Leftover rescue: cook before you shop

Empty fridge? Find dinners that need only 2–4 main ingredients (salt, oil and spices assumed). Cook before you shop and save money.

Dinners with 3 or fewer main ingredients

• 🐟 Lemon Herb Cod (~20 min · cod)
• 🥩 Garlic Herb Beef (~30 min · beef)
• 🍗 Air Fryer Chicken Wings (~35 min · chicken wings)
• 🍲 Chicken Nihari (~50 min · chicken)
• 🍗 Lahori Chargha Dinner (~55 min · whole chicken)
• 🍲 Egg Drop Soup (~15 min · eggs, green onion)
• 🍝 Cacio e Pepe (~20 min · spaghetti, pecorino)
• 🥞 Fluffy Pancakes (~20 min · milk, egg)
• 🍝 Garlic Butter Pasta (~20 min · pasta, parmesan)
• 🍝 Spaghetti Aglio e Olio (~20 min · spaghetti, parmesan)
• 🥔 Aloo Bhorta (~25 min · potato, rice)
• 🐠 Chili Lime Cod (~25 min · cod, broccoli)
• 🦐 Garlic Shrimp Pasta (~25 min · shrimp, pasta)
• 🐟 Sheet Pan Lemon Salmon (~25 min · salmon fillet, asparagus)
• 🦐 Shrimp Scampi Pasta (~25 min · shrimp, linguine)
• 🍔 Sloppy Joes (~25 min · ground beef, burger buns)
• 🍆 Begun Bhorta Dinner (~30 min · eggplant, rice)
• 🥘 Chana Masala (~30 min · chickpeas, tomato)
• 🍗 Chicken 65 (~30 min · chicken, yogurt)
• 🍗 Chicken Teriyaki (~30 min · chicken thighs, rice)
• 🥩 Chimichurri Steak (~30 min · steak, apple cider vinegar)
• 🥚 Egg Curry (~30 min · eggs, tomato)
• 🐟 Fish Karahi (~30 min · firm fish, tomato)
• 🍗 Honey Garlic Chicken (~30 min · chicken thighs, rice)

Dinner From Fridge — cook tonight from what you already have.