5 Easy Dinner Recipes with Only 5 Ingredients
If figuring out what to make for dinner feels like the hardest part of your day, friend—you’re not alone. If you’re exhausted and still expected to make dinner, these five recipes with five ingredients are just for you.
Whether you’re feeding picky eaters, cooking while exhausted, or looking for something that doesn’t require standing at the stove for an hour, these easy recipes are the perfect solution. Every single one uses just five ingredients and is packed with flavor, comfort, and a lot of love.
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5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole
This 5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole is the ultimate no-fuss dinner—hearty, cheesy, and ready in a little over an hour. It’s perfect for busy nights when you need something comforting with minimal effort. You can prep the dinner ahead of time and get it out of the refrigerator or freezer and cook it when you're ready. Prep time is only 15-20 minutes.
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5-Ingredient Mississippi Pot Roast
This 5-Ingredient Mississippi Pot Roast is a simple, flavorful slow cooker meal with tender chuck roast, ranch seasoning, au jus gravy mix, butter, and tangy pepperoncini peppers. And the best part? You don't have to slave away in the kitchen for this meal. It takes five minutes to prep and the slow cooker does the rest of the work.
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5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Beef And Sausage Pasta
This 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Beef and Sausage Pasta is a lifesaver for those days when you just can't spend time in the kitchen. Simply toss ground beef, pork sausage, spaghetti sauce, and Alfredo sauce into your slow cooker, and let it handle the rest. Add the elbow macaroni toward the end, and in a few hours, you'll have a hearty, comforting meal that everyone will love.
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5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken
This 5-Ingredient Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken is one of those set-it-and-forget-it meals that makes dinnertime easy. Just toss it all in the slow cooker and come back to juicy, flavorful chicken without standing over the stove. Serve it with rice, mashed potatoes, or veggies, and dinner is done.
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Slow Cooker Chicken And Stuffing
This Slow Cooker Chicken and Stuffing is the ultimate comfort food that is completely fuss-free. All you need to do is layer the chicken, Swiss cheese, stuffing mix, cream of chicken soup, and broth in your slow cooker and let it do all the cooking so you don't have to. After eight hours, you'll have a hearty, flavorful meal that's perfect over mashed potatoes or rice. And oh, that gravy on top!
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Hi jullie, is it possible to make this recipe on the stovetop I don’t have a slow cooker. thank you
Hi Becky,
Which recipe are you wanting to make on the stovetop?
Hi Julie! I’ve subscribed to your page for quite awhile but just recently started trying some of your recipes. Now I’m wondering why I didn’t try them earlier.
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Thank you again & have a great day.
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Thank you so much for these wonderful recipes, I really can’t wait to cook them all! I really appreciate it more than you could imagine!! 😘 🙏
I am so glad to hear that it’s helpful!!
I am glad when your meal plans for the week come in my email. I hate the question what’s for dinner. Now I have an answer. I’m wondering if you have recipes for the Ninja foodi air fryer.
Hi Laura! I love to hear that and that they are helpful to you! I have a few air fryer recipes, but not a lot. My friend Debby, over at Southern Home Express has a lot of air fryer recipes: https://southernhomeexpress.com/?s=air+fryer
Hope that helps!