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Home โ€บ Recipe Skill Levels โ€บ Easy

Easy

What it means: Simple, stress-free, and reliable.

  • Ingredients: 8โ€“10 or fewer, mostly pantry staples.
  • Techniques: Basic skills (sautรฉ, boil, bake, stir). No special equipment beyond a skillet, sheet pan, or slow cooker.
  • Time:ย 30 minutes or less active cooking, or โ€œdump and goโ€ like a crockpot or air fryer.

Dinner

Crack Chicken Salad

10 minutes

Dinner

Air Fryer Fried Rice

18 minutes

Dinner

Grilled Honey Lime Cilantro Chicken Thighs

15 minutes

Dinner

Mexican Street Corn Chicken Casserole

50 minutes

Dinner

New Orleans BBQ Shrimp

15 minutes

Desserts

No-Bake Strawberry Cream Pie

4 hours 30 minutes

Side Dishes

Mexican Macaroni Salad

30 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

Skirt Steak Marinade

2 hours 10 minutes

Appetizers

Avocado Shrimp Ceviche

1 hour 30 minutes

Dinner

Caesar Chicken Bake (5 Ingredients)

35 minutes

Dinner

Brown Sugar Garlic Chicken Thighs

40 minutes

Dinner

Chicken Diane

45 minutes

Easy

Crack Pretzel Salad

13 minutes

Dinner

Mini Meatloaf Muffins

35 minutes

Dinner

Swiss Chicken Bake

1 hour

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

Copycat Taco Bell Quesadilla Sauce

5 minutes

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