5-Ingredient Recipes: 21 Easy Dinner Ideas with 5 Ingredients or Less

by Prime Publishing

When preparing a family meal, it's best to let as few ingredients as possible stand between you and the finished product. Save yourself some time and hassle with this collection of easy dinner ideas from the recipe boxes of some of our favorite bloggers. In this free collection of 5-ingredient recipes, you'll find everything from delicious main dishes, to easy sides and delectable desserts. Recipes with 5 ingredients or less not only save you time, but will cut your grocery bill as well!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Reference, Ebooks

33 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 18, 2014

Reviews

[Diana Montgomery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this sweet Christmas story. Emilee has gone back home in Hope Creek. But feels she has been tricked into doing a theater performance . Her aunt didn't tell her it would include a ex boyfriend. But Dahlia needed his help after the one who was to do it was ill. Will there be a Christmas miracle here?
Loved this novella. The characters are well written.

[Barbi Faye (The Book Fae) · Rating 3 out of 5]

As I have a hard time cooking being infirm, this book is a great help to me, to have as few things as possible to do at dinner is a godsend. That and having a slow cooker or having a maid!!!

[Michelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Please don't eat this food!
Most recipes don't really use 5 ingredients or less. A can of tomato soup has 12 to 15 ingredients, depending upon the brand. The entire 5-ingredient rule is to eat simpler foods, not GMO-filled, salt-laden, addictive-chemical-containing convenience foods. Good heavens! It's like all those horrifying, greasy, processed casseroles from the 1950s and 60s came to life and killed us all with strokes & hardened arteries.
There was ONE recipe that could be made one into something good, the "cracked potatoes ". If you mix dried or fresh herbs in with greek yogurt and use in place of the ranch, you might get something approaching healthy and 5- ingredient (if you go easy on the butter! Lol I know, it tastes good, but everything in moderation). This free pamphlet is not worth the space it takes up in my kindle device.

[Jane Lively · Rating 2 out of 5]

Recipe books ≠ how to use premade food

I thought this was off to a great start, but further in, I ran into recipes using premade items. If I'm gonna look to a cookbook for a cake recipe, WHY would I buy cake mix from the store? And what even is Russian dressing? Salad dressing differs across the world. In Slovakia, Italian dressing looks more like ranch or Caesar than that of the one in the US. I mean, I understand the convenience, but don't title a cookbook about how to remix premade food products a "5-ingredient" cookbook. 🙄

[Marcia · Rating 1 out of 5]

Recipes from the 60s?

It should’ve been obvious to me that dishes created with five ingredients would be going to use cans and jars of prepared food as the ingredients(other than the meat). The recipes that looked good were going to have about two-day's-worth of calories in a serving. Some might be worth making in spite of that, and a couple recipes looked totally delicious. It just wasn't the book I thought it was going to be!

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I won't say any of these are particularly new recipes, but it is a nice, short collection of meals for people who don't want to bother with tons of ingredients and like to keep things simple. The dishes are all mostly acidic, and a lot of the casseroles would need like a side salad. The last few recipes are all desserts, and I don't commonly eat sweets with my dinner, so the last part of the book I wouldn't even use. But still a nice, short, recipe book.

[CG · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yum!

This recipe book has many good recipes for those who have little time to cook. Yes, it does use canned and boxed items. Still, for the average person, that will be fine. Many of these will be good for potluck meals and I plan to try them when we're allowed to congregate again.

[Rebecca · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is full of recipes made using convenience food like tins of soup, jars of dressing. While easy - pour mushroom soup over pork chop add cheese and bake, it’s hardly real food nor nutritional. It’s very much an American book, we don’t cook like that in australia and if we do, we don’t pretend it’s a real recipe.

[June Bridgewater · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great travel recvipes

This cookbook is as keeper for those of us who travel alot and cook occasional meals while on vacation. Check out how easy it is a good delicious fulfilling meals quickly and easily.

[Loretta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was alright.

It was okay. It’s a cookbook. Not a big deal. Really a quick read, some nice recipes. Pretty much have most of this kind of stuff on hand if your pantry is fully stocked.

[Mr.B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don't cook very often, and when I do I don't want to make a religious ritual out of it. For me, a can of tomato soup is one ingredient. If it's good enough for Rachel Ray, it's good enough for me. This cookbook is for people like me. If you fancy yourself a Michelin chef, it's not your thing.

[Sherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

5-Ingredient Recipes

This cookbook has some really good recipes in here. They sound simple, delicious and most of the ingredients I already have on hand. I can hardly wait to make some of them. These recipes would be great for a busy family.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

there are a number of recipes in this book that I am ready to try. Many are quick as well as few ingredients. Life is very busy right now and appreciate being able to get a meal that looks and tastes good in a very short time. Would recommend it.

[Cara Macaluso · Rating 4 out of 5]

This would be very useful for cooks to learn how to cook nice looking things

I love how the book is designed and the recipes make sense to cook for people.
I would use this to cook

[Dawn Montalvo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy dinner

Easy dinner ideas but use a lot of processed foods. Not at all what I was expecting but I got it for free. Oh well

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is definitely amazing.

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[ivy cook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent enough

This wasn't too awful bad. I actually saved some recipes to use later. Decent enough i may have paid a couple of dollars for it. But thankfully it was free

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ease

There are several recipes to choose from in this recipe book. It's simplistic and I would think easy for young or inexperienced cooks to follow.

[Amelia Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wish there were healthier recipes this book. Seems like most of it is meant for college kids or teens.

[Charmaine Downs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome on a budget

This read is very very helpful and easy on the budget! I was excited about the different recipes and the simplicity of them all.

[Ola · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great ideas!

Quick read, recipes generally very easy to make, ingredients either already on hand for most of us or easy to purchase.

[T. Reich · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some dated record and a couple to try

Some dated record and a couple to try, but nothing that stands out as un-searchable for on www blogs. Glad it was free.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

Full of good and simple recipes!! A few that I would try making with my nephew. Couple of good chicken tecipes.

[Alisa Burdick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply Delicious!

I chose a 5 star rating for the overall simplicity of these recipes. The perfect book for the economical, both in time and budget.

[PJ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short little book with LOTS of fun, fast recipes for dinner, sides & dessert! That's my kind of cooking!

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great

This is what I look for an easy great tasting recipe. I recommend this book. I have tasted many of these before but didn't know the recipes.

[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple and Easy

I have given it 5 stars because the recipes are simple and delicious. Try them when you need to splurge.

[Ellen Drake · Rating 3 out of 5]

Several errors that could have been caught by a good proofreader/editor.

[Evil Secret Ninja · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was okay but short but it was also free. It felt like some of the recipes were repeats but it was fine I intend to make some of the meals.

[Kathleen Downey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recipes.

This book was really unexpected. Several recipes that I will absolutely try. They are very different from anything I have ever made. Thank you