5 Ingredients or Fewer
3-Ingredient Sweet and Smoky Brussels Sprouts
Bacon lends a smoky depth while dates become a naturally sweet glaze for this simple, crowd-pleasing side.
3-Ingredient Sausage Dinner With Lentils and Fennel
This hearty meal of spiced sausages and earthy lentils is infused with sweet fennel flavor.
3-Ingredient Brown-Butter Shortbread
Traditional shortbread gets an added depth of flavor with the use of brown butter. This recipe results in a rectangular-shaped cookie, but feel free to cut the dough into any shape you like while it's still warm.
3-Ingredient Pork Chops With Roasted Apples and Sage
The classic pairing of pork and apples gets enhanced by a hint of sage for a simple and delicious dinner.
3-Ingredient Caramel Apple Hand Pies
These quick and easy hand pies are a cross between the beloved caramel apple and flaky apple turnover.
3-Ingredient Red Snapper With Green Sauce and Scallions
Green juice provides a fresh sauce for this light and healthy fish dish.
3-Ingredient Tomato Soup
Roasting the tomatoes—which can be done several days in advance—turns this easy tomato soup into something extraordinary.
3-Ingredient Mussels With White Wine and Pesto
These mussels get their depth of flavor from store-bought pesto—a great convenience product available at most grocery stores.
3-Ingredient Flaky Flatbread
Just three ingredients get you more flaky layers than you can count.
3-Ingredient Curried Chicken Thighs
A great chicken dinner doesn't have to be complicated or time-consuming.
3-Ingredient Morning Buns
These quick and easy breakfast pastries have a delicate orange flavor.
3-Ingredient Nutella Brownies
Chocolate-hazelnut spread gives these brownies a rich, nutty flavor.
3-Ingredient Buttermilk Biscuits
Here, we make flaky biscuits with just 3 ingredients.
3-Ingredient Roasted Carrots with Pistachio Pesto
Often unused carrot tops shine in a nutty pesto drizzled over sweet roasted carrots.
Ramp and Walnut Pistou
Roast or grill ramps (technically a wild leek) to bring out their fragrant garlic notes.
Lime-Pickled Red Onion
Acidity helps preserve the alliums’ flavor; either vinegar or citrus juice would do the trick.
Charred Scallion Butter
Use this compound butter of smoky cast-iron seared scallions and lime to top everything from steamed fish to grilled steaks.
3-Ingredient Cacio e Pepe (Pasta With Cheese and Pepper)
This classic pasta has only a few ingredients, but they transform into a surprisingly velvety, flavorful dish.
Yogurt and Lemon Dressing
I think we all play favorites in the kitchen; I know I do. At this writing, this is my most loved dressing, and I drizzle it on everything I can get my hands on!
White Onion, Fennel, and Watercress Salad
Soaking the onion slices in ice water rids them of their sulfury smell and firms them up.