Last weekend I had my good friend Jaclyn over for dinner and made one of my most simple, go-to meals: baked salmon with a side of baked sweet potatoes. In my opinion, the combination is super easy to make, yet still packed with healthy ingredients. So I was surprised to hear her remark that she could, “Never do this.” And by this, she meant replicate the recipe.

Her comment made me think about how many people think cooking for themselves is more difficult than it actually is. Sure, putting together a four course meal is probably legitimately hard; but cooking for yourself doesn’t need to be. To keep my meals simple (and thus, my meal prep time short), I try to stick to recipes that require five or less ingredients.

Here are four of my favorite recipes you can make with five ingredients (or less). Continue reading “4 Idiot-Proof Recipes Even You (Yes, You!) Can Make” →