Recipes with 5 ingredients or fewer

Every recipe here uses five ingredients or fewer. Salt, pepper, oil, water and stock don’t count, because you usually have them in the cupboard anyway. Fewer ingredients means quicker shopping, fewer leftovers and usually quicker cooking too.

All recipes with 5 ingredients or fewer

• Quick banana and oat cookies – 180 kcal
• High-protein creamy chicken strips with mushrooms – 450 kcal
• Vegan beetroot and kombucha juice – 85 kcal
• Keto avocado chocolate shake – 340 kcal
• Vegan peanut butter and date snack – 240 kcal
• Vegan blueberry chia pudding – 210 kcal
• Low-carb almond porridge with warm raspberries – 550 kcal
• Sweet vanilla quark bake with raspberries – 472 kcal
• Gluten-free sweet potato and cheese rösti – 410 kcal
• High-protein quark with honey and walnuts – 280 kcal
• Vegetarian sweet potato omelette – 380 kcal
• Keto easy cheese omelette roll – 420 kcal
• Classic açaí bowl with berries and granola – 340 kcal
• Vegan cassava fries with truffle dip – 520 kcal
• Mediterranean fig and walnut bowl – 340 kcal
• High-protein raspberry skyr with chia seeds – 290 kcal
• Pink dragon fruit smoothie bowl – 400 kcal
• Vegan redcurrant and apple juice – 80 kcal
• Keto creamy sliced veal – 460 kcal
• Keto salmon and avocado salad with pine nuts – 550 kcal
• Fresh vegan beetroot and apple juice – 140 kcal
• Keto tuna omelette – 480 kcal
• Keto macadamia vanilla bites – 240 kcal
• Vegan chia and peanut pudding – 250 kcal

Frequently asked questions

What counts as an ingredient?

Every line in the ingredient list – except salt, pepper, oil, water and stock. So spices like cinnamon or paprika do count.

Are recipes with few ingredients still balanced?

Often, yes, if the ingredients are well chosen: a protein source, veg or fruit, and something filling like oats, potatoes or pulses. Every recipe shows its nutrition.

Related ideas

• Cheap and healthy cooking
• Lactose-free recipes