Roast chicken.

Here's the recipe.

http://dontblamethekids.com/one-chicken-two-dinners-part-i/

Also not 5 ingredients, but incredibly easy -- I don't bother removing the shrimp before finishing the sauce

Shrimp Scampi Linguini

linguini
2T butter
2T olive oil
2 shallots (or half an onion), finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
red pepper flakes to taste
Shrimp, peeled and deveined
Salt and pepper
white wine
1T lemon
chopped parsley (Optional)

Boil the pasta to taste.

Melt the butter and olive oil. Saute the onions, garlic and red pepper flakes. Season the shrimp and saute just till pink. Add the wine and lemon juice and bring to a boil. Add another pat or two of butter and stir till melted. Serve shrimp over linguini. Delish.

Shrimp Linguini

Shrimp half poundish
can of cream of shrimp soup (stay with me)
onion
garlic
butter

saute onion, garlic, butter with s&p
(deglaze with a splash of white wine optional)
add can of cream of shrimp soup mixed with half can of water, or milk.
let simmer for a few minutes
add shrimp and cook

serve over pasta.

easy additions: When simmering the shimp, try adding capers, or dried tomatoes.

OK, mine cheats in terms of # of ingredients but it is SO SIMPLE and amazing. Easy peasy.

Roasted Shrimp, tomatoes & feta

5 large tomatoes, chopped up
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 ½ pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
chopped fresh parsley (optional)
squeeze in some fresh lemon juice (if you have it)
1 cup Feta, crumbled

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 450°F. Place the tomatoes in a large baking dish. Spoon the olive oil and garlic over the tomatoes. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper and toss. Place on top rack of oven and roast for 20 minutes.

Remove baking dish from oven and stir in the shrimp, parsley, and lemon juice. Sprinkle with the Feta.

Place back in oven for another 10 to 15 minutes or until the shrimp are cooked. Serve warm with crusty bread.

^^

And, 14:17, I *love* sautéed gnocchi!! If only my husband did as well... I've also sautéed it in olive oil, so so good.

-Cubed tofu, drizzled with olive oil and a bit of soy sauce (or an alternative, we use Bragg's liquid aminos) and roasted at 375 for an hour

Serve with grain of choice (we've done brown rice, quinoa, barley, farro, etc.) and a veggie (I love roasted butternut squash, also good with brussels sprouts). I put our oven on convection and roast the tofu and veggies at the same time.

Also, make big batches of grains and freeze smaller portions, so you can just thaw and reheat.

Grilled cheese sandwiches and Trader Joe's or Campbell's tomato soup.

Our go to meal when we have no time.

Pre-cut chicken thighs from Costco, seasoned with Taco mix
Brussel sprouts, quartered, and tossed with olive oil, salt & pepper

Grill chicken in pan
Roast brussel sprouts in oven for 10 minutes each side

Anonymous wrote:Ground turkey (or beef, or chicken, or sausage)
Frozen chopped onions
Jar of favorite pasta sauce
Any kind of pasta

Brown the meat and frozen onions (drain it if you are doing beef or sausage, but turkey and chicken usually don't need it). Add the jar of pasta (you can also add italian seasonings or chopped garlic), simmer for 15 minutes. Serve over pasta with a sprinkle of parm cheese.

Or put the noodles right in the pan. Here is great recipe.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/aunt-fannies-dinner/

Gnocchi pp here... For help google eating well skillet gnocchi. That's the original recipe. I also add spices like basil, oregano and red pepper but again, was trying to keep it basic to meet the 5 ingredient max . I Sautée it for maybe 4-5 minutes til it's fork tender and then sprinkle salt on it

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Gnocchi sautéed til soft then mixed with a can of diced tomatoes, bag of baby spinach, can of white beans, mozzarella. All mixed til gooey. I add onion and garlic too but that's more than 5 ingredients.

Don't flame me but...you boil the gnocchi first, right, and then sautee it? Or, no? I'm thinking of the shelf stable trader joes kind.

Nope! Sautée in butter. A totally different way if doing it but I far prefer it to boiling.

Op again, Didnt think about whether you have to boil it first or not, Never cooked it.....PP that suggested it where are you!

Op here: so glad I started this thread, Theres some delicious ideas on here.

I actually went to the store today to get the ingredients to make the gnocci dinner and completely forgot to get the spinach......gahhh. Will have to to do it tomorrow.

Saute or roast broccoli rabe, cook sausages on grill or pan cook, slice, and toss with rabe & grated parmesan. Easy, quick and no carbs!

Saute 1/2 minced onion + couple cloves garlic. Add 1c frozen corn and 1 can of black beans (drained). Spice however family likes (we do cumin and a decent amount of heat). Scramble eggs. Put flour tortillas in microwave wrapped in a towel for a minute. Serve.

If we have avocado, I add avocado. DH adds hot sauce.