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Home › Recipe Skill Levels › Easy

Easy

What it means: Simple, stress-free, and reliable.

  • Ingredients: 8–10 or fewer, mostly pantry staples.
  • Techniques: Basic skills (sauté, boil, bake, stir). No special equipment beyond a skillet, sheet pan, or slow cooker.
  • Time: 30 minutes or less active cooking, or “dump and go” like a crockpot or air fryer.

Appetizers

Insanely Delicious Hot Crab Dip

25 minutes

Breakfast

Hawaiian Roll Breakfast Casserole

1 hour

Dinner

Tuscan Chicken Orzo Bake

55 minutes

Soup

8 Can Chicken Tortilla Soup

20 minutes

Dinner

Crispy Doritos Casserole

53 minutes

Dressings, Sauces, and Dips

5 Minute Million Dollar Dip

5 minutes

Breakfast

Super Easy Biscuits and Gravy Casserole

40 minutes

Dinner

Crock Pot Huli Huli Meatballs

3 hours 10 minutes

Appetizers

Crack Chicken Egg Rolls (Air Fryer)

32 minutes

Soup

Better Than Panera Broccoli Cheddar Soup

45 minutes

Soup

Buffalo Chicken Soup

30 minutes

Side Dishes

Cheesy Baked Tennessee Onions

1 hour 10 minutes

Appetizers

Awesome Bacon Wrapped Brussels Sprouts

45 minutes

Dinner

One-Pot Swamp Soup

1 hour

Desserts

2-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake

35 minutes

Pantry Staples

Pork Chop Marinade

5 minutes

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