Dinner ideas
What to make for dinner tonight
- 1
Start with what goes bad first
Fresh meat, fish, soft herbs, salad leaves and opened dairy turn first. Build dinner around one of them and the rest of the week gets easier.
- 2
Add one thing that keeps
Rice, pasta, potatoes, eggs, canned beans or frozen vegetables. Pair the item that is about to turn with something from the cupboard.
- 3
Keep it to five ingredients
On a weeknight the best dinner is the one you actually cook. Every recipe below needs only a handful of ingredients.
Easy dinners with few ingredients
Strawberry Honey Yogurt Pops
Lunch 路 4 ingredients 路 220 kcal
Ayran Cucumber Herb
Lunch 路 5 ingredients 路 178 kcal
Bacon Egg Breakfast Skillet
Breakfast 路 5 ingredients 路 233 kcal
Cabbage Carrot Stir Fry
Dinner 路 5 ingredients 路 200 kcal
Cauliflower Garlic Roast
Dinner 路 5 ingredients 路 188 kcal
Chicken Rice Bowl
Lunch 路 5 ingredients 路 263 kcal
Corn Cheese Skillet
Dinner 路 5 ingredients 路 195 kcal
Grilled Cheese Tomato Sandwich
Lunch 路 5 ingredients 路 238 kcal
Honey Yogurt Walnut Cups
Lunch 路 5 ingredients 路 233 kcal
Mozzarella Tomato Basil
Lunch 路 5 ingredients 路 205 kcal
Mushroom Spinach Skillet
Lunch 路 5 ingredients 路 188 kcal
Onion Potato Pasta
Dinner 路 5 ingredients 路 273 kcal
Dinner by what you have
- tomatoes + cucumber
- chickpeas + tomatoes
- chicken + tomatoes
- pasta + parmesan
- beef + tomatoes
- rice + tomatoes
- eggs + cheese
- chicken + rice
- eggs + milk
- pasta + tomatoes
- oats + milk
- milk + bananas
- shrimp + rice
- eggs + bread
- eggs + flour
- tomatoes + avocado
- rice + cucumber
- rice + coconut milk
Snap your grocery receipt and Pantry Buddy adds every item with an expiry date, then shows what to eat first, so the 5 p.m. question has an answer.
Questions
How do I decide what to make for dinner?
Look at what will go bad first (fresh meat, fish, greens, opened dairy) and build the meal around it. Add one staple you always have, like rice, pasta, eggs or potatoes, and pick a recipe with few ingredients.
What can I make for dinner with what I have at home?
Type the ingredients you have into the free recipe finder at pantrybuddy.co/what-can-i-make. It ranks recipes by what you already have and shows what is still missing for each one.
How do I stop food going bad before we eat it?
Know what you have and when it expires. Pantry Buddy builds your pantry from a photo of your grocery receipt, gives every item an estimated expiry date and shows what to eat first on the home screen.
Not sure something is still good? See the food storage guide.