2,017 pantry recipes

New York cupboard soup made entirely from pantry staples: canned chicken, black beans, corn, mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and orzo in chicken broth. A filling 25-minute soup from the shelf.

Tuna pizza on homemade bread machine dough with a sauteed tuna, mushroom, and tomato soup sauce topped with cheddar cheese. A unique pizza using pantry staples and a rosemary-oregano crust.

Old fashioned butterscotch cookies made with melted butter dissolved in brown sugar for pure caramel flavor. A thin, crispy drop cookie with just six pantry staples that bakes in 8 minutes.

Coconut drop cookies with rolled oats and dried coconut for chewy centers and golden, toasty edges. A pantry-staple drop cookie with double-sugar richness and warm vanilla in every bite.

Crustless fudge pie with just seven pantry ingredients. A brownie-meets-flourless-cake dessert with a crackly top and dense, fudgy middle. Ready in under an hour, no pie crust required.

Clear fish soup with fresh ginger, quartered tomatoes, and a bright squeeze of lemon finished with scallion. A light, clean-tasting one-pot broth ready from pantry staples and whole fish.

Spiced watermelon rind pickles, the Southern preserving classic that turns leftover rind into translucent sweet-and-spicy gems flavored with cinnamon, clove, and ginger. Water-bath canned for the pantry shelf.

Vegetarian Mexican pizza with a homemade cornmeal crust, taco sauce, chili beans, bell pepper rings, and melted Monterey Jack. A pantry-friendly Tex-Mex pizza built in 40 minutes from scratch.

Hearty vegetable soup with canned tomatoes, carrots, celery, and green pepper simmered in chicken bouillon. A pantry-staple soup with a kick of hot sauce, naturally low-calorie and diabetic-friendly.

Baked oysters with crispy French fried onions, half and half, and Parmesan, baked hot until bubbly and golden. The retro 5-ingredient appetizer that punches above its pantry-staple ingredient list.

Salmon scramble: creamy soft-scrambled eggs folded with flaked salmon and sliced button mushrooms, served piled on toast or into pita pockets. A fast, satisfying weekend brunch with pantry-friendly ingredients.

Brown rice and kidney bean burgers seasoned with oregano, sage, and garlic. Easy vegan patties made in one bowl with pantry staples and pan-fried until golden. No breadcrumbs, no eggs.

Chocolate-butterscotch brownies use butterscotch pudding mix as the secret base, folded with semisweet chocolate chips for a chewy bar with deep caramel notes. Mid-century pantry baking that delivers fast.

Minestrini de patate is a rustic Italian potato soup with sauteed onion and celery, finished with milk, chicken broth, Parmesan and parsley. A creamy, weeknight-friendly bowl built from pantry staples.

Wacky cake style chocolate layer cake made with no eggs, butter, or milk. A pantry-staple Depression-era recipe with deep cocoa flavor and a tender, fudgy crumb that's accidentally vegan.

Herbed whole wheat bread crumbs use up stale bread with basil, thyme, chervil, garlic, and shallot. A pantry-saver that beats every store-bought crumb on flavor, freezer-friendly for months.