641 pantry recipes

Old-fashioned sweet pepper pickles brined overnight, then simmered in spiced sugar-vinegar syrup with cloves, cinnamon, mace, and ginger. A canning-jar staple from the heritage pantry.

Basic Couscous: a 3-ingredient pantry side ready in 10 minutes. Just couscous, broth, and salt steamed off the heat. Endlessly versatile under stews, kebabs, or roasted vegetables.

Scaloppine al limone: classic Italian pan-seared veal cutlets with a bright lemon pan sauce. Ready in under 40 minutes from six pantry ingredients. Restaurant-style results at home.

Creamy chicken and macaroni casserole: cubed chicken breast and elbow pasta in a sour cream and cream of chicken sauce, topped with melted cheddar and Monterey Jack. A pantry weeknight dinner.

Whisk-and-go sweet and sour salad dressing with maple syrup, red wine vinegar, and a hint of Worcestershire. Ready in under 5 minutes with just 7 pantry ingredients.

Jumbles are old-fashioned filled sandwich cookies, two rolled rounds enclosing a smear of grape jelly with three peek-a-boo windows cut into the top. Vintage pantry treat.

Dry-roasted cumin seeds: whole cumin seeds toasted in a hot dry pan until deep brown and intensely fragrant. The Indian pantry foundation for finishing curries, raitas, and chaat.

Fudgy chocolate syrup sheet cake with five pantry ingredients and one bowl. A simple vintage base ready for mint buttercream and chocolate glaze to make Andes-style dessert squares.

No-bake ice cream pie with a chocolate coconut crust. Four pantry ingredients, no oven required. Fill with any ice cream flavor for a summer dessert kids can help make.

Velvety peach butter simmered with brandy, lemon, and fresh spearmint then canned for year-round spreading. A sophisticated twist on a Southern pantry classic that makes a stunning homemade gift.

Sopa de ajo caldosa: a humble Spanish garlic soup with fried bread, eggs swirled into the broth, and a kick of red pepper. Just 7 pantry ingredients and 40 minutes.

Ground beef or turkey with onion, bell pepper, tomatoes, and rice baked into a chili-spiced casserole. A simple one-dish weeknight dinner with pantry staples you probably already have.

Thick cod steaks baked under a creamy homemade mushroom sauce with a paprika finish. A hearty, old-school fish dinner that comes together with pantry staples in about an hour.

Old-fashioned divinity candy with fluffy egg whites, crunchy pecans, and vanilla. This no-bake Southern classic melts on your tongue and comes together with just a few pantry staples.

Szechwan chicken soup with ramen noodles, chopped apples, snow peas, and red pepper flakes in chicken broth. A quick, spicy-sweet Asian-inspired soup using cooked chicken and pantry staples.

One, Two, Three is a 3-ingredient ground beef and cabbage casserole layered with canned tomato soup. A pantry-staple weeknight dinner that bakes hands-off in a Dutch oven.