Pantry Recipes and Shelf Cooking
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Posted: 03/14/20
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Need a few recipes to use up those pantry staples? I’ve collected all of my top pantry recipes including breakfast, dinner, side dishes, snacks and desserts. If you are new to shelf cooking here are some great options to get started with!
Every once in a while I go on a “shelf cooking” mission to clean up my pantry and freezer using the recipes below. It helps me clear out all the items in my house and start fresh again.
These pantry recipes are all cost effective, taste awesome and you family won’t even notice you aren’t buy groceries!
Most recipes can use canned chicken if you want to use that instead of fresh or substitute your meat with canned beans.
Breakfast
The kids always love these Eggs in a Hole! You can skip the cheese if you need to and this is still delicious!
Egg in a Hole Recipe
Egg in a Hole combines buttery toasted bread with a warm, runny egg right in the middle. It’s quick, tasty, and the perfect way to start the day!
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Pancakes are a staple and so easy to make at home. Toss any leftovers in the fridge and reheat them in the microwave or toaster. Fro the blueberry pancakes you can use frozen blueberries, they might bleed a little into the batter that’s all!
Fluffy Homemade Pancakes
Light, Fluffy, Delicious Pancakes Recipe Made with Pantry Staples that You Will Have in your House! Never go back to Pancake Mix!
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes Recipe
This recipe for pancakes is light, fluffy, loaded with chocolate chips and made of ingredients you have on hand!
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Best Blueberry Pancakes Recipe
Looking for light, fluffy pancakes with ingredients already in your pantry? This is the Blueberry Pancake recipe for you! Plus, it's full of juicy blueberries. These pancakes are so easy to whip up for a weekday or weekend morning for the entire family. Top them with warmed syrup and butter then dig into them! They reheat great for a grab and go breakfast when you are in a hurry too!
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French Toast is another family favorite with so many twists on it!
French Toast
Light, fluffy homemade french toast. Hearty bread dunked in a homemade batter and fried until golden brown and crispy.
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Stuffed French Toast
Two hearty pieces of bread stuffed with a sweet filling and fried until golden brown and crispy. Top it with fresh berries, whipped cream and syrup!
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French Toast Sticks
Hearty bread cut into strips, then dunked in a egg batter and fried. The finish touch is a quick roll in a cinnamon sugar mixture. Top it with syrup, berries or whipped cream.
Turnovers are a great way to use pie filling. Grab any pie filling for the filling and see what twists you can come up with!
Easy Apple Turnovers
Delicious and easy Apple Turnovers! This Apple Turnover Recipe is perfect for a quick, easy breakfast, snack or dessert. They are the best warm from the oven!
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Lemon Cream Turnovers
Lemon Cream Turnovers Recipe ~ This easy lemon cream turnover recipe uses only 6 ingredients, making them a quick and easy breakfast, snack or dessert!
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Dinner
We use frozen onions in Goulash recipes or you could also use dried onions.
Instant Pot Goulash
American Goulash made in your pressure cooker. Just when you thought dinner couldn't get easier!
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One Pot American Goulash
Easy one-pot recipe that is a quick and easy dinner recipe. A delicious combination of macaroni noodles, ground beef, tomatoes, cheese and more!
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Any of these taco soups could be made without the meat as the protein. You can add more canned beans to make them a bit heartier if you skip the meat! It’s a great way to use up those canned black beans, corn and diced tomatoes.
Taco Soup Recipe
You have to make this Taco Soup! It's ready in about 30 minutes, bursting with flavor and healthy! Warm up to a big bowl of it for dinner, meal prep it for lunch that week or freeze it for a quick and easy freezer recipe.
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Instant Pot Taco Soup
Quick and easy Instant Pot Beef Taco Soup is a quick dinner during the winter. Loaded with beef, onion, beans, tomatoes, and perfectly seasoned for tons of flavor in every bite.
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Instant Pot Chicken Taco Soup
Easy pressure cooker taco soup loaded with shredded chicken, taco seasonings, tomatoes and corn then topped with your favorite taco toppings!
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Once again you can skip the ground beef in these chili recipes and add more of your beans if you don’t have any beef on hand. These are great recipes for using up canned items and very flexible. The Crock Pot Chili makes a very large batch so you can freeze half and use in in a few weeks and not have to cook that night!
Instant Pot Chili
Quick and easy chili recipe that is made in your pressure cooker. Tastes like it's been simmered all day!
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Crockpot Chili Recipe
Crock Pot Chili is an easy slow cooker recipe that is loaded with ground beef, beans, tomato sauce and seasonings. So much flavor after slow cooking all day!
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Easy Homemade Chili Recipe
Classic, hearty chili full of ground beef, chili beans and seasonings!
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Crock Pot Chili Mac
Chili that simmers all day in your crock pot for the ultimate flavor. Add elbow macaroni at the end to turn it in hearty Crock Pot Chili Mac perfect for busy nights!
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Any of these spaghetti recipes are perfect for using up canned sauces and dry pasta. If you don’t have the ground beef on hand simply make it without if that recipes call for it. These are simple ways to mix up spaghetti so you don’t end up eating it the same way!
Spaghetti and Meatballs
Tender, juicy homemade meatballs in a marinara sauce then served over a bed of spaghetti noodles!
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One Pot Spaghetti Recipe
Quick, easy homemade spaghetti made in one pot! Perfect dinner recipe for busy nights!
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Crock Pot Spaghetti
Tender spaghetti noodles, spicy Italian sausage in a creamy spaghetti sauce made with cream cheese in your slow cooker!
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Instant Pot Spaghetti
Quick, Easy Homemade Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Made in Your Pressure Cooker!
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Either of these versions of Crack Chicken require minimal ingredients that can be stored in the pantry or freezer. Serve it on a bun, over pasta, rice and more!
Instant Pot Crack Chicken
Delicious creamy chicken mixture made of shredded chicken, cream cheese, Ranch seasoning, cheese and bacon that's cooked in your pressure cooker.
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Crack Chicken
Quick and easy shredded chicken bacon ranch recipe is made in the Crockpot! Tender, chicken with cream cheese, bacon, cheese and Ranch seasoning!
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Casseroles are always comforting and delicious using a protein plus mostly shelf stable items!
Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole
This quick and easy casserole recipe is loaded with a creamy wild rice and chicken mixture.
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Sloppy Joe Casserole
Quick and easy Sloppy Joe Casserole that combines all your favorite flavors of Sloppy Joes in a casserole!
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Lasagna Casserole Recipe
Quick, easy Lasagna Casserole recipe that has all the flavor of traditional lasagna but is so much easier! Layers of meat sauce, pasta and cheese!
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Chicken Spaghetti
Quick and Easy Casserole for a busy weeknight dinner idea! This Chicken Spaghetti is creamy, delicious and loaded with spice! It has chicken, spaghetti and cheese. What a great casserole recipe that's a family favorite!
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Crock Pot Bacon Cheeseburger Tater Tot Casserole
Easy Slow Cooker Twist on a Classic Tater Tot Casserole! It's creamy, cheesy and comfort food made easy!
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Chicken Pot Pie Casserole
Quick, comfort food at it's best. This casserole is loaded with a creamy vegetable mixture and topped with flaky crescent rolls!
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Pizza Casserole
Quick and easy pizza casserole with layers of noodles, ground beef, pizza sauce and cheese! Perfect for a delicious weeknight dinner.
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Sides
Baked Potatoes and sweet potatoes are a great way to finish off a meal and so many ways to prepare them!
Baked Potato
Restaurant quality Baked Potatoes that are light and fluffy with a crispy, salty skin!
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Instant Pot Baked Potatoes
Light, fluffy baked potatoes made in your Instant Pot! Grab your pressure cooker and make these for an easy side dish!
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Crock Pot Baked Potatoes Recipe
Light, fluffy and delicious baked potatoes made in your Crock Pot without heating up your house!
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Quick, easy oven roasted sweet potatoes are a healthy side dish with tons of flavor from a few simple seasonings.
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Smashed Potatoes Recipe
Crisp Smashed Potatoes are the best side dish ever! Brushed in butter and perfectly seasoned with herbs and salt then topped with Parmesan cheese.
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Roasted vegetables are great because you can use any type of vegetable in your pantry and fridge. Great for when you are left with an assortment of vegetables and need to use them up.
Easy Roasted Vegetables
These delicious easy roasted vegetables are a great side dish and also for meal prep! Drizzled in balsamic, seasoned and roasted to perfection in the oven!
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Glazed Carrots are so easy to make with a few simple ingredients!
Glazed Carrots
A quick and easy side dish recipe for the weeknight or holiday entertaining! Tender carrots with a brown sugar glaze.
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Pasta sides require butter and milk, but you can always use canned milk in these recipes. Plus, did you know you can freeze butter and cheese?
Parmesan Orzo Recipe
Quick and easy side dish recipe! This Parmesan Orzo is ready in 15 minutes and loaded with cheese and garlic.
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Garlic Butter Noodles Recipe
Garlic Butter Noodles are a quick and easy side dish for a busy night! Pasta loaded with garlic, butter & cheese!
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Homemade bread sticks and breads are easy to make using these recipes and so comforting.
Homemade Breadsticks
On Your Table in as Little as an Hour! Just a Single Rise in the Pan is all it Takes for these Fluffy, Delicious Homemade Breadsticks!
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Olive Garden Breadsticks
Light, fluffy homemade Olive Garden Breadsticks with just the right amount of seasoning! You'll love this easy recipe!
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English Muffin Bread
This is the perfect bread for toasting and slathering butter, jam or peanut butter for breakfast or a snack. It has all the nooks and crannies that you love from the muffins, but it's easier to make!
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Beer Bread
Quick and easy homemade beer bread recipe that only requires six ingredients!
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Snacks & Desserts
Snack Mixes are always a special treat and lift up your spirits! Perfect for munching on.
Taco Chex Mix
Mix up your Chex Mix by adding taco seasoning to it, so it has a kick! You won't be able to stop munching on this easy Taco Chex Mix.
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Puppy Chow Recipe
Easy Puppy Chow recipe just like you remember from childhood! This peanut butter and chocolate chex mix recipe is irresistible and so easy!
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Ranch Pretzels Recipe
Ranch Pretzels flavored with ranch, dill, and garlic these pretzels will become your next addiction!
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Chex Mix
Oven baked snack mix full of three different chex cereals, peanuts, pretzels that is tossed is a savory butter sauce and baked in the oven.
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Taco Oyster Crackers Recipe
Taco Oyster are delicious seasoned crackers perfect for snacking on! Tossed in taco seasoning they are crunchy with the perfect amount of zip. Great for parties, game night and watching movies.
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Ranch Snack Mix Recipe
Delicious, Easy, Homemade Snack Mix Loaded with Chex, Bugles, Goldfish and Oyster Crackers then Seasoned with Ranch Dressing Mix!
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Energy Balls are no bake, easy to make and great for keeping your energy up with a sweet fix.
No Bake Chocolate Chip Energy Bites
These delicious No Bake Chocolate Chip Energy Bites are loaded with chocolate chips, coconut, oats, flaxseed and chia seeds! They are the perfect healthy snack recipe!
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No Bake Oatmeal Raisin Energy Balls
Delicious Energy Balls That Taste Just like Oatmeal Raisin Cookies! Loaded with Oatmeal, Raisins, Pecans, Flaxseed, Chia Seeds and Spiced with Cinnamon!
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Cakes & Bars are easy to bake and make plus feel like a real treat with minimal ingredients!
No Bake Peanut Butter Cereal Bars
Try these delicious no bake peanut butter cereal bars. A perfect for on-the-go snack or dessert.
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Pumpkin Angel Food Cake
Light, fluffy Angel Food Cake flavored with Pumpkin! It starts with a boxed cake mix and is so easy to make.
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Caramel Apple Dump Cake
Only 5 Ingredients in this quick and easy dessert! Layers of apple pie filling, caramel sauce, cinnamon and a top crust made of cake mix.
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