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Home › Recipe Skill Levels › Easy

Easy

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

  • Ingredients: 8–10 or fewer, mostly pantry staples.
  • Techniques: Basic skills (sauté, boil, bake, stir). No special equipment beyond a skillet, sheet pan, or slow cooker.
  • Time: 30 minutes or less active cooking, or “dump and go” like a crockpot or air fryer.

Dinner

Crispy Air Fryer Egg Rolls

32 minutes

Desserts

Glazed Peach Bread

1 hour 20 minutes

Salads

Asian Ramen Salad

20 minutes

Dinner

One Pan Taco Mac

30 minutes

Dinner

Shredded Chicken Tacos

15 minutes

Dinner

Cowboy Meatballs

40 minutes

Dinner

Sticky Apricot Chicken

30 minutes

Easy

Crispy Parmesan Fried Zucchini

15 minutes

Dinner

5 Ingredient Miso Pasta

20 minutes

Side Dishes

Cowboy Coleslaw

15 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

Homemade Teriyaki Sauce

10 minutes

Side Dishes

3 Ingredient Blueberry Fluff

5 minutes

Dinner

Baked Pesto Chicken

20 minutes

Side Dishes

Air Fryer Corn on the Cob

20 minutes

Dinner

Slow Cooker Aloha Chicken

5 hours 10 minutes

Desserts

Pudding Pops

6 hours 10 minutes

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