The simplest, most-saved recipes on Pepper — five-ingredient dinners, one-pan bakes, and no-fuss meals for busy weeknights.
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Open in Pepper →The recipes cooks come back to on Pepper aren't the elaborate ones — they're the five-ingredient chicken bakes, the one-pan pastas, and the sheet-pan dinners that don't ask much.
Simple on Pepper means under 30 minutes of active time, ingredients you already have, and cleanup that fits in one pan.
These are the recipes home cooks tag as go-to's and pull up on a Tuesday night when there's no plan and dinner still has to happen.
Batch on Sunday
Cook proteins and grains in bulk on one afternoon so weekday meals reheat in minutes.
Season in layers
Salt the protein early, add acid at the end — it's the fastest way to make simple ingredients taste finished.
Match the pan to the recipe
A sheet pan wants space between ingredients; a skillet wants everything touching. Following that rule fixes most texture problems.
Taste before you serve
Almost every recipe here benefits from a final pinch of salt or squeeze of lemon right before plating.