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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.

Desserts

2-Ingredient Red Velvet Cake

35 minutes

Dinner

Marry Me Stuffed Shells

1 hour 5 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

Korean BBQ Sauce

13 minutes

Dinner

Crack Tater Tot Casserole

50 minutes

Desserts

4 Ingredient Sugar Cookies

22 minutes

Dinner

Shipwreck Stew

1 hour

Dinner

Minestrone Casserole

1 hour 5 minutes

Side Dishes

Fried Cabbage

25 minutes

Dinner

Crack Chicken and Rice Soup

55 minutes

Salads

Neiman Marcus Chicken Salad

10 minutes

Dinner

Potsticker Soup

30 minutes

Dinner

Honey Mustard Pork Chops

30 minutes

Dinner

One Pan General Tso’s Chicken

30 minutes

Dinner

Crockpot Poppy Seed Chicken

5 hours 10 minutes

Dinner

Egg Roll in a Bowl

15 minutes

Dinner

One-Pan Broccoli Cheddar Orzo

30 minutes

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