Recipes

Simple meals built around common food pantry items. Check the box to add recipes to your pantry list.

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One-Pot Beef and Bean Chili

A thick, filling chili that comes together in one pot from ingredients you probably already have. Great on its own or over rice.

Main Dish Gluten-FriendlyDairy-Free
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Peanut Butter Banana Oatmeal

A warm, filling breakfast that comes together in under 10 minutes. The peanut butter adds protein and the banana gives it natural sweetness.

Breakfast VegetarianEgg-Free
7 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Chicken and Rice with Mushroom Gravy

Comfort food built around cream of mushroom soup. It turns into a rich gravy that coats the chicken and rice without any extra work.

Main Dish Egg-FreeNut-Free
35 min Difficulty: Medium Serves 4

Tuna Potato Cakes

Crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. A great way to turn canned tuna and potatoes into something that feels like a real meal.

Main Dish Dairy-FreeNut-Free
25 min Difficulty: Medium Serves 4 (makes about 8 cakes)

Black Bean Potato Tacos

Potatoes and black beans make a surprisingly hearty taco filling. A no-meat meal that doesn't feel like it's missing anything.

Main DishSnack VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 (about 8 tacos)

Pasta with Meat Sauce

A simple, hearty pasta dish that stretches a pound of ground beef into a meal for the whole family.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Fried Rice

Leftover rice fried with eggs, vegetables, and whatever protein you have. One of the fastest, most satisfying meals you can make from pantry staples.

Main Dish VegetarianDairy-FreeNut-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Chicken and Bean Quesadillas

Canned chicken gets a second life in these crispy, filling quesadillas. Simple enough for a quick lunch, satisfying enough for dinner.

Main DishSnack Nut-FreeEgg-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 (makes 4 quesadillas)

Skillet Potato and Egg Scramble

A filling, one-skillet meal that works for breakfast or dinner. Crispy potatoes, soft scrambled eggs, and whatever else you have on hand.

BreakfastMain Dish VegetarianGluten-FriendlyNut-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Cinnamon Baked Apples

A warm, simple dessert that makes the kitchen smell amazing. The butter and sugar melt into the apples as they bake.

Snack VegetarianEgg-FreeGluten-Friendly
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Loaded Chicken Noodle Soup

Start with a can of chicken noodle soup and turn it into a full meal by adding vegetables, protein, and a starch.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Rice and Beans

The most reliable meal in the world. Filling, nutritious, and works with almost any seasoning or addition.

Main DishSide VeganVegetarianGluten-Friendly
30 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Peanut Butter Noodles

Peanut butter mixed with a little oil and water turns into a creamy, savory sauce that coats noodles perfectly. This tastes like takeout, not a shortcut.

Main Dish VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Banana Pancakes

Fluffy pancakes from just a few basic ingredients. The mashed banana adds sweetness and moisture, so you don't need sugar or milk.

BreakfastSnack VegetarianNut-FreeDairy-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3 (makes about 8 small pancakes)

Garlic Butter Corn

Canned corn with butter and a little seasoning. Takes 5 minutes and turns a basic side into something people will actually look forward to.

Side VegetarianGluten-FriendlyEgg-Free
7 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Cheesy Bean Quesadillas

Melty cheese and seasoned beans inside a crispy tortilla. Ready in 10 minutes and endlessly customizable with whatever you have on hand.

Main DishSnack VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
13 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 (makes 4 quesadillas)

Upgraded Ramen

Take a packet of ramen from a quick snack to a real meal. An egg, some vegetables, and a few simple additions make all the difference.

Main Dish Nut-FreeDairy-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1–2

Spaghetti with Jarred Sauce

The simplest pasta dinner there is. Jarred spaghetti sauce means the seasoning is already done for you — just heat, add meat if you have it, and serve.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Loaded Baked Potatoes

A baked potato with toppings is a complete meal. The potato is the base. Pile on whatever you have and you have got dinner.

Main Dish VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
55 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Overnight Oats

Mix oats and milk the night before, and breakfast is waiting in the morning. No cooking required. Just grab it and eat.

Breakfast VegetarianEgg-Free
5 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Upgraded Canned Chili

Canned chili is already a meal — but a few simple additions turn it into something that tastes homemade. Five minutes of extra effort, big payoff.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
13 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Upgraded Mac and Cheese

Boxed mac and cheese is a starting point, not the finish line. Add a vegetable and a protein and suddenly it's a balanced, filling meal.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Crispy Fish with Rice

Frozen fish fillets pan-fried until golden, served over rice with a canned vegetable on the side. A simple dinner that feels like a proper meal.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup

A classic comfort meal that requires almost no cooking skill. If you can make toast and open a can, you can make this.

Main Dish VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
13 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2

Easy Lentil Soup

Dried lentils don't need soaking — they cook in about 25 minutes and turn into a thick, hearty soup. Cheap, filling, and naturally nutritious.

Main Dish VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
40 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Turkey Taco Skillet

Ground turkey cooked with salsa, beans, and rice in one pan. Scoop it into tortillas, eat it in a bowl, or pile it on chips.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeGluten-Friendly
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Cabbage and Sausage Skillet

Sliced cabbage cooks down with hot dogs or sausage into a savory, slightly sweet one-pan meal. Cabbage is one of the cheapest vegetables around and goes a long way.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Easy Pancakes from Mix

Pancake mix does most of the work for you. Just add a couple of ingredients and you've got a stack of fluffy pancakes in 15 minutes.

Breakfast VegetarianNut-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4 (makes about 10 pancakes)

Canned Fruit Crisp

A warm, sweet dessert made from canned fruit topped with a simple oat crumble. Uses pantry staples and takes about 30 minutes. Comfort food at its simplest.

Snack VegetarianEgg-Free
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Upgraded Canned Beef Stew

Canned beef stew is a complete meal out of the can, but a few additions make it taste like you spent an hour on it.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Chicken and Rice Casserole

Cream of chicken soup makes a simple sauce for chicken and rice that bakes into a cozy casserole. Mix it, bake it, eat it.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
55 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Instant Mashed Potato Bowl

Instant mashed potatoes are the base, and you pile toppings on them. Think of it like a deconstructed shepherd's pie — creamy potatoes with meat and vegetables on top.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeGluten-Friendly
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

PB&J French Toast

French toast stuffed with peanut butter and jelly. Sounds like a kids' meal, tastes like breakfast at a restaurant. The bread soaks up the egg mixture and gets golden and crispy.

Breakfast Dairy-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2 (makes 4 slices)

Salmon Patties

Golden, crispy patties made from canned salmon. A classic recipe that's been feeding families for generations. If you've made the Tuna Potato Cakes, you already know the technique.

Main Dish Nut-FreeDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4 (makes about 6 patties)

Chickpea Salad

A filling, no-cook salad made from canned chickpeas. Takes 10 minutes and keeps well in the fridge for days. Good as a side or scooped into a tortilla.

SideSnack VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Bowl

Roasted sweet potatoes with seasoned black beans over rice. Naturally sweet, filling, and a complete meal in a bowl.

Main Dish VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Deli Meat Roll-Ups

Lunch meat and cheese rolled up in a tortilla. No cooking required. A fast lunch or snack that's ready in under 5 minutes.

SnackMain Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
5 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2

Skillet Cornbread

Golden, slightly sweet cornbread baked right in a skillet. Goes with chili, soup, beans — anything you want to dip bread into.

Side VegetarianNut-Free
30 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 6–8 pieces

Baked Beans and Franks

A one-pot meal that's been a family staple forever. Canned baked beans simmered with sliced hot dogs — simple, sweet, savory, and filling.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Upgraded Vegetable Soup

Canned vegetable soup as a starting point, bulked up with extra vegetables and potatoes until it's a proper, filling meal.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Celery with Peanut Butter

The original no-cook snack. Crunchy celery filled with creamy peanut butter. Add raisins on top and you've got 'ants on a log.'

Snack VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
5 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Applesauce Oatmeal

Stir applesauce into oatmeal while it cooks and you get a naturally sweet, apple-pie-flavored breakfast without any added sugar needed.

Breakfast VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
7 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Tuna Salad Sandwich

Classic tuna salad on bread. Filling, high in protein, no cooking required. Mix it up, scoop it on bread, done.

Main DishSnack Nut-FreeDairy-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3 sandwiches

Chicken Tortilla Soup

A warming one-pot soup with shredded chicken, beans, and tomatoes. Crush some tortilla chips or tear up a tortilla on top and you've got a filling bowl.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Simple Fried Potatoes

Diced potatoes pan-fried until crispy and golden. The most basic and satisfying side dish there is. Good with any meal, any time of day.

SideBreakfast VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Honey Peanut Butter Toast

Thick peanut butter and a drizzle of honey on toast. A snack, a quick breakfast, or a late-night bite that takes 2 minutes and fills you up.

BreakfastSnack VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
4 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Bean and Cheese Burritos

Warm tortillas stuffed with seasoned beans, cheese, and rice. A filling, inexpensive meal you can customize with whatever you have in the fridge.

Main Dish VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 (makes 4 burritos)

Buttered Egg Noodles

Sometimes the simplest things are the best. Pasta tossed with butter and a little seasoning. Serve it as a side or add protein to make it a meal.

SideMain Dish VegetarianNut-Free
12 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Sausage and Peppers

Sliced sausage or hot dogs cooked with bell peppers and onions. A one-pan meal that works on its own, on bread, or over rice.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup

Canned chicken noodle soup made richer with a can of cream of chicken soup stirred in. Comfort in a bowl with almost no effort.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
12 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Green Bean Casserole

Canned green beans baked in cream of mushroom soup. A classic side dish that takes 5 minutes to put together before it goes in the oven.

Side VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
30 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Trail Mix Snack Bags

Crumble up granola bars and mix with whatever nuts, cereal, or dried fruit you have. Portion into bags for grab-and-go snacks all week.

Snack VegetarianEgg-FreeDairy-Free
5 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6 bags

Tomato Rice Soup

Canned tomato soup with rice cooked right in. Turns a light soup into a filling, stick-to-your-ribs meal. Add a grilled cheese on the side and you're set.

Main Dish VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
23 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Chicken Fajita Skillet

Sliced chicken with peppers and onions, seasoned and served in tortillas. The sizzle and smell make this feel like a special meal, but it's just one pan and 20 minutes.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Lentil and Rice Bowl

Lentils and rice cooked together in one pot — a complete protein, filling, and incredibly cheap to make. This is a staple meal in kitchens around the world for good reason.

Main Dish VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

SPAM and Egg Sandwich

Sliced SPAM pan-fried until crispy, a fried egg, and bread. A hearty hot sandwich that takes 10 minutes and keeps you full for hours.

BreakfastMain Dish Nut-FreeDairy-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2

Creamy Tuna Pasta

Pasta in a simple creamy sauce with tuna and peas. Cream of mushroom soup does double duty as the sauce — no need to make anything from scratch.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Kitchen Sink Breakfast Scramble

Eggs scrambled with whatever vegetables and meat you have on hand. This isn't a recipe with strict rules — it's a technique for turning leftovers and scraps into a hot breakfast.

Breakfast Nut-FreeGluten-Friendly
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2

Applesauce Pancakes

Applesauce adds moisture and natural sweetness to pancakes, so you need less sugar and no milk. Use pancake mix for easy prep or make them from scratch.

Breakfast VegetarianNut-FreeDairy-Free
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4 (makes about 10 pancakes)

Chicken Salad Wrap

Canned chicken mixed into a quick salad and rolled up in a tortilla. No cooking, high protein, and ready in under 10 minutes.

Main DishSnack Nut-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3 wraps

Baked Beans on Toast

A British staple that's dead simple and surprisingly satisfying. Heat the beans, make the toast, put one on the other. That's it.

BreakfastSnackMain Dish VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
7 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1–2

One-Pot Chili Mac

Pasta, ground beef, tomatoes, and beans cooked together in one pot. It's chili meets mac and cheese without the cheese packet — hearty, thick, and hard to mess up.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Salmon Rice Bowl

Canned salmon flaked over rice with corn and a simple dressing. A light, filling meal that comes together with zero cooking if you use instant rice.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Turkey Vegetable Soup

Ground turkey browned with onions and simmered with canned vegetables and tomatoes. A hearty soup that makes a lot and tastes even better reheated the next day.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 6

Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Sweet potatoes cut into sticks and baked until crispy on the outside, soft on the inside. A side dish or snack that's naturally sweet and satisfying.

SideSnack VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Ramen Stir-Fry

Ramen noodles drained and stir-fried with vegetables instead of served in soup. Crispy, savory, and a completely different way to use a packet of ramen.

Main Dish Nut-FreeDairy-Free
17 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2

Mac and Cheese with Hot Dogs

The meal every kid grows up on. Boxed mac and cheese with sliced hot dogs stirred in. Simple, fast, and nobody complains about it.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
17 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Simple Cabbage Slaw

Shredded cabbage with a tangy dressing. Crunchy, fresh, and goes with anything. Cabbage is cheap, lasts weeks, and makes a huge amount of slaw.

Side VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Cinnamon Applesauce Toast

Toast topped with warm applesauce — like apple pie on bread. A quick breakfast or snack that kids especially love.

BreakfastSnack VeganVegetarianEgg-Free
5 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1–2

Garlic Pasta

Pasta tossed with garlic cooked in oil. An Italian classic that uses almost nothing from the pantry but tastes like you know what you're doing in the kitchen.

Main DishSide VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
17 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4

Canned Fruit Yogurt Bowl

Layer canned fruit, cereal, and peanut butter for a cold breakfast or snack that takes 2 minutes to assemble. No cooking, no oven, no cleanup.

BreakfastSnack VegetarianEgg-Free
3 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Sloppy Joes

Ground beef in a sweet, tangy tomato sauce piled onto bread. Messy on purpose. A crowd-pleasing dinner that stretches a pound of meat to feed a family.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4–6

Ham and Cheese Sandwich

Sometimes you just need a sandwich. Lunch meat and cheese on bread — warm or cold, it's the most reliable quick meal there is.

Main DishSnack Nut-FreeEgg-Free
3 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

The most classic sandwich there is. Sometimes the simplest meals are the ones you come back to over and over. Good for any meal, any time of day.

SnackBreakfast VegetarianDairy-FreeEgg-Free
2 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Spaghetti with Garlic Bread

Pasta with jarred sauce and buttery garlic toast on the side. The garlic bread is just regular bread with butter and garlic powder — takes 5 minutes and makes any pasta dinner feel complete.

Main Dish VegetarianNut-FreeEgg-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Fish Tacos

Pan-fried fish fillets broken into pieces and tucked into tortillas with slaw. Sounds fancy, but it's frozen fish, cabbage, and tortillas — 20 minutes, done.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeDairy-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3–4 (makes 6–8 tacos)

Quick Shepherd's Pie

Ground beef and vegetables topped with instant mashed potatoes and baked until golden. Comfort food that uses pantry staples and comes together in 30 minutes.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeGluten-Friendly
35 min Difficulty: Medium Serves 4–6

Chili Cheese Nachos

Crackers or tortilla chips topped with canned chili and melted cheese. A snack, a meal, game day food — whatever you need it to be.

SnackMain Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal

Oatmeal cooked with diced apple that softens and sweetens as it simmers. A warm breakfast that feels special but takes under 10 minutes.

Breakfast VeganVegetarianDairy-Free
12 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1–2

Pancake Roll-Ups

Make pancakes, spread them with whatever you have — peanut butter, jam, banana — and roll them up. A fun twist on regular pancakes that kids love.

BreakfastSnack Vegetarian
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2–3

Taco Soup

Everything you'd put in a taco, simmered in a pot as a soup. Ground beef, beans, corn, tomatoes, and salsa — one pot, 25 minutes, feeds a crowd.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeGluten-Friendly
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 6

Lentil Sloppy Joes

All the saucy, savory flavor of sloppy joes, made with lentils instead of ground beef. Surprisingly hearty and very cheap to make.

Main Dish Dairy-FreeVegetarianVegan
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4-6

Lentil Pasta Sauce

A thick, meaty pasta sauce made with lentils instead of ground beef. You won't miss the meat.

Main Dish Dairy-FreeVegetarianVegan
40 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4-6

Simple Vegetable Soup

A basic, filling soup made from whatever canned vegetables you have on hand. Good on its own or with crackers and bread.

Main DishSide Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeVegetarian
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4-6

Baked Cereal Snack Mix

A crunchy, savory snack made from cereal, crackers, and butter. Like Chex Mix but with whatever you have.

Snack VegetarianEgg-FreeNut-Free
55 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 8-10 cups

Skillet Pork Chops with Gravy

Pan-fried pork chops with a simple gravy made from a packet. A solid, old-fashioned dinner.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
30 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Baked Chicken Legs

Chicken drumsticks baked in the oven until the skin is crispy and the meat is juicy. One of the easiest ways to cook chicken.

Main Dish Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeNut-Free
50 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Bacon and Potato Skillet

Crispy bacon and fried potatoes cooked together in one pan. A filling meal that works for breakfast or dinner.

BreakfastMain Dish Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeNut-Free
30 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3-4

Gravy and Rice Bowl

Hot rice smothered in gravy with whatever protein you have. Simple comfort food that comes together in minutes.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3-4

Skillet Pork Tenderloin

Sliced pork tenderloin seared in a hot skillet and served with pan gravy. Looks impressive, surprisingly easy.

Main Dish Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeNut-Free
25 min Difficulty: Medium Serves 4

Beef and Lentil Chili

A 50/50 mix of ground beef and lentils that stretches your meat twice as far without sacrificing flavor. Nobody will notice the difference.

Main Dish Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeNut-Free
45 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 6-8

SPAM Mac and Cheese

Boxed mac and cheese with crispy fried SPAM stirred in. Way more filling than plain mac and adds a salty, savory crunch.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-Free
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 3-4

No-Cook Black Bean Salad

A filling cold salad made entirely from canned ingredients. No stove needed.

Main DishSide Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeVegetarian
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Peanut Butter Banana Wrap

Peanut butter and sliced banana rolled in a tortilla. A filling no-cook meal that takes about one minute to make.

BreakfastSnack Dairy-FreeVegetarianVegan
2 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

One-Pot Chicken and Rice Soup

A hearty soup made from canned chicken and rice that cooks in one pot. Comfort food from the cupboard.

Main Dish Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeNut-Free
30 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4-6

Bean and Rice Burrito

Seasoned beans and rice wrapped in a tortilla. A complete meal that's cheap, filling, and endlessly customizable.

Main Dish VegetarianVeganNut-Free
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Cold Pea Salad

A creamy, no-cook side dish made from thawed frozen peas, diced onion, and mayo. Takes five minutes and even picky eaters tend to like it.

SideSnack Gluten-FriendlyNut-FreeVegetarian
5 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Crispy Baked Peas

Frozen peas baked in the oven until crunchy. A surprisingly good snack that satisfies the chip craving.

Snack Gluten-FriendlyDairy-FreeVegetarian
30 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2-3 cups

Pantry Omelet

A simple omelet filled with whatever vegetables and extras you have on hand. One of the fastest, most flexible meals you can make with eggs.

BreakfastMain Dish Gluten-FriendlyNut-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1

Skillet Flatbread

A simple bread you can make in a skillet with just flour, water, oil, and salt. No oven, no yeast, no waiting. Ready in 15 minutes.

SideSnack Dairy-FreeVegetarianVegan
15 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 flatbreads

Spinach and Egg Scramble

Scrambled eggs with frozen spinach stirred in. The spinach wilts right into the eggs and adds nutrition without changing the flavor much.

BreakfastMain Dish Gluten-FriendlyNut-FreeVegetarian
8 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1-2

Creamy Spinach Pasta

Pasta in a simple cream sauce with frozen spinach stirred in. Rich, filling, and comes together in the time it takes to boil noodles.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeVegetarian
20 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Cream of Mushroom Rice

Rice cooked in cream of mushroom soup instead of plain water. Rich, savory, and tastes like it took way more effort than it did.

SideMain Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeGluten-Friendly
25 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Warm Cinnamon Peaches

Canned peaches heated with butter and cinnamon. A warm, sweet snack or dessert that takes about 5 minutes.

Snack Gluten-FriendlyNut-FreeEgg-Free
7 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2-3

Peanut Butter Cracker Stacks

Crackers layered with peanut butter, banana, and honey. A no-cook snack or light meal that takes about two minutes.

SnackBreakfast Dairy-FreeVegetarianEgg-Free
3 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1-2

Bacon and Egg Breakfast Burrito

Scrambled eggs and crispy bacon wrapped in a tortilla. A hot, filling breakfast that takes under 10 minutes.

BreakfastMain Dish Nut-Free
11 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2 burritos

Ground Beef Tacos

Seasoned ground beef in tortillas with whatever toppings you have. The most basic pantry meal there is, and one of the best.

Main Dish Nut-FreeEgg-FreeGluten-Friendly
17 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4 (about 8 tacos)

Tuna Cracker Plate

Canned tuna served on crackers with mustard or mayo. A no-cook lunch that takes about two minutes to put together.

SnackMain Dish Nut-FreeDairy-Free
3 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 1-2

BBQ Chicken Legs

Chicken legs baked with a simple homemade BBQ sauce made from tomato sauce, sugar, and vinegar. Sticky, sweet, and satisfying.

Main Dish Dairy-FreeNut-FreeEgg-Free
50 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4

Chickpea and Rice Stew

A hearty one-pot stew with chickpeas, rice, canned tomatoes, and whatever vegetables you have. Filling, cheap, and makes great leftovers.

Main Dish Dairy-FreeNut-FreeEgg-Free
35 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 4-5

Tuna Melt on Toast

Tuna mixed with mayo on toast, topped with melted cheese. A warm, filling lunch or dinner that takes about 10 minutes.

Main DishSnack Nut-Free
10 min Difficulty: Easy Serves 2

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