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    Easy 5 Ingredients or Less Recipes

    Here are our favorite 5-ingredient recipes that are simple and easy to make even when your pantry is running low! Everything from quick pastas, and handmade potato gnocchi, to simple hearty soups, satiating salads, and chicken cutlets the whole family will crave.

    • Pumpkin Pasta Recipe (Easy Homemade Pasta Dough)
    • Best Thin-Crust 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (+Video)
    • 15-Minute Silky Béchamel Sauce (Easy White Sauce Recipe w/Video)
    • Easy 30-Minute Strawberry Jam Without Pectin (w/VIDEO)
    • Classic Italian Tomato Sauce for Pasta
    • Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe (Best McCormick Copycat)
    • 10-Minute Creamy Almond Pulp Hummus (Zero Waste Hack)
    • 4-Minute Perfectly Grilled Argentinian Red Shrimp
    • Italian Prosciutto Wrapped Melon Slices (Prosciutto e Melone)
    • Easy Black Cherry and Sour Cherry Combination Pie Filling
    • The Best Spaghetti Sauce with Beef (Spaghetti con Ragù)
    • Easy Homemade Pizza Sauce Recipe (With Video)
    • 30-Minute Strawberry-Apricot-Nectarine Jam (Without Pectin)
    • 5-Minute DIY Vanilla Pudding Mix (For Adding to Cake & Cookie Recipes)
    • The Easiest Way To Cook Blue Crabs (Granchio Blu Facile)
    • Crispy Italian Turkey Breast Cutlets (Cotoletta di Tacchino)
    • 3-Ingredient Italian Potato Gnocchi Recipe +Video
    • Sweet Corn and Zucchini Pasta (Summer Pasta)
    • White Asparagus with Crispy Ham (Asparagi Bianchi di Bassano del Grappa)
    • Italian Prosciutto Sugo (4-Ingredient Pork Tomato Sauce)
    • Fresh San Marzano & Purple Carrot Pasta Sauce w/Maccheroni
    • Pasta alle Zucchine (Spaghetti with Zucchini)
    • Spinach Gnocchi From Scratch (Italian Gnocchi Made Easy)
    • Naturally Colored Dumpling Wrappers (For Chinese New Year (春节)
    • 2-Ingredient Biscoff Pie Crust (For Cheesecakes & No-Bake Desserts)
    • Easy Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie Filling
    • Ultimate Cherry Pie Filling Recipe (10-Minutes, Homemade)
    • Sichuan Flower Pepper Pickled Carrots (花椒 Mala Pickled Carrots)
    • Easy Strawberry Sugar Recipe (All-Natural w/Video)
    • Best Strawberry Butter (w/Strawberry Honey Butter Option + Video)
    • Fresh Spinach Pasta Dough (Using 00 Flour + Video)
    • Spinach Pasta Dough (Using Twice-Milled Semolina Flour)
    • Perfect Ramen Egg Recipe (Ajitsuke Tamago 味付け卵)
    • How To Make Ramen Noodles From Scratch (The Easy Way)
    • Egg Pasta Recipe (Homemade Italian 00 Flour Fresh Egg Pasta)
    • Easy Homemade Wonton Wrappers (Using Bread Flour)
    • 10-Minute Easy Italian Shrimp Au Gratin (Gamberi Gratinati)
    • Easy Italian Diver Scallops au Gratin (Capesante Gratinate)
    • 30-Minute Strawberry Coulis (Professional Strawberry Sauce)
    • 15-Minute Easy Homemade Strawberry-Blood Orange Sauce

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    Hi, I'm Kelly! A private chef helping busy families cook and enjoy tastier, healthier meals at home. Born and raised in Arkansas, I've lived and worked in NYC, Sichuan China, and now Northeast Italy. Each of these places impacts the diverse way we cook, live, and celebrate life. You'll find a bit of everything here whether you're new to cooking, or you've made it all. If you love to eat, you're in the right place!

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    Pumpkin Pleasing Recipes

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