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Home | Recipes | Easy 5 Ingredient Recipes | Page 18

Easy 5 Ingredient Recipes

Looking for quick and easy recipes that require only a handful of ingredients? Our collection of easy 5 ingredient recipes are sure to impress! Whether you’re looking for a simple dessert or a vegan main course, we’ve got you covered.

These recipes are perfect for busy weeknights, and they’re so easy that even novice cooks can master them. With simple recipes, including peppery cheese straws, a classic one-pot spaghetti with meat sauce, and a delicious icebox cake made with condensed milk and whipped cream, you are sure to find new staples for your arsenal.

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Three servings of hot dog on a baguette with mustard on a paper napkin.

Hot Dog on a Baguette

10 mins

Beer from a Budweiser bottle being poured into a glass of mean shandy.

Mean Shandy

5 mins

Three glasses of sweet tea cocktail on a wooden table.

Sweet Tea Cocktail

5 mins

A skillet filled with pan seared scallops cooked in butter

Pan Seared Scallops on the Stove

15 mins

A glass bottle filled with homemade lemonade syrup, a bowl of lemons, and two glasses on a wooden table.

Homemade Lemonade

1 hr

Two jars of lemon vinaigrette, two lemon halves, and a wire whisk.

Lemon Vinaigrette

5 mins

A rimmed baking sheet with rows of Southern buttermilk biscuits.

Southern Buttermilk Biscuits

45 mins

A Mason jar filled with pickled shallots, submerged in brine.

Pickled Shallots

6 hrs 10 mins

A bowl of horseradish cream on a wooden board with a spoon resting inside and a bunch of chives lying beside the bowl.

Horseradish Cream

5 mins

A close-up of a glass jar, filled with sliced, pickled zucchini and a few slices of onion.

Pickled Zucchini

1 hr 45 mins

Blood orange and prosecco cocktail, in a coupe glass, on a small tray.

Blood Orange and Prosecco Cocktail

15 mins

Many prepared potato gnocchi on a floured kitchen towel, with a mound of gnocchi dough in the background.

Homemade Potato Gnocchi

1 hr

Two small glasses filled with prunes in rum and a spoon resting inside each glass.

Prunes in Rum

15 hrs

Several glasses partially filled with limoncello on a silver platter, with a bottle of limoncello in the background.

Limoncello ~ Lemon Liqueur

22 d

A tall glass mug filled with Irish coffee with whipped cream on top and a tumbler or whiskey in the background.

Irish Coffee

10 mins

A whole smoked turkey in a metal serving dish on a bed of fresh herbs and cranberries.

Smoked Turkey

4 hrs 30 mins

A wooden bowl filled with mashed potatoes and topped with a melted square of butter.

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

45 mins

Homemade Vegetable Chips

Homemade Vegetable Chips

2 hrs

A stainless steel pot, filled with steaming, bubbling easy béchamel sauce with a large spoon and a whisk.

Easy Béchamel Sauce

25 mins

Three homemade Larabars.

Homemade Larabars

45 mins

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