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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.

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

Dinner

Grilled Teriyaki Chicken

20 minutes

Side Dishes

Grandma Browns Baked Beans

1 hour 10 minutes

Dinner

Bruschetta Chicken Pasta

30 minutes

Dinner

Slow Cooker Ramen

2 hours 40 minutes

Salads

Grinder Chicken Salad

15 minutes

Desserts

Cherry Cheesecake Lush

4 hours 30 minutes

Dinner

Coconut Curry Chicken Bake

1 hour 5 minutes

Desserts

S’mores Brownies

52 minutes

Appetizers

Crispy Zucchini Strings

24 minutes

Appetizers

Sub in a Tub Dip

20 minutes

Dinner

Baked Caprese Chicken

40 minutes

Dinner

Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Chicken

5 hours 15 minutes

Salads

Grilled Shrimp Salad

50 minutes

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