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Jello ice cream pie: a no-bake summer pie made from Jello powder dissolved with vanilla ice cream and frozen fruit, set in a pie shell. Four ingredients, no oven, retro and refreshing.

Fresh strawberries, pineapple chunks, and sliced bananas tossed in glossy strawberry glaze. Four ingredients, fifteen minutes, and a one-hour chill for a fruit salad that steals the show at any cookout or potluck.

Strawberry punch made with frozen strawberries in syrup, pink lemonade, orange juice, and ginger ale. Four ingredients, no booze, ready in 5 minutes for a crowd of 32.

Romaine and tangelo salad with sweet citrus segments, toasted pecans, and a honey poppy seed dressing. Simple, bright four-ingredient winter side salad.

Spanish tortilla (tortilla espanola) made with just potatoes, eggs, olive oil, and salt. A classic four-ingredient egg and potato omelette served warm or cold.

Pasta tossed with four colors of oven-roasted bell peppers, balsamic vinegar, garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil. A vibrant, low-fat sauce bursting with smoky sweetness.

Pasteli me Fistikia, a traditional Greek candy with roasted pistachios set in a honey-sugar brittle. Four ingredients and a candy thermometer for an authentic Mediterranean sweet.

Chinese steamed pears in a cinnamon sugar syrup, gently cooked until tender then drizzled with reduced syrup. Four ingredients, elegant, and served warm or chilled.

Tahini dressing for falafel with sesame paste, fresh lemon juice, garlic, and water. Four ingredients, creamy and nutty, ready in 5 minutes. The classic Middle Eastern drizzle sauce.

Chilled peaches in sweet white wine syrup with lemon juice. An elegant, four-ingredient French-style dessert that comes together in minutes.

Easy caramel chocolate sticky buns: a four-ingredient hack using refrigerated biscuits stuffed with chocolate kisses and baked over coconut-pecan frosting that turns into instant caramel when inverted.

Melon fresco, a Latin American blender drink made from fresh cantaloupe, lime juice, and a whisper of sugar. Four-ingredient summer refresher that's halfway between juice and smoothie.

Maple glazed ham steak baked with dried figs and caramelized bananas in a clove-scented maple-lemon glaze. An easy, impressive sheet-pan dinner for four.

Six-pound rump roast braised low and slow in four cans of beer with leeks, peppercorns, cloves, and thyme. Fork-tender, deeply savory, and designed to feed a crowd with planned leftovers all week.

Pollo Loco-style citrus chicken marinade with fresh lemon, lime, orange juice, cilantro, and Mexican taco seasoning. Soak up to four hours and grill for juicy, tangy chicken.

Chocolate-dipped pretzels with white chocolate drizzle. Four-ingredient Christmas treat that comes together in under an hour, no oven required. Salty-sweet, beginner-friendly, gift-tin ready.