177 instant recipes

Old-fashioned homemade lemonade syrup concentrate with citric and tartaric acid. Bottle once, refrigerate, and mix 1:5 with water for instant fresh lemonade all summer.

Fast pita pizza topped with tomato sauce, mushrooms, peppers, and alfalfa sprouts. A 10-minute vegetarian single-serving pizza using pita bread as an instant crust.

These delicious homemade wraps are made with egg whites, corn flour and a bit of tapioca flour.

Middle Eastern lentil stew with potatoes, zucchini, and cumin, served with lemon wedges. A hearty, budget-friendly one-pot meal that's naturally high in fiber and protein.

Bread machine pain de mie with semolina flour and buttermilk for a tight, even crumb. A Pullman-style sandwich loaf that slices paper-thin for canapes and fancy sandwiches.

Frozen fruit slush mix made with orange juice, pineapple juice, and lemon juice. Freeze into cubes, then top with ginger ale for an instant fruity slush drink.

Instant thermos vegetable soup with dried veggie flakes, bulgur, pasta, and herbs. Just add boiling broth and wait. The ultimate portable lunch hack, ready in 10 minutes flat.

Two ingredients. Five minutes. Velveeta salsa dip stirred into hot pasta for an instant cheesy Mexican-style side dish. When you need dinner yesterday, this is the move.

Light and fruity tapioca pudding made with pineapple juice, orange juice, mandarin oranges, and crushed pineapple. A low-fat, no-fuss chilled dessert that's bright, tropical, and refreshing.

Blue cheese potato meatloaf folds tangy blue cheese into the loaf, frosts the whole thing with blue cheese mashed potatoes, and crowns it with crumbled bacon. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes baked into one loaded dish.

DIY dry veggie burger mix from blended chickpeas, soybeans, lentils, split peas, rice, and oats. Just add water to form patties. The pantry-staple shortcut.

Pearl barley browned in margarine and baked with cauliflower, mushrooms, shredded carrots, and onion in vegetable broth. A cozy vegetarian casserole with zero cholesterol.

Friendship brandied fruit is a perpetual fermented fruit compote built over months by adding peaches, pineapple, cherries, sugar, and brandy to a starter. Spoon over ice cream, pound cake, or yogurt for an instant dessert.

Pocket soup is a homemade instant soup powder: split peas, bulgur, dried vegetable flakes, sesame and sunflower seeds, and nutritional yeast ground to a fine powder. Add boiling water for a quick vegan broth anywhere.

Potato flake sourdough starter: a simple three-ingredient base of water, sugar, and instant potato flakes left to ferment for 3 to 4 days. The sweet, old-fashioned starter used in friendship bread and soft white loaves.

Brown rice pilaf with mushrooms, shredded carrots, marjoram, and green onions cooked in chicken broth. A light, low-calorie side dish ready in under 20 minutes.