11 Easy Recipes That Need Just 3 Ingredients To Make

Beef and Bacon Burger

With just 400g minced beef, an onion and three rashers of chopped smoked, streaky bacon you can make these burgers. They’re obviously gluten free (no breadcrumbs) and don’t need any egg to bind them together. The onions and bacon keep the burger moist and juicy and add lots of flavour. Just fry the onions and bacon until soft and then cool completely. Combine with the beef, form into burgers and fry for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until fully cooked through.

Coconut, Ginger and Date Energy Squares

Just blitz 100g desiccated coconut, 250g pitted dates and 1-2 chunks of stem ginger from a jar until smooth. Then press the sticky crumbs into a small, cling-film lined dish. Chill for a couple of hours and cut into bars. A natural, healthy and tasty treat.

Tomato Sauce

If you thought it took a pile of ingredients to make a decent tomato sauce for pasta, then think again. This three-ingredient tomato sauce recipe from the blog Smitten Kitchen uses just tomatoes, an onion and butter. Genius.

Salted Caramel Banana Ice Cream

This gorgeous version of ice cream can be made with a couple of frozen, peeled bananas, a heaped tablespoon of caramel or dulce de leche and a small pinch of salt. Just blitz the lot in a food processor for about 45 seconds - the bananas can be thrown in straight from the freezer - and you get a creamy, silky-smooth ice cream with an addictive salty-sweet flavour.

Teriyaki Chicken

Yes, you can make Teriyaki Chicken with just three ingredients. This recipe comes from Kimi, who writes the blog The Nourishing Gourmet. And it gets better. Because the chicken is flattened, it cooks quickly - so after marinating, it’ll cook in just 10-15 minutes.

Alcohol-Free Mojito

This refreshing drink can be made by squeezing the juice from 1 lime over a couple of ice cubes, and then topping up the glass with chilled, sparkling water. Add a small handful of fresh mint leaves and mash them slightly in the glass using a spoon, to help release all those gorgeous peppermint flavours.  

3-Ingredient Salmon

Throw together this 3 Ingredient Salmon dish for dinner, created by Davida, who writes the blog The Healthy Maven. You just need some salmon, a lemon and herbs. It couldn’t really be simpler - especially as it’s baked in the oven, so you don’t need to keep an eye on the frying pan.

Cacio e Pepe

This is probably one of the easiest pasta dishes ever invented. To make it, just cook pasta in a pan of boiling water. Drain, and while it’s still hot, sprinkle in some grated Parmesan. Add a twist of white or black pepper and you’re done. It’s lovely as it is, but a little butter melted in here makes it taste richer.

Tropical Fruit Smoothie

You can fiddle about endlessly with smoothies if you want to, adding lots of different ingredients: fruit juices, vegetables, leafy greens, yoghurt, wheatgrass - I won’t go on. But you can also keep it incredibly simple. This smoothie is made with just a 400ml can of coconut milk, half a banana and a handful of pale, icy cubes from a bag of shop-bought frozen topical fruits. With flavours such as papaya, melon, mango and pineapple it makes a great breakfast drink.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Baking doesn’t always have to be complicated, or involve long lists of ingredients. These genius Peanut Butter Cookies were created by Ali, from the blog Gimme Some Oven. And, as they use just three ingredients that you’ve probably got in your cupboards right now, there’s no excuse. Gorgeous.

Roast Lamb with Garlic and Rosemary

Lamb can be quite a fatty meat, which is good in this case as the melting fat bastes the meat as it cooks, keeping it moist. We’ve used a half leg of lamb for our roast and made little cuts in the meat with a sharp knife. These cuts are then stuffed with slices of garlic and rosemary sprigs. Roast for 2 hours at 200ºC or gas mark 6 for a juicy, aromatic roast lamb dinner. You don’t have to rest the joint on carrot slices, but they’ll absorb the flavours of the lamb as they roast.

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