Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people.
Sometimes it’s fun to get caught up in an elaborate 20-ingredient-not-including-staples recipe that takes intense concentration and most of the day. But other times, it’s nice to put the joy back into cooking (or convince yourself to start cooking in the first place) with simple, straightforward but still exciting recipes. Not all of the recipes below are fast, but all have fewer than five ingredients. (Not including salt and pepper and optional lemon and such.)
1. Pan con Tomate with Burrata
2. Feta, Fig and Mint Crostini
3. 3-Ingredient Sweet Potato Spinach Breakfast Hash
4. Arugula Scramble with Kale Pesto
5. Zucchini Butter
6. Beer Ginger Red Currant Butter
7. Mango Salsa
8. Three-Ingredient Summer Salsa
9. Lemony Beet and Beet Green Salad
10. Marinated Kale Salad
11. Roasted Fennel, Red Onion, and Orange Salad
12. Peach and Plum Caprese Salad
13. Chicken Caprese Salad
14. Strawberry Caprese Pasta Salad
15. Skillet Chickpeas
16. Lemon Garlic Shrimp
17. Arrosticini (Barbecued Lamb Skewers)
18. Summer Squid Sauté
19. Slow-Cooker Salsa Chicken
20. Slow-Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken
21. Five-Ingredient Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili
22. Dijon-Brown-Sugar-Marinated Steak
23. Roast Chicken
24. Baked French Fries
25. Greek Yogurt Pizza Dough
26. Hummus and Grilled Zucchini Pizza
27. Spinach Parmesan Pasta
28. Italian Sausage Kale-Baked Ziti
29. Baked Kale Chips
30. Zucchini Chips
31. Sweet and Spicy Popcorn
32. King Arthur Flour’s Never-Fail Biscuits
33. Five-Ingredient Beer Bread
34. Three-Ingredient Energy Bars
35. Peanut Butter Granola Bars
36. Five-Minute Grilled Cinnamon Toast with Chocolate
37. Banana Pancakes
38. Chickpea Scallion Crepes
39. Sweet Buttered Polenta Pancakes with Fresh Summer Berries
40. Bananas, Sugar and Cream
41. Coconut Sugar Caramelized Plantains
42. Vegan Snickers Cups
43. Puppy Chow Ritz Cracker Cookies
44. Salted Peanut Butter Cookies
45. Five-Ingredient Vegan Gluten-Free Cookies
46. Graham Cracker Toffee
47. Nutella Cake
48. Calabrian Walnut Cake (Torta Di Noci)
49. Caramel Macchiato Ice Cream
50. Raspberry Coconut Mango Sorbet
