5-Ingredient (or Less) Dinner Recipes

Sweet and spicy! You only need five ingredients and a hot grill for a delicious weeknight entree. 

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This genius 5-ingredient weeknight side uses jalapeno jelly as an "instant" glaze and gets major flavor and crunch from smoked almonds.

With just 5 ingredients and ready in less than 30 minutes, this colorful, family-friendly meal is sure to earn a spot in your summer weeknight dinner rotation.

Bottled black bean and corn salsa spices up these quesadillas, ready in just 20 minutes. 

Add coleslaw, bacon and chives to shrimp for this quick and easy meal. 

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With only five ingredients, these hearty stuffed peppers assemble in a snap. Team them with corn bread or whole wheat rolls, and dinner's done.

Just three ingredients produce a rich-flavored, sweet-tangy barbecue sauce for drumsticks in this easy chicken slow-cooker recipe.

How do you get your family to eat fish? By serving them tilapia coated with potato chips, herbs and honey-mustard dressing.

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Add watercress, sausage, cherry tomatoes and tomato sauce to a package of frozen potato-and-onion-filled pierogies for this colorful meal. 

This five-ingredient slow-cooker chowder goes together in minutes and then cooks two hours on high or four to five hours on low. Serve with breadsticks for dipping.

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Peas, pesto, lemon zest and toasted hazelnuts add fresh flavor to ravioli.

Carrots, beets and orange juice concentrate top the fish in this dinner, ready in just 30 minutes.

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Combine sausage, sweet peppers, celery, canned kidney beans and fire-roasted canned tomatoes in your slow-cooker for a spicy main dish. Our recipe also gives an alternative using meatballs, cannellini beans, onions and diced tomatoes.

Make a quick salsa from cucumber, red onion, a chopped orange and seasoning blend to serve with fish filets.

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A little cheddar cheese, maple syrup, and turkey bacon dress up butternut squash for this side dish. 

These wraps, made with leftover shredded roast beef and packaged broccoli slaw, can be made up to 24 hours in advance. Wrap tightly and chill.

Skillet-roasting boosts the flavor of the veggies in this side dish. Serve with your favorite meat.

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Balsamic vinegar and fresh chopped tomatoes add just the right amount of flavor to this dinner for two. 

Roasting brings out the natural sweetness of asparagus and garlic.

Buy a deli chicken or use leftover chicken to combine with cheese, tortillas, condensed soup and diced tomatoes for this easy casserole.