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    Home » Blog » Whole Food Recipes » Simple Dinner Recipes

    July 28, 2016 | By Jami

    9 Simple Recipes for Main Dishes {6 Real Food Ingredients or Less}

    Nine real food, family favorite main dish simple recipes that all use six ingredients or less with minimal hands-on time.

    Nine real food, family favorite main dish simple recipes that all use six ingredients or less with minimal hands-on time.

    Whether it's because we're busy enjoying the outdoors in summer, trying to navigate the school year, or working around sports activities or work, it seems like we can always use a few quick, simple recipes to have in our repertoire, right?

    With that in mind, I've collected nine of our tried-and-true family favorite main dish recipes (these are the ones that make regular appearances on our menus) that are easy to make AND use just six whole food, staple pantry-fridge ingredients or less.

    My definition of "ingredients" for these recipes include only real foods (no mixes, boxes, etc.) and doesn't include things like salt, pepper, some other optional spices, and water, which tend to be standard in most recipes.

    9 Simple Recipes for Main Dishes

    Baked White Fish with Parmesan-Herb Crust
    Baked White Fish with Parmesan-Herb Crust - made with simple ingredients easy to put together, but there's nothing simple about the flavor!

     

    Grilled shrimp and vegetable tacos make an easy family meal
    Both Grilled Shrimp & Vegetable Tacos and the Chipotle-Yogurt Sauce have 5 ingredients each - combine them for an amazingly flavorful one-dish meal.

     

    Maple Mustard Chicken with Sauce - An Oregon Cottage
    Baked Maple-Mustard Chicken - chicken coated in a mustardy crust served with a savory-sweet sauce.

     

    Healthy Salmon Patties with Flax
    Salmon Patties with Flax (gluten-free) - healthy & tasty using pantry ingredients.

     

    Sheet pan dinner easy roasted sausages, peppers and onions.
    Sheet Pan Roasted Sausages with Peppers & Onions - use the vegetables as topping for a crusty bread for a one-pan meal

     

    Creamy Pesto Pasta-simple and quick family meal or side dish.
    Creamy Pesto Pasta - a perennial kid favorite and the meal you make when you have 10 minutes.

     

    Quick Chicken Caesar Wraps - An Oregon Cottage
    Chicken Caesar Wraps - made with bought or homemade rotisserie chicken and Ceasar dressing, they go together in a flash.

     

    Mediterranean Breakfast Wraps - freezer friendly and flavorful
    Breakfast for dinner: Make-Ahead Mediterranean Breakfast Wraps.

     

    Creamy Cheesy Baked Pasta-a family favorite comfort food.
    Layered Cheesy Baked Pasta - aka, comfort food.

     

    Simple recipes are life-savers! Look for more simple recipes using few ingredients and all real food in the future - I'm more and more of the opinion that simplest is best, in many areas of life.

    If you enjoyed this post, you'll find many other simple recipes (that use just a few more ingredients) in my recipe index.

     

    About Jami

    Since 2009 Jami Boys has been helping readers live a simple homemade life through whole food recipes, doable gardening, and easy DIY projects on An Oregon Cottage. From baking bread, to creating a floor from paper, to growing and preserving food, Jami shares the easiest ways to get things done. She's been featured in Cottages and Bungalows, Old House Journal, and First for Women magazines as well as numerous sites like Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, and Apartment Therapy.

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    1. Sharon Hottell says

      September 03, 2017 at 5:39 pm

      Thank you Jami for putting so much work into your site. I have been making sourdough bread for a couple of years and getting better all the time. Your tips are so in line with my own experience that I was excited to try your recipes. I'm going with sourdough crackers next and your recipe is the most logical on the Internet. Some say you have to let the dough sit 8 hours before rolling out and I just don't think that is realistic. lol

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      • Jami says

        September 04, 2017 at 4:47 pm

        Thank you, Sharon! It does seem we are like-minded - if I find a recipe that takes hours, I'm always looking for another way. 🙂 The crackers are amazing, so I know you don't need 8 hours.

        Reply
    2. Jennifer says

      July 29, 2016 at 5:45 am

      Also not working on my phone.

      Reply
      • Jami says

        July 29, 2016 at 11:24 am

        Sorry, Jennifer, the mobile is acting up - working on it! 🙂

        Reply
    3. Jackie in Canada says

      July 28, 2016 at 5:36 pm

      Valerie, I had the same question inititally, but, if you look under the picture, it says picture 1 of 9 and there is a next box to click on. The individual recipe link is just under the picture as well.
      Hope that helps you.

      Reply
      • Kris says

        July 28, 2016 at 7:24 pm

        I am not getting the "next" box, the "picture 1 of 9," or the individual recipe links on my smartphone. I will try to access this post via my laptop tomorrow and see if that helps.

        Reply
    4. Valerie says

      July 28, 2016 at 4:33 pm

      Is this post incomplete ? I don't see the recipes

      Reply
      • Jami says

        July 29, 2016 at 11:23 am

        There's a problem with the mobile version - sorry, we're working on it!

        Reply
    5. Kris says

      July 28, 2016 at 3:36 pm

      I'm confused - where are the recipes?

      Reply
      • Jami says

        July 29, 2016 at 11:22 am

        Ugh, I tried a new feature so there wouldn't be as much scrolling and it's not showing on mobile - sorry! I'm looking into it now, but it's working on desktop and tablet.

        Reply

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