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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.

Salads

Copycat Zupas Nuts About Berries Salad

25 minutes

Desserts

The Easiest Fresh Strawberry Pie

45 minutes

Breakfast

Farmer’s Casserole

1 hour 15 minutes

Side Dishes

Broccoli Grape Salad

20 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

The Best Homemade Alfredo Sauce Recipe Ever!

15 minutes

Salads

Ruth’s Chris Chopped Salad Copycat

30 minutes

Dinner

One Pan Baked Ramen Noodles

45 minutes

Desserts

Orange Creamsicle Lush

4 hours 45 minutes

Side Dishes

Grilled Corn On The Cob

22 minutes

Dinner

Lemon Pan Seared Scallops

30 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

Dr Pepper BBQ Sauce

30 minutes

Dinner

Hawaiian Pork Chops

40 minutes

Dinner

Creamy Bacon Mushroom Thyme Chicken

50 minutes

Side Dishes

Amish Pasta Salad

1 hour 30 minutes

Quick Bread

Glazed Orange Loaf

1 hour 10 minutes

Dinner

4 Ingredient Mushroom Beef

6 hours 5 minutes

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