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14 recipes

5-ingredient recipes

Not counting salt, oil and water

Thin-crust pizza dough, homemade recipe
Bread & dough

Thin-crust pizza dough

Four ingredients and the hot-oven trick. Crispy outside, tender inside.

Total time
24 h 30 min
Servings
4 servings
Calories per serving
380 cal
Air fryer baked apples, homemade recipe
Desserts

Air fryer baked apples

Twelve minutes, no sugar and 110 calories. The fastest warm dessert there is.

Total time
17 min
Servings
2 servings
Calories per serving
110 cal
No-knead oat bread, homemade recipe
Bread & dough

No-knead oat bread

Mix it in a bowl with a spoon, let it rise for an hour and bake. No kneading at all.

Total time
2 h 5 min
Servings
14 slices
Calories per serving
145 cal
Crispy air fryer chickpeas, homemade recipe
Snacks

Crispy air fryer chickpeas

The savory snack that replaces a bag of chips. Crunchy, with protein and fiber.

Total time
20 min
Servings
4 servings
Calories per serving
160 cal
No-bake date and oat bars, homemade recipe
Snacks

No-bake date and oat bars

Four ingredients, no oven and they last two weeks. Goodbye, vending machine bars.

Total time
2 h 15 min
Servings
12 bars
Calories per serving
215 cal
Banana oat cookies, homemade recipe
Desserts

Banana oat cookies

Two ingredients, fifteen minutes and done. The easiest snack on the whole site.

Total time
20 min
Servings
12 cookies
Calories per serving
95 cal
Warm chickpea salad, homemade recipe
Light dinners

Warm chickpea salad

Fifteen minutes and a complete dinner. Golden chickpeas are nothing like the ones from the can.

Total time
15 min
Servings
2 servings
Calories per serving
385 cal
Avocado toast with poached egg, homemade recipe
Breakfast

Avocado toast with poached egg

The classic done well: bread that doesn't go soggy, creamy avocado and a runny yolk.

Total time
10 min
Servings
1 serving
Calories per serving
520 cal
Creamy oatmeal porridge, homemade recipe
Breakfast

Creamy oatmeal porridge

Hot, creamy and just right. The ultimate winter breakfast.

Total time
10 min
Servings
1 serving
Calories per serving
380 cal
Lemon chicken and potato traybake, homemade recipe
Lunch & mains

Lemon chicken and potato traybake

One pan, forty-five minutes in the oven and zero babysitting. Crispy skin guaranteed.

Total time
1 h
Servings
4 servings
Calories per serving
545 cal
Overnight oats, homemade recipe
Breakfast

Overnight oats

Five minutes at night, breakfast sorted in the morning. And you can take it in the jar.

Total time
8 h 5 min
Servings
1 jar
Calories per serving
385 cal
Air fryer potato wedges, homemade recipe
Snacks

Air fryer potato wedges

Truly crispy with one tablespoon of oil. The secret is a quick soak first.

Total time
42 min
Servings
4 servings
Calories per serving
185 cal
Basque burnt cheesecake, homemade recipe
Desserts

Basque burnt cheesecake

Five ingredients, caramelized on top and wobbly inside. The one that works every time.

Total time
6 h
Servings
10 slices
Calories per serving
345 cal
Banana oat pancakes, homemade recipe
Breakfast

Banana oat pancakes

Three ingredients, no sugar and genuinely fluffy. The recipe that saves any morning.

Total time
15 min
Servings
2 servings
Calories per serving
415 cal

5-ingredient recipes

Five ingredients or fewer, no tricks: the short list is the real list. Salt, oil and water don't count, because counting them would be cheating the other way.

These are recipes for when the grocery run hasn't happened yet, and also the best way to start cooking if you never have: it's hard to go wrong with five things.

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