Quick Dinners With Just a Few Ingredients
Some of the best dinners have the shortest ingredient lists. Here are quick meals that prove you don't need much to make something genuinely good.
Fewer ingredients = faster dinner
Every ingredient you add means more prep, more cooking steps, and more cleanup. The dinners that consistently happen on busy nights are the ones with short lists.
- 5 ingredients or less
- Under 30 minutes
- Uses common ingredients you likely have
Suggested meals
- Aglio e Olio Pasta — Pasta, garlic, olive oil, chili flakes.
- Fried Egg Rice Bowl — Rice + fried egg + soy sauce = dinner.
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich — Bread + cheese + butter. Enough said.
- Bean Toast — Canned beans on toast — filling and real.