185 instant recipes

Add some sophistication to dinner with this scrumptious salmon dish that will instantly become one of your new favorites.

Famous Amos-style chocolate chip cookies with pecans, cocoa, and instant coffee for rich, complex flavor. Crispy bite-sized cookies made with biscuit mix for a tender crumb.

Why buy salad dressing? This is so easy. You can always quickly make a salad dressing using these kitchen staples. Add your own herbs and voila! Instant personality.

Chocolate pudding brownies use cook-and-serve pudding mix as the cocoa base, giving fudgy bars with a tender crumb and deep chocolate flavor. Topped with powdered sugar.

Chaat masala, the tangy, sour Indian spice blend built on amchoor (dried mango powder) with cumin, coriander, ginger, and a kick of cayenne. Sprinkle it on fruit, potatoes, and snacks for instant zing.

Homemade instant soup mix with powdered milk, chicken bouillon, dried vegetables, and savory. Just add boiling water and instant rice for a creamy mug of soup in 5 minutes.

It tasted very refreshing and flavorful. The leftover was kept in the fridge and had it for brunch today, even better.

Herbed tomato soup microwaves a tomato sauce base with sauteed onion, basil, and thyme into a 15-minute single-serve soup. Low fat, low calorie, served with Parmesan croutons.

Pineapple butterscotch cake doctored from pound cake mix and instant butterscotch pudding, topped with crushed pineapple and butterscotch chips. The shortcut potluck cake that always disappears.

Creamy lemonade pie folds frozen lemonade concentrate, instant vanilla pudding, and whipped topping into a graham cracker crust. No-bake, freezer-friendly, tart-sweet summer dessert.

This recipe turns boxed herb and veggie instant brown rice mix into a quick and easy vegan soup recipe.

Swiss Miss mousse is a 3-ingredient chocolate mousse made by dissolving hot cocoa mix in boiling water and folding it into whipped topping. No cooking, no eggs, light and airy, and chilled to set in about 30 minutes.

A new, delicious coffee made with kahlua and creme de cacao that can warm anyone up in the morning!

Slow cooker meat and potato loaf with ground beef, Italian sausage, and instant potato flakes, cooked low for 6-7 hours. A hands-off meatloaf with a clever cheesecloth lifting trick.

Retro party dip blending cream cheese, deviled ham, dry red wine, and dill pickles with a mustard-Worcestershire kick. Ready in 20 minutes, serve as a dip or chilled spread.

Entertaining friends? Try this dip and they won't believe you made it!