Pantry Recipes for Busy Nights and Emergencies (2024)

4-Ingredient Coconut Chickpeas with Tomatoes and Kale

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked chickpeas (2cans, drained)

1can diced tomatoes (1.5 cups)

1can coconut milk (1.5 cups)

½ teaspoonsalt

4–6cups chopped kale

Quinoa, Tomato, and Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoon olive oravocado oil

1 medium onion, minced (can sub with dried or powder!)

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

½ teaspoon thyme

½ teaspoon smoked paprika

4 cloves garlic, minced (can sub with garlic powder)

½ cup uncooked quinoa

8 oz (1.5 cups) roasted red peppers (storeboughtorhomemade), packed in water or oil, chopped or minced

28 ounces crushed tomato (puree)

28 ounces diced tomatoes

3 cups vegetable broth

Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce Recipe

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoonolive oil

4cloves garlic, grated or finely minced

1can pumpkin puree (about1 ¾ - 2 cups)

1 cupmilk (use any milk or replace with water / pureed cashews or macadamia nuts)

½ teaspoonsalt

1 tablespoonvinegar

¼ teaspoondried oregano

½ teaspoondried basil

dash of cayenne powder

(Pair with Cybele's Free to Eat pasta!)

Peanut Soba Noodles with Veggies

4servings buckwheat soba (about9 ounces)

1 Tablespoonolive oil

1 Tablespoonminced garlic (powder okay, use ½ teaspoon)

1medium carrot, julienned

1sweet bell pepper, julienned (jarred okay)

4–8ounces shiitake mushrooms, sliced (dried & rehydrated okay)

2–4cups greens, like cabbage (omit if you don't have it!)

2 teaspoons minced ginger (frozen or dried okay, just ½ teaspoon dried)

1 teaspoonsoy sauce

For the Sauce:

2 teaspoons minced ginger (frozen or dried okay, just ½ teaspoon dried)

¼ cuppeanut butter

1.5 Tablespoons rice vinegar

1.5 Tablespoons sesame oil

2.5 Tablespoons soy sauce

1 teaspoonvinegar or citrus juice

½ teaspoonred pepper flakes

Lemon Feta Couscous (or Quinoa) With Spinach

Ingredients:

1.5 cups uncooked whole wheat couscous

2 cups frozen spinach (omit if you can’t access it!)

1.5 cups roasted red peppers, chopped or sliced

1can chickpeas (garbanzo beans)

4 ounces feta cheese

juice fromhalf alemon (about1 Tablespoon)

optional: red pepper flakes

Ingredients:

2–3Tablespoons ghee

4cloves garlic (can modify to use garlic powder)

8 ounces mushrooms (about240 grams) – you can use dried shiitakes here! Rehydrate them first.

2 teaspoons soy sauce

1–2teaspoons chili paste (pureed spicy peppers – like sambal oolek or sriracha)

8 cups leafy greens (we used kale & mustard greens)

4servings soba noodles (about240 grams uncooked)

optional: 1 teaspoon sesame oil, sesame seeds for garnish

3-Ingredient Coconut Lime Quinoa

Ingredients:

1 cupuncooked quinoa

1.5 cups full-fat coconut milk (~15 ozcan)

¼ teaspoonsea salt

1lime – juiced and zested

(Pair with any beans of choice or canned wild salmon!)

Ingredients:

1 Tablespoonolive oil

1medium onion, diced or minced (can sub with dried or powder!)

8cloves garlic (can sub with garlic powder, but fresh is best)

1 Tablespoontomato paste

¼ teaspoonrosemary

½ teaspoonsalt

28 ounces diced tomatoes (or puree)

1 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar

8 cups broth

3 cups cooked white beans

5 ounces fresh spinach (use frozen or skip if you have to)

Easy Black Bean Soup (Stove Top or Slow Cooker)

Ingredients:

2 Tablespoons butter

1medium onion, chopped (can sub with dried or powdered)

4cloves garlic, minced (can sub with garlic powder)

1habanero, minced (sub with cayenne or red pepper flakes)

1jalapeño, minced (sub with cayenne or red pepper flakes)

½ teaspooncumin

1 Tablespoontomato paste

5–6cups black beans (or black & red beans)

4 cups chicken broth

1can tomatoes (14-15 ounces)

1.5 teaspoonsalt

8 cups kale, chopped (use frozen or skip if you have to)

Hawaiian Lentil Sloppy Joes-Express Version

Ingredients:

½onion, chopped (can sub with dried or powdered)

3cloves garlic, minced (can sub with garlic powder)

1red bell pepper, chopped (can use jarred)

2carrots, shredded (1.5 cups) (consider subbing withfreeze-dried carrot chips)

1 cupdry lentils

1.5 cups unsalted broth or water

3 Tbsptomato paste +1 cupwater

1 cuppineapple chunks

1 Tbspapple cider vinegar

¼ cupsoy sauce

½ tspred pepper flakes, black pepper to taste

2 cups chopped greens (spinach, kale, Swiss chard, etc.)