Despite the ever-present urge to pick up my phone and order take-out, I’m committed to preparing delicious, home-cooked meals as often as I can. But cooking at home isn’t always as easy as it seems–especially when you need to buy loads of ingredients that you end up having to throw out. We can all admit we’ve brought home ingredients, used them for one specific recipe, and then forgotten they existed. Instead of buying tons of groceries to sit unused in my refrigerator until they go bad, I’m leaning on 5-ingredient recipes (or less!) to help eliminate waste.
Coming up with new meals to cook every day is a challenge (I can’t always just lean on my favorite air fryer recipes), but the options below make it so much easier to stick to my goal. Bonus: because they require so few ingredients, they’re quick and painless to put together on days when I really just don’t feel like cooking. Check out some of my favorite 5-ingredient recipes below:
Source: The Defined Dish
Source: Closet Cooking
Source: A Night Owl
Source: By Erin Clarke of Well Plated
Source: Spices in My DNA
Source: Fox and Briar
Source: Pinch of Yum
Source: Erin Clarke of Well Plated
Source: Pinch of Yum
Source: Gimme Delicious
Source: Kristine’s Kitchen
Source: Gimme Delicious
Source: My Sequined Life
Source: Feel Good Foodie
Source: Show Me The Yummy
Source: She Likes Food
Source: 40 Aprons
Source: A Sassy Spoon
Source: From My Bowl
Source: Gimme Some Oven
Source: With Salt and Wit
Source: Hello Spoonful
Source: I Heart Naptime
