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Home Recipe Index 6 Ingredients or Less
Italian Baked Chicken Thighs on a white platter.

Recipes with 6 Ingredients or Less

These 6 ingredient recipes make throwing together a homemade meal quick and easy. No processed ingredients allowed either.

Start with one of these fan-favorites: Italian Baked Chicken Thighs, Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce, or Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables.

Reader Favorites: 6 Ingredient Recipes

Honey garlic chicken kabobs with yellow peppers and red onions on a white platter.

Honey Garlic Chicken Kabobs

pan seared pork chop on a white plate with mashed potatoes and broccoli

5-Ingredient Pan Seared Pork Chops

slow Cooker Chicken and Cheese Taquitos are rolled up and lined up on parchment paper.

Creamy Chicken Taquitos

A hand holding two turkey pesto paninis.

Turkey Pesto Paninis

All 6 Ingredients or Less

Orzo pasta in a bowl with chopped herbs, feta, and some lemon slices with a small bowl of lemons nearby.

Lemon Feta Orzo

A platter of cheesy scrambled eggs and a bowl of fruit on a counter top.

Easy Cheesy Scrambled Eggs

Salmon fillets with grilled lemon slices served with fresh chopped parsley on top.

Lemon Garlic Salmon (3 Ways)

A small mason jar layered with ingredients of homemade Italian Parmesan salad dressing.

Italian Parmesan Dressing

Italian house salad with homemade Italian dressing being served with stainless steel salad tongs.

Italian House Chopped Salad

Rigatoni in a creamy tomato sauce ready to serve.

20-Minute Sausage Rigatoni

Stir fry veggies in a bowl with a wooden spoon.

Easy Frozen Stir Fry Vegetables

A white bowl of coconut rice with two lime wedges on top.

Instant Pot Coconut Rice

Baked nachos being served off a foil-covered sheet pan.

Baked Nachos

Grilled savory chicken breast with mashed potatoes and green beans on a plate.

The Best Savory Chicken

Creamy gourmet mashed potatoes with butter pats and chopped chives on top.

Gourmet Boursin Mashed Potatoes

Four bowls of different variations of Honey Whipped Goat Cheese served with sliced baguettes.

Honey Whipped Goat Cheese Dip (4 Ways)

Two hands holding a glass mug of homemade hot chocolate with mini marshmallows.

3-Ingredient Hot Chocolate Mix

One each of six different cake mix cookie flavors lined up: strawberries and cream, Nutella, pumpkin spice, lemon poppyseed, Funfetti, and peanut butter cup.

7 Best Cake Mix Cookies

Boiled baby potatoes in a white bowl.

The BEST Boiled Baby Potatoes

Cilantro lime grilled chicken breasts on a serving platter.

Cilantro Lime Chicken Marinade

Pumpkin spice cake mix cookies lined up on parchment paper with icing on top.

Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Cookies

A crispy baked drumstick being dipped in a bowl of honey mustard sauce.

Crispy Baked Drumsticks

Powerball cookies stacked up on a plate.

Powerball Cookies

roasted sausage and veggies on a sheet pan after coming out of the oven

Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage and Veggies

Easy Tzatziki Sauce

Spaghetti with meat being served from the Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Spaghetti (With or Without Meat Sauce)

A bowl of salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and onions.

Cucumber Tomato Feta Salad

Bowl of homemade pizza sauce with a wooden spoon in it.

Homemade Pizza Sauce

Crispy smashed potatoes on a baking sheet.

Crispy Smashed Potatoes

Cut up Breakfast Quesadilla with sliced avocado on a serving tray.

4-Ingredient Breakfast Quesadilla

Brown eggs on a rack inside an Instant Pot.

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Sliced grilled steak on a cutting board with another steak behind it waiting to be cut.

The Perfect Grilled Steak

Pork tenderloin sliced and on a cutting board.

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Honey garlic chicken kabobs with yellow peppers and red onions on a white platter.

Honey Garlic Chicken Kabobs

Baked omelette in a baking pan cut into servings with one square being lifted out with a spatula.

Baked Omelette

Log of garlic herb butter on a wooden cutting board with part of it already in slices for serving.

Garlic Herb Butter

Avocado, basil, and bacon pasta in a bowl.

Avocado Pasta with Basil and Bacon

Balsamic Parmesan dressing in a jar with a bowl of baby spinach in the background.

Balsamic Parmesan Vinaigrette

Breakfast casserole muffins on a white serving platter.

5-Ingredient Breakfast Egg Muffins

Homemade peanut butter protein bars stacked on parchment paper.

Peanut Butter Protein Bars

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