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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

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

Dinner

Million Dollar Chicken Salad

10 minutes

Side Dishes

Bacon Ranch Potato Salad

2 hours 20 minutes

Dinner

Lemon Butter Chicken

25 minutes

Desserts

Cinnamon Roll Butter Swim Biscuits

40 minutes

Side Dishes

Cherry Cheesecake Fluff Salad

1 hour 10 minutes

Dinner

Creamy Garlic Ditalini Pasta

20 minutes

Side Dishes

Strawberry Cottage Cheese Jello Salad

1 hour 5 minutes

Side Dishes

Loaded Baked Beans

1 hour 20 minutes

Dinner

Classic Chicken Divan Casserole

1 hour

Dinner

Creamy Sausage Spaghetti

40 minutes

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