Less prep, less assembly, and more time relaxing at the dinner table.

My own go-to meals with minimal ingredients are often simple pasta that leans on pantry staples.

You’ll find a few below, plus meals with shrimp, ground meat, chicken, and more.

Close Up of Skillet Cacio e Pepe Tortellini With Wilted Greens in a Pot With a Wooden Serving Spoon

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

The dry pasta cooks in the skillet, so there’s only one pan to wash up.

Do you gotta be familiar with the series to bother with the recipe?

We can vouch that this pasta stands on its own.

Plate of 5-ingredient turkey taco bowl at a table setting with a glass of water, bowl of lime wedges, and a fork on a table napkin

Simply Recipes / Photo by Fred Hardy II / Food Styling by Ana Kelly / Prop Styling by Shell Royster

This is one of those low-effort, high-payoff recipes that everyone in the family requests again and again.

5-ingredient lemony zucchini pasta in a bowl garnished with basil

Simply Recipes / Grace Elkus

Jennifer Garner Pasta

Simply Recipes / Wanda Abraham

Plate of creamy skillet shrimp with corn, pancetta, and tomatoes at a table setting with another serving on a plate, a glass of water, utensils and a white and red table napkin on the counter, and a bowl of basil

Simply Recipes / Photo by Fred Hardy II / Food Styling by Ana Kelly / Prop Styling by Shell Royster

5-ingredient pasta bake

Simply Recipes / Sara Haas

Linguine with tuna and capers on a plate at a table setting with a bowl of parsley, a denim table napkin, salt and pepper shakers, and a glass of water

Simply Recipes / Photo by Fred Hardy II / Food Styling by Ana Kelly / Prop Styling by Shell Royster

Close Up of Skillet Cacio e Pepe Tortellini With Wilted Greens in a Pot With a Wooden Serving Spoon

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe