15 Recipes with 3 Ingredients or Less 🍽️
Cooking is great and all, but sometimes you just want food without turning your kitchen into a science experiment. That’s where these 15 ridiculously simple recipes come in—each one uses three ingredients or less, meaning less shopping, less chopping, and less wondering why you ever thought making a soufflé was a good idea. 🤦♂️
1. Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich 🥪
Because the classics never fail.
- 🍞 Bread
- 🥜 Peanut butter
- 🍓 Jelly
How to Make It: Spread peanut butter on one slice of bread, jelly on the other, slap them together, and boom—lunch is served. 🎉
2. Popcorn 🍿
Technically, this is a one-ingredient “recipe,” but it still counts because effort is involved.
- 🍿 Popcorn (the bagged kind, obviously)
How to Make It: Throw it in the microwave, hit the popcorn button, and let technology handle the rest. If you want to be fancy, add salt or butter, but let’s not overcomplicate things. 😆
3. Chips & Salsa 🌶️
Not even cooking, but still a crowd-pleaser.
- 🥑 Tortilla chips
- 🍅 Salsa
How to Make It: Put chips in a bowl. Open salsa jar. Dip. Eat. Congratulations, you’re a chef now. 👨🍳 If you're really feeling like a go-getter, add some cheese and pop it in the microwave—boom, you've got yourself some nachos. 🧀🔥
4. Grilled Cheese 🧀
The best thing since sliced bread… is melted cheese between sliced bread.
- 🍞 Bread
- 🧀 Cheese
- 🧈 Butter
How to Make It: Butter the bread, put cheese in the middle, and grill it in a pan until golden brown. Bonus points if you cut it diagonally. ✂️
5. Scrambled Eggs 🍳
Breakfast doesn’t need to be complicated.
- 🥚 Eggs
- 🧈 Butter
- 🧂 Salt
How to Make It: Crack eggs into a pan with melted butter, stir them around until they look edible, and season with salt. Done. ✅
6. Banana Pancakes 🍌🥞
Fancy pancakes with zero effort.
- 🍌 1 banana
- 🥚 2 eggs
How to Make It: Mash the banana, mix it with the eggs, and cook it like a regular pancake. That’s it. 🙌
7. Yogurt & Granola 🥣
A breakfast that makes you feel like you have your life together.
- 🍦 Yogurt
- 🥜 Granola
- 🍯 Honey (optional, but delicious)
How to Make It: Scoop yogurt into a bowl, sprinkle granola on top, and drizzle honey if you’re feeling extra. 🍯
8. Ham & Cheese Roll-Ups 🥩🧀
A no-carb sandwich that actually tastes good.
- 🥩 Sliced ham
- 🧀 Sliced cheese
- 🌭 Mustard (if you’re feeling wild)
How to Make It: Roll the ham around the cheese. That’s the whole recipe. Dip in mustard for extra flavor. 🤷♂️
9. Quesadilla 🌮
Basically a grilled cheese but make it tortilla.
- 🌮 Tortilla
- 🧀 Cheese
- 🧈 Butter or oil
How to Make It: Put cheese on a tortilla, fold it in half, and cook in a pan until melty. 🔥
10. Avocado Toast 🥑🍞
For when you want to feel fancy without trying too hard.
- 🍞 Bread
- 🥑 Avocado
- 🧂 Salt
How to Make It: Toast the bread, smash the avocado on top, sprinkle salt, and admire your culinary skills. 😎
Final Thoughts: Cooking? Never Heard of It. 🤷♂️
With these recipes, you don’t need fancy ingredients, expensive gadgets, or a degree from a culinary school. Just grab a few things from your kitchen, throw them together, and eat like a champion. Happy (lazy) cooking! 🎉
Feel free to print this out 📄 and share it with someone you know who needs a little help in the kitchen. We all know at least one person. 😉