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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

Marcella Hazan’s 3 Ingredient Tomato Sauce

50 minutes

Enchiladas

Lazy Enchiladas (4 Ingredients)

25 minutes

Dinner

Amazing Pepper Steak Stir Fry

20 minutes

Dinner

Red Beans and Rice

1 hour

Appetizers

Lobster Roll Dip

30 minutes

Dinner

30 Minute Cream Cheese Chicken

30 minutes

Desserts

Copycat Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies

32 minutes

Appetizers

Hot Reuben Dip

35 minutes

Appetizers

Crockpot Grape Jelly Little Smokies

3 hours 5 minutes

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day Crack

20 minutes

Appetizers

Mississippi Sin Dip

1 hour

Appetizers

Louisiana Shrimp Dip

30 minutes

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

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