471 bay leaf recipes

Grandma's Ohio farm chili made with ground beef, hot Italian sausage, kidney beans, and condensed tomato soup. Served the Midwest way: ladled over mashed potatoes in a big bowl.

Roman bean soup with lima beans, fresh tomatoes, and a bright squeeze of lemon. Half-pureed for a rustic, creamy texture that feels like a warm Italian afternoon.

Don't let your kids groan about having a pot roast for dinner. Instead try this succulent dish that will be their new favorite!

Oven-braised pheasant with sauerkraut, bacon, juniper berries, and white wine. Legs slow-cooked until tender in the kraut, breasts roasted separately to keep them juicy.

Old-fashioned split pea soup simmered 3 to 4 hours with ham or turkey, carrots, and a hint of allspice. Just seven ingredients for thick, stick-to-your-ribs comfort.

Cozy small-batch corn chowder for two with potatoes, milk, paprika, and a pinch of kelp powder for natural briny depth. Simple, warming, and perfectly portioned.

Chicken pieces steamed with zucchini, carrots, potatoes, and fresh tarragon, served in soup bowls with a reduced white wine and shallot sauce. A light, elegant French-style one-pot dinner.

Scottish "Braveheart" chicken, beef and leek soup. Adapted from The Frugal Gourmet

Chunky turkey breast simmered with bacon, carrots, celery, and rosemary in a thick gravy, crowned with fluffy Bisquick dumplings. Old-fashioned comfort in a Dutch oven, ready in about an hour.

Pureed potato soup with just potatoes, onion, celery, stock, and a bay leaf. Seven ingredients, 30 minutes, naturally creamy without any dairy.

Plump bockwurst simmered in heavy ale with bay leaves, cloves, and brown sugar, served over apple cider sauerkraut with caraway seeds. A hearty German sausage dinner in under an hour.

Stay abed stew is the ultimate lazy day meal. Cubed beef, carrots, potatoes, and tomato soup go into one casserole and bake low and slow for 5 hours. Almost zero prep, maximum comfort.

Bay scallops simmered with spinach in a garlicky tomato sauce with fish stock and lemon, served over pasta. A low-fat, low-calorie seafood dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Master chef's chicken stock simmered slow with backs, necks, carcasses, and classic mirepoix for clean, golden, gelatin-rich broth. The pro-kitchen foundation that beats any boxed stock.

If you want the juiciest and tastiest pot roast, endeavor to find one with the shoulder bone still attached. And the more of the bone present, the better.

Hearty vegetable barley soup with lean ground beef, pearl barley, tomatoes, carrots, celery, and frozen mixed vegetables. A budget-friendly weeknight pot full of fiber.