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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.

Side Dishes

Cheesy Baked Tennessee Onions

1 hour 10 minutes

Dinner

One-Pot Swamp Soup

1 hour

Desserts

2-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake

35 minutes

Dinner

Million Dollar Soup

30 minutes

Dinner

Creamy Vegetable Tortellini Soup

30 minutes

Dinner

Garlic Parmesan Chicken Meatloaf

1 hour 10 minutes

Appetizers

Loaded Baked Potato Dip

Dinner

Savory Mississippi Pot Roast

8 hours 5 minutes

Dinner

Pizza Ring

40 minutes

Dinner

Crunchwrap Casserole (Taco Bell Inspired)

1 hour 15 minutes

Dinner

Air Fryer Teriyaki Salmon

30 minutes

Dinner

Kung Pao Chicken Noodles

30 minutes

Breakfast

Italian Sausage Egg Bites (Starbucks Copycat)

50 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

Jalapeรฑo Ranch Dressing

5 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

Fried Pickle Dip

15 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

J Dawgs Sauce (Copycat)

8 minutes

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