5-Ingredient (or Less) Dinner Recipes

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Make these hearty sandwiches for a quick lunch or dinner. Add fresh fruit and a beverage for a picnic! 

Use a wok or skillet to stir-fry sirloin steak strips and broccoli. Combine with salad greens, chopped sweet pepper and bottled ginger vinaigrette salad dressing for a meal that's on the table in 20 minutes.

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

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

Combine orange juice concentrate and sliced almonds with whipping cream for a rich side-dish sauce. If you're trying to cut calories and fat, use half-and-half or milk instead, but the sauce won't be as thick.

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

Place plumped dried cherries into slits in the ham and add them to the fruit sauce for a double sweet-tart touch.

Jazz up packaged coleslaw with a sliced sweet pepper, green onion, cilantro and sesame-ginger salad dressing.

Roasting brings out the natural sweetness of asparagus and garlic.

Thyme, garlic, a little orange juice, and a splash of balsamic vinegar flavor these moist, fork-tender chicken breasts.