5 Ingredients or Less

Easy recipes that require 5 ingredients or fewer! These recipes are perfect for busy, on-the-go parents or beginner cooks. Each one is simple and easy to follow. Most of the recipes in this category are done in less than an hour.

Not sure where to start? For breakfast or lunch, recommend this healthy Avocado Toast, which can be made in 4 different ways. And this Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice goes with so many mains – like this Air Fryer Steak!

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Baked Rice and Peas

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This easy Banana Bread Muffin in a Mug recipe is perfect to whip up when you want a quick breakfast for one! It’s also a great way to use up those brown bananas on your counter!
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Banana Bread Muffin in a Mug

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20 mins
Baby Pasta Shells with Asparagus and Marinara Sauce is a quick and easy 4-ingredient pasta dish, perfect for Spring. Ready in under 15 minutes and under ten dollars to make.
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Baby Pasta Shells with Asparagus and Marinara Sauce

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I am a huge fan of the rice at Chipotle's. Here is my copycat version for their cilantro lime rice, it tastes just like the real thing! Of course, I used less oil. Makes a wonderful side dish for chicken, beef or pork.
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Chipotle’s Cilantro Lime Rice

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25 mins
This simple, Whole Roasted Baby Cauliflower is perfectly charred on the outside and tender in the middle. Made with just four ingredients – salted water, extra-virgin olive oil, coarse sea salt—and cauliflower.
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Whole Roasted Baby Cauliflower

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45 mins
Baked Chicken Thighs with Brussels Sprouts and Sweet Potato, a quick and easy one-pot chicken dinner for a chilly, fall night.
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Baked Chicken Thighs with Brussels and Sweet Potato

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1 hr 10 mins
Air Fryer Turkey Breast comes out so moist and juicy and perfectly cooked with a beautiful deep golden brown skin. And bonus, it cooks in a fraction of the time it would in the oven!
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Air Fryer Turkey Breast

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An EASY 3-ingredient sauce! This is my go-to cranberry sauce recipe for the Holidays. I love how the sweet pears compliment the tart cranberries, perfect to add to your Thanksgiving table.
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Cranberry Pear Sauce

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20 mins
This simple Eggplant and Tomato Sauce is delicious, made with diced eggplant stewed in tomatoes and garlic. I love it served over pasta but it's also great as a side dish on it's own.
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Eggplant and Tomato Sauce

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Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Scallops are so easy, made with just two ingredients! Elegant enough to impress guests yet easy enough to make any weeknight for your family.
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Air Fryer Bacon Wrapped Scallops

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Mashed Cauliflower is essentially a creamy cauliflower puree that makes a delicious low-carb or keto alternative to mashed potatoes.
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Mashed Cauliflower

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20 mins
Baked Sweet Potatoes in the oven are so easy and come out perfectly sweet and fluffy on the inside with this foolproof recipe.
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Baked Sweet Potato (How To Bake Sweet Potatoes)

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55 mins
Homemade Mango-Raspberry Fruit Roll Ups, so much healthier than the store-bought kind, and with much less added sugar.
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Mango-Raspberry Fruit Roll Ups

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2 hrs 35 mins
Wilted Baby Spinach with Garlic and Oil is my favorite way to prepare this easy side dish.
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Wilted Baby Spinach with Garlic and Oil

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Air Fried Shishito Peppers come out charred and blistered with the air fryer, which uses much less oil! A squeeze of lemon over the top and they are delicious!
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Air Fryer Shishito Peppers

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10 mins
Making basil oil is so simple and the end result is so amazing, trust me you’ll want to drizzle it all over your chicken, fish, tomatoes, vegetables or just eat it with some crusty bread! 
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Basil Oil

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Cooked quinoa inside the Instant Pot.
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How To Make Perfect Instant Pot Quinoa

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15 mins
These juicy, Turkey Burgers Stuffed with cheese are simple and delicious! Instead of topping your turkey burger with cheese, they're stuffed it stays melted and gooey.
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Easy Inside Out Turkey Cheeseburgers

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20 mins
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Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs

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15 mins
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Thin Tortilla Pizza

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10 mins