.

Time: 15 min
Servings: 6 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Chicken Sizzle Roast

Chicken breasts with skin on set the tone for this easygoing roast. Serves 2 without any fuss.

Time: 20 min
Servings: 2 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Mini Spinach Quiches

Mini Spinach Quiches is a British breakfast that lets spinach take centre stage. Make it once and it will earn a place in your rotation.

Time: 20 min
Servings: 6 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Pasta Chips

This Italian pasta builds its flavour on pasta and jarred peppers. Make it once and it will earn a place in your rotation.

Time: 20 min
Servings: 6 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Frittata

This is the Italian breakfast to reach for when there is eggs in the kitchen. On the table in about 22 minutes.

Time: 22 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Homemade Muesli

Homemade Muesli keeps things honest: uncooked oats and raw almonds, handled with care. Balanced, filling and easy to love.

Time: 22 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Apple and Banana Muffins

There is real comfort in a breakfast like this one, rich with apples and lemon juice. Balanced, filling and easy to love.

Time: 22 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Miso-Glazed Salmon Rice Bowls

4.9 (76)

Sweet-savory miso-glazed salmon over rice with quick-pickled cucumbers and edamame. Restaurant-quality in 25 minutes.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 590 kcal
Cost per serving: $5.80/serving

Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits

4.9 (76)

Towering, layered, buttery biscuits with a crisp golden top and pillow-soft middle. Southern Sunday breakfast in twenty-five minutes.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 280 kcal
Cost per serving: $0.45/serving

Cream Cheese Bread

Soft enriched bread with a tender crumb and a rich cream cheese swirl. Pillowy, lightly sweet, and wonderful fresh from the oven or toasted the next morning.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.20/serving

Garlic Bread

Crusty bread split and slathered with herby garlic butter, then baked until golden and fragrant. The perfect partner to pasta, soups, and stews, or a snack all on its own.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.20/serving

Mashed Potatoes

Buttery, creamy mashed potatoes made from Yukon Gold potatoes whipped with warm butter, cream, and salt until velvety smooth. The ultimate comfort-food side — pairs with everything from roast chicken to bangers.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.20/serving

Flavoured Pancakes

A little as a quarter teaspoon of flavoring agents can change the entire flavour profile of your pancake. For this class we will be using coconut flavor.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.20/serving

Jalapeno Poppers

This is the American side to reach for when there is cream cheese in the kitchen. Make it once and it will earn a place in your rotation.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Seafood Ragu with Gnocchi

Gnocchi and cherry tomatoes do the heavy lifting in this Italian pasta. Make it once and it will earn a place in your rotation.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Smoky Honey Glazed Vegetable Skewer

A generous Mediterranean grill where red onions and courgettes share the bowl. Weeknight-friendly and forgiving for newer cooks.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Lebanese Tabbouleh

The proper Lebanese version — parsley-led, not bulgur-led. Finely chopped flat-leaf parsley with mint, tomato, fine bulgur, lemon, and olive oil. Bright, herbaceous, sharp.

Time: 25 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $1.80/serving

Chewy Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

4.9 (218)

Crisp edges, gooey centers, deep nutty flavor from browned butter. the cookie that ruins all other cookies.

Time: 27 min
Servings: 18 servings
Calories: 240 kcal
Cost per serving: $0.40/serving

Coconut Choka

A generous Guyanese side where coconut and onion share the bowl. Simple technique, generous results.

Time: 28 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Soya Balls

Here soya granules and onion come together in a Caribbean side with real depth. Balanced, filling and easy to love.

Time: 28 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Meatballs

Bread crumbs and whole milk give this Italian side its backbone. Straightforward steps, dependable results.

Time: 28 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Herbed Potatoes

This American side stretches potatoes and garlic into something quietly special. Make it once and it will earn a place in your rotation.

Time: 28 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Candied Sweet Potato Balls

Candied Sweet Potato Balls turns sweet potatoes and cinnamon into a side worth repeating. Genuinely beginner-friendly from start to finish.

Time: 28 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

African Salad (Vitamin A Abacha)

This Nigerian side stretches vitamin a abacha () and powdered potash into something quietly special. Written for real home kitchens, not restaurant pass counters.

Time: 28 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Mongolian Beef (Restaurant-Style)

Velvet-textured flank steak coated in a glossy sweet-savoury soy-ginger glaze with scallions — the dish American Chinese restaurants made famous, restored to its sharper, brighter, real-time-stir-fry roots.

Time: 28 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $4.20/serving

Pork Tenderloin with a Creamy Blue Cheese Sauce

This British one-pot main stretches butter and pork tenderloin into something quietly special. Great for busy weeknights or a relaxed weekend cook.

Time: 30 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Rump of Lamb with Mint Sauce

Mint and rosemary do the heavy lifting in this British one-pot main. Ready in about 30 minutes with everyday kitchen kit.

Time: 30 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Austrian Wiener Schnitzel

Pounded veal, breaded in three stages, fried in butter until the coating puffs and ripples away from the meat — the Vienna classic. Lemon wedge mandatory.

Time: 30 min
Servings: 2 servings
Cost per serving: $6.50/serving

Sweet Southern Cornbread

4.8 (47)

Golden, tender, slightly sweet cornbread baked in a screaming-hot cast-iron skillet for the crackly crust that defines it.

Time: 32 min
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 270 kcal
Cost per serving: $0.55/serving

Weeknight Chickpea Coconut Curry

4.9 (92)

A creamy, deeply spiced one-pot curry built from pantry staples. Vegan, gluten-free, freezer-friendly, and tastes like it simmered all day.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 410 kcal
Cost per serving: $2.20/serving

Lemon Blueberry Scones

4.8 (54)

Bright, tender scones with bursting blueberries and a sweet-tart lemon glaze. the bakery treat you stop pretending you can't make.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 360 kcal
Cost per serving: $0.75/serving

Caramel Popcorn

This is the American snack to reach for when there is popcorn kernels in the kitchen. Serves 4 without any fuss.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Chicken Nuggets

Bite-sized pieces of chicken breast coated in a crispy seasoned breadcrumb crust and fried until golden. Tender inside, crunchy outside — a universally loved snack or meal served with your choice of dipping sauce.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Apple Pie

Classic American apple pie with a buttery double-crust pastry and a warmly spiced filling of tart Granny Smith apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar. Best served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Meat Pie

A meat pie is a pie with a filling of meat and often with other savory ingredients. They are found in cuisines worldwide.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Lemon Cake

A soft, tender crumb soaked in bright citrus and finished with a tangy lemon glaze. Light, fragrant, and perfectly balanced between sweet and sharp for any occasion.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Banana Bread

Banana Bread turns overripe bananas and unsalted butter into a snack worth repeating. Simple technique, generous results.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Ginger Bread Cookies

Spiced gingerbread cookies cut into festive shapes and baked until just set — crisp at the edges, slightly chewy in the centre. Flavoured with ground ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and molasses, then decorated with royal icing.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Naan Bread

Naan is a leavened flatbread that is typically served in the cuisines of Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Caribbean. It can be cooked in the oven or fried on a tawa.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.40/serving

Bush Meat And Plantain

Grilled or stewed bushmeat — typically grasscutter or antelope — paired with fried ripe plantain. The smoky, gamey meat contrasts perfectly with the sweet caramelised plantain. A beloved combination in southern Nigerian cuisine.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.40/serving

Mayo Rolls

This snack stretches mayonnaise and milk into something quietly special. It asks little and gives plenty.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Fish Cakes

Few pairings work as hard as white flaky fish and garlic, and this Guyanese snack proves it. Leftovers, if you get any, are even better the next day.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Raisin Cookies

Raisin Cookies is proof that eggs and lemon rind rarely need much help. Straightforward steps, dependable results.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Peanut Butter Slices

Peanut Butter Slices pairs oats and honey for a plate that tastes far bigger than its shopping list. Straightforward steps, dependable results.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Cookies (Cassava Flour)

Cookies (Cassava Flour) turns eggs and nutmeg into a snack worth repeating. The sort of recipe you stop needing to look up.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Tanfiri

There is real comfort in a snack like this one, rich with vitamin a maize and ginger powder. Straightforward steps, dependable results.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Dakuwa

This Nigerian snack stretches vitamin a maize and raw groundnuts into something quietly special. Genuinely beginner-friendly from start to finish.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

Bionugget

This Nigerian snack stretches desiccated coconut and milk flavor into something quietly special. On the table in about 35 minutes.

Time: 35 min
Servings: 4 servings
Cost per serving: $2.50/serving

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