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Home | Recipes | Easy 5 Ingredient Recipes | Page 21

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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Garlic mashed potatoes with melted butter and black pepper inside a copper pot, resting on a kitchen towel.

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

30 mins

A pot of smooth mashed potatoes--made with plenty of butter, cream--with a wooden spoon and pat of butter on top

Velvet Mashed Potatoes

35 mins

Sweet pastry dough being placed in a fluted pie tin with hands fluting the edges.

Sweet Pastry Dough

15 mins

A tarte tatin on a white plate on a wooden table.

Tarte Tatin

1 hr 30 mins

Seven oven fried drumsticks with different coatings on a white background.

Oven Fried Drumsticks

50 mins

Four Mexican chocolate pops in colored bowls in a tray of ice.

Mexican Chocolate Pops

6 hrs 15 mins

A wooden cutting board with a carved grilled Greek chicken and a knife resting beside it.

Grilled Greek Chicken

1 d 55 mins

A cast-iron skillet with 8 whole roasted onions with papery skins and creamy interiors.

Whole Roasted Onions

1 hr

Three slices of cinnamon toast stacked on a white plate.

Cinnamon Toast with Butter and Honey

3 mins

Three glass bowls filled with scoops of strawberry cheesecake ice cream.

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream

12 hrs 20 mins

Cutting board with a sliced rack of spring lamb with rosemary, knife, bowl of salad

Spring Lamb with Rosemary

1 hr 30 mins

White bowl of fresh peas with mint.

Fresh Peas with Mint

15 mins

Two Guiness floats with straws on a grey metal try with a few spoons lying beside them.

Guinness Ice Cream Float

5 mins

A large stand-mixer beater covered with white, fluffy seven minute frosting.

Seven-Minute Frosting

10 mins

A bowl filled with basic polenta next to a mug of tea, a cloth, and a spoon resting on the side of the bowl.

Basic Polenta

30 mins

Three personal pan lasagnas in glass dishes.

Personal Pan Lasagna

1 hr

Mexican Hot Chocolate

Mexican Hot Chocolate ~ Chocolate Caliente

10 mins

A jar of roasted applesauce with a spoon resting inside on a saucer with a strip of apple peel.

Roasted Applesauce

45 mins

A pot of fork-mashed potatoes with a fork resting inside.

Fork-Mashed Potatoes

30 mins

Three glasses of Maple Leaf Cocktails on a glass tray with cinnamon sticks

Maple Leaf Cocktail

5 mins

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