Suppers
Sunday Roast Chicken with Garden Herbs
A bird, a pan of vegetables, and enough quiet to let the house smell like peace.
About 1 hour 40 minutes
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Recipes for a real week
Amounts you can scale, notes from a careful kitchen, and a short word of Scripture at the table. Sheet-pan suppers, roasted vegetables, and the Instant Pot are filed with the rest.
16 recipes
Suppers
Tarragon Chicken Salad
Good for picnics, sandwiches, or a yummy protein to pair with savory sides. Cooked chicken, mayonnaise, salt, onion powder, and plenty of tarragon.
10 minutes, with cooked chicken
Suppers
Butter-Crust Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken, carrots, and peas in a milk gravy, under a crust made of butter and flour. One dish for the table.
About 1 hour 30 minutes
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Dutch Oven Pot Roast
A chuck roast, seared, then left alone in a low oven until a fork goes in without an argument.
3 hours 45 minutes
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Farmhouse Meatloaf
Ground beef, oats, and milk, glazed at the end. The center has to reach 160°F.
1 hour 20 minutes
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Beef Stroganoff
Strips of beef, mushrooms, and sour cream stirred in off the heat so it does not curdle.
45 minutes
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Shepherd's Pie
A savory beef filling under a real mashed-potato lid, browned in the oven.
1 hour 15 minutes
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Stuffed Bell Peppers
The beef is browned first, so the peppers do not sit in a watery pan of half-cooked meat.
1 hour
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Cabbage Rolls
Blanched leaves, a beef and rice filling, and a long covered bake in tomato.
2 hours
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Cast-Iron Fried Chicken
A buttermilk soak, a flour dredge, and tallow held near 340°F. The bone has to reach 165°F.
1 hour, plus a soak
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Chicken Fried Steak
Thin beef, fried in tallow, with a pepper gravy from the fat left in the skillet.
45 minutes
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Cast-Iron Pork Chops
Thick bone-in chops, seared in butter, finished to 145°F and rested. Apples go in the same pan.
30 minutes
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Baked Ham
A fully cooked ham, heated through to 140°F, with the honey glaze only at the end so it does not burn.
About 2 hours
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Chicken and Rice Casserole
Rice, broth, and bone-in or boneless thighs in one dish. It is done when the rice is tender and the chicken is 165°F.
1 hour 20 minutes
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Sloppy Joes
Beef, onion, tomato, and a little honey, simmered until it sits on a bun instead of running off.
35 minutes
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Meatballs and Tomato Sauce
Beef, oats, and milk, simmered in tomatoes until the center of a meatball is 160°F.
50 minutes