260 pantry recipes

Hot dog stew with hunks of potato, onion, and bell pepper in a roux-thickened broth. A frugal one-pot supper from the pantry, ready in under an hour.

Pasta with black beans and spinach in jarred pasta sauce, topped with Parmesan. A protein-packed vegetarian dinner using pantry staples and frozen spinach, ready in 25 minutes.

Soft, pillowy dumplings simmered in a bubbling blueberry sauce. This old-fashioned comfort food recipe uses just 8 pantry staples and comes together in under 45 minutes.

Salmon casserole with egg noodles, cream of celery soup, green peas, water chestnuts, and mushrooms, topped with crushed potato chips. A quick microwave dinner from pantry staples.

Weight-conscious cabbage soup with ground beef, tomato juice, mixed vegetables, and beef bouillon. A filling, low-carb soup that simmers for 2 hours with simple pantry ingredients.

A 30-minute curry rice bowl with spinach, black beans, and tomatoes. Naturally vegetarian, high-fiber, and built almost entirely from pantry staples and the freezer.

Cheap and easy three-bean and hominy stew with pinto beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, hominy, and taco seasoning. The dump-and-heat vegetarian pantry stew for hungry crowds on a tight budget.

Golden oatmeal muffins: quick, one-bowl breakfast muffins with rolled oats, flour, milk, and egg. A hearty, lightly sweet morning bake ready in under 40 minutes from pantry staples.

Tuscan white bean tuna salad: cannellini beans, marinated artichokes, tuna, sun-dried tomatoes, Kalamata olives, and pesto in 10 minutes. A pantry-driven Mediterranean main with no cooking.

Hodge podge soup is a pantry-staple ground beef soup with tomato soup base, mixed vegetables, kidney beans, and broken spaghetti. Comfort food in a bowl, ready in 45 minutes.

Shrimp and spicy black bean spread on crackers with jalapeño, lime, garlic, and cilantro. Easy make-ahead party appetizer from the pantry.

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.

Ridiculously easy lentil soup simmers brown lentils with sauteed onion and garlic, then finishes with fresh lemon juice. Eight ingredients, pantry-friendly, vegan.

A simple vegetarian pasta dish with butter beans (lima beans) in a light, creamy sauce. Quick, budget-friendly, and ready in 40 minutes with pantry staples.

Salmon tagliatelle in a spicy tomato-coconut sauce with pimentos, chillies, paprika, zucchini, and coriander. A fusion pasta dinner for two using pantry-friendly canned salmon.

Crostini topped with a chunky artichoke and white bean spread brightened with lemon and basil, finished with crumbles of oven-crisped prosciutto. An easy Italian appetizer built from pantry staples.