Recipes with 5 or Less Ingredients

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In today's world everyone is in a hurry. It's no wonder we stop off at the fast food places for dinner and are cooking less and less. This lens will offer places to go for quick and easy recipes that use fewer ingredients and hopefully will save you time so that you can cook healthy and nutritious meals for your family. Please rate my lens and feel free to contact me with suggestions or comments. "Happy Cooking!"Geo Visitors Map Check out my companion lens, "Vegetarian Recipes with 5 or Less Ingredients."

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Fast and Easy Recipes

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Easy Dessert

Strawberry Sundae

Strawberry Sundae
This recipe serves: 2

1 1/2 cups strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced
1/4 cup sugar, or to taste
4 scoops vanilla non-fat frozen yogurt
2 teaspoons walnuts, chopped
2 teaspoons semisweet chocolate shavings or sprinkles

1. In a small bowl, sprinkle the sliced strawberries with sugar.
2. Puree half of the strawberries in a food prcessor to make a strawberry sauce. Reserve the sauce and the remaining sliced strawberries in the refrigerator until ready to use.

3. Pour a few teaspoons of strawberry sauce into the bottom of each sundae glass. Add a scoop of frozen yogurt to each and drizzle with more strawberry sauce. Add another scoop of frozen yogurt and top with the remaining sauce and sliced strawberries.

4. Decorate each sundae with nuts and chocolate shavings.

Serving Size: 1 sundae
From www.foodfit.com

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A Vegetarian Quik Dish

Hearty Pasta & Pink Beans (serves 6)

Use hearty pasta from the frozen foods section for this filling dish. All you need to complete this meal is a bountiful tossed salad and some fresh bread.
16-ounce bag frozen tortellini (ricotta, tofu, or vegetable-filled), ravioli, ricotta cavatelli, or gnocchi
Two 16-ounce cans pink beans, drained and rinsed
28-ounce jar good-quality chunky marinara sauce
Bring water to a boil in a large pot and cook the frozen pasta according to package directions. Just before draining, add the beans to the water and cook briefly to heat them. Drain the mixture well and transfer to a serving container.

Stir in the marinara sauce and serve at once.
Recipe from www.vegkitchen.com

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Tator Tot Casserole

Kid's Love this one!

Ingredients:
1 lb. hamburger
1 can mixed vegetables, such as VegAll
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 package Frozen Tator Tots

Brown hamburger over medium skillet, salt, pepper to taste. Stir in the vegetables, mix then add the soup, stir in. Put in small baking pan or 1 quart casserole dish, top with tator tots.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 an hour. Serve.

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5 Ingredient Crockpot recipes

Enjoy a hot meal when you get home.

Throw some ingredients in the crockpot and enjoy your meal! Doesn't get much easier than that.
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Try these tips to show your children how to help with meals and in the kitchen. Plus, check out kid-friendly recipes.

Mommie, can I help?

Of course it would be faster and easier to clean up if the answer was NO when your child asks this question. Try letting them help and see what happens. Kids will usually eat what they helped cook and that could lead to good eating habits. Even the little ones can set the table or wash veggies. It's also an opportunity to get them out from in front of the T.V. and to spend quality time together. Try it! It could be rewarding for you as well as them.
Enjoy!

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Recipe for Happiness Cake

Take a couple of good deeds,
a measure of thoughtfulness,
a heaping tablespoon of consideration,
a sizable portion of forgiveness and mix
thoroughly with tears of joy and seeds of faith.
Blend daily into your life, baked with the warmth of love,served with a blessing and a smile to make a life full of peace and happiness.

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  • AppalachianCountry Apr 13, 2009 @ 8:40 am | delete
    We want to try the pasta & pink bean recipe. We call them peanut beans down here. Wonderful lens.
  • Gwen_McKee Feb 2, 2009 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    You've put together a very nice lens! This is a big help to people who want to prepare home-cooked meals but are short on time. I've got a similar page at http://www.squidoo.com/thecookbookladies. Thanks.
  • youhavegottobekidding Sep 8, 2008 @ 8:10 pm | delete
    Thanks a lot for all those Tips and recipes. Yes, I totally agree now a days all the people are always on the move so it is really a lot of help if we have a very easy to prepare food.

    5 stars to your Very Yummy Lens.
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  • Aug 15, 2007 @ 7:28 pm | delete
    Great lens. Extremely useful. I will be checking back in for dinner ideas. You can never have too many! I highly agree with your inclusion of the moosewood cooking book. One of the best!
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