Easy 5 Ingredient Recipes

Maple Sriracha bacon isn't just the title of this simple recipe, it's the ingredient list as well. Which means you probably already have everything you need on hand.

Peachy keen takes on new meaning with this little stunner of a starter or, if you're like us and have a hard time restraining yourself, your entire dinner. Summer personified.

This slightly sweet, subtly tangy, entirely apple-y vinaigrette recipe is going to come in far more handy than you can ever imagine.

No ice cream maker required. Just watermelon, citrus, sweetness, mint, and a little time in the deep freeze. Vodka optional. Then all you do is scoop it up and plop it in a pretty bowl.

A spoon-it-straight-from-the-jar-and-slather-it-on-everything sauce with the taste of tradition, the seduction of sophistication.

Is there anything better than roasted garlic? We think not. Three ingredients. Almost no effort. And yet what results is both complex and versatile and knee-wobblingly lovely.

Couldn't be easier. Simply freeze puréed fruit, water, and sugar and you have sorbet. Any-flavor-you-want fruit sorbet. Best part? No ice cream maker required.

Dramatically amplify the flavor (and the reactions at the table) when you leave the shells on while cooking these shrimp. And then just surrender to the mess while devouring them.

A tisane is essentially an infusion of herbs, flowers, or leaves, much like herbal tea. Here, take a sip of soothing rosemary and sweet, sweet honey and tell us it's not like an instant spa treatment.

Made with gin, cucumber, simple syrup, and lime, this is simply a slight riff on a classic cocktail with a twist...or rather, a slice.

When life hands you an abundance of herbal loveliness, pull out your ice cube tray, add some olive oil, and save that loveliness for another day.

The unofficial Spanish summer sipper, tinto de verano is just as much a classic as sangria. But this one the Spanish keep all to themselves. One sip and you'll understand why.

Why spend half your paycheck on pricey infused waters when you can make them at home? It's easy, inexpensive, and lovely.

Don't care for broccoli? Just toss it on the grill. It'll take on a beguilingly earthy, smoky quality that's actually quite hard to resist.

A ridiculously easy way to cook bacon for a crowd. No fuss. No standing at the stovetop. No spatters.

Store-bought potato chips, cheese, and black pepper. Our only question is: Why didn't we think of this sooner? Genius.

Rhubarb vodka. Yep. It's a thing. And you're going to want to make this tipsy spring tonic again and again and again.

"The best scrambled eggs that I have ever made!" "Light, fluffy, slightly moist." "Perfect." That's what folks are saying about this recipe.

A simple, clean break from tradition, this margarita eschews cloying Cointreau in lieu of a splash of sweet agave.

A rhubarb sour made with gin is probably not how your grandma chose to use those sweetly tart spring stalks. Her loss.