Sometimes I just don’t want to use every pot and pan in the kitchen. These recipes all use only one pot to cook the entire meal in. These are great for busy weeknight dinners or when you’re too tired to clean up after the work week.
My Favorite Recipes are Spicy Tomato Braised Cabbage, Stove Top Italian Meatballs and One Pot Garlic and Parmesan Shrimp.
Tomato and gochujang braised green cabbage is served with chickpeas and hearty bread, resulting in a spicy and warm comfort dish. A savory one pan cabbage recipe made easily in a cast iron skillet. Perfect as a filling main course or spicy side dish to a rich protein entree.
Make BBQ flavored pulled pork in either an electric pressure cooker (like Instant Pot) or a slow cooker (like Crock Pot) using a pork shoulder, pickle juice, seasoning and BBQ sauce. Pulled pork leftovers are perfect for Cuban sandwiches, quesadillas, burrito bowls, sandwiches or nachos.
Make easy to shred buffalo chicken quickly in the pressure cooker! This two ingredient recipe uses boneless skinless chicken thighs and buffalo sauce and has very little hands on cooking time resulting in a perfect easy meal prep protein or salad topper.
Creamy Pesto and Goat Cheese Pasta is a quick vegetarian weeknight dinner recipe, done in less than 30 minutes. This is an easy and quick pantry pasta dinner recipe. A delicious creamy goat cheese and pesto sauce with no cream!
Spicy cajun pork tenderloin paired with a refreshing spinach salad is an easy weeknight dinner! The warm pork tenderloin with baby spinach, avocado, black beans, red onion and cucumbers goes well with homemade apple cider vinegar vinaigrette dressing.
This easy apple crisp is made in the cast iron skillet with oatmeal as the topper. This is a perfect fall dessert to use up extra apples. Cast Iron Apple Crisp is a simple yet delicious old fashioned dessert. Perfect topped with ice cream or whipped cream for a crowd.
Pan seared and oven roasted cajun pork tenderloin in a cast iron skillet is an easy weeknight dinner. This easy pork tenderloin recipe results in juicy and flavorful pork.
These delicious and juicy homemade Stove Top Italian style Meatballs take about 30 minutes to prep and cook. The meatballs are browned in a dutch oven and finished simmering in sauce on the stove top. These meatballs are an easy weeknight dinner and perfect for eating over pasta or in meatball subs.
Once the shrimp are defrosted, this recipe comes together in less than 10 minutes. One pot garlic and parmesan shrimp is an easy and quick weeknight main course that can be served over pasta, with rice pilaf, a simple salad or roasted vegetables.
Blueberries, raspberries and blackberries are the epitome of summer berries. They are the most flavorful (and nutritious!) during the summer when you can get them from local farmers markets. This three berry filling is baked in a cast iron skillet and topped with an oatmeal crisp. It pairs well with some vanilla ice cream for a great summer dessert.
