Two-Ingredient · 9 min read

Twenty Recipes With Two Things — The shortest possible recipe

The shortest possible recipe is the recipe that uses two ingredients. Twenty of them, with the understanding that salt, pepper and water are free.

I. Banana Pancakes

Banana, egg.

II. Watermelon Salad

Watermelon, feta.

III. Tomato Soup

Tomato, cream.

IV. Honey Yoghurt

Yoghurt, honey.

V. Tuna Melt

Tuna, cheese on toast.

VI. Avocado Toast

Avocado, toast.

VII. Caprese Skewers

Mozzarella, tomato.

VIII. Bacon-Wrapped Asparagus

Bacon, asparagus.

IX. Frozen Banana Bites

Banana, chocolate.

X. Cucumber-Hummus Bites

Cucumber, hummus.

XI. Apples and Peanut Butter

Apples, peanut butter.

XII. Egg Drop

Eggs, stock.

XIII. Garlic Bread

Bread, garlic butter.

XIV. Caprese

Mozzarella, tomato.

XV. Salt Cod

Cod, salt.

XVI. Sausage and Mustard

Sausage, mustard.

XVII. Olive-Oil Crackers

Crackers, olive oil.

XVIII. Honey on Goat Cheese

Goat cheese, honey.

XIX. Pear and Blue Cheese

Pear, blue cheese.

XX. Chocolate Strawberries

Strawberries, chocolate.

∞. Where to go next

If this collection found something useful, the place to keep going is the full A-Z catalogue or one of the cuisine pages. New essays appear weekly on the essays index.