Every Dish in This Sunny, Herby Dinner Has 5 Ingredients or Fewer

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Do you go kinda slack-jawed and googly-eyed when scrolling through photo after photo of beautiful tables of food on Instagram, or perhaps this site? Thinking to yourself: The ingredient list for those gorgeous spreads must be miiiiiles long, right?

The answer is not always, especially if you give yourself parameters, be it cost, time, or number of ingredients. I like to think of it as a challenge—find meals that only take 30 minutes to cook, go vegetarian, or, in this case, use only 5 ingredients per dish.

These delightfully summery, meant-to-be-served-outside meals employ the 5-ingredient rule across all dishes, and I've included short notes on why each recipe works, plus the order to prep so everything comes out at the right time.

Why they work: Butter + flour in a food processor works magic. So does a quick chill. Change up the spices and herbs for whatever you have going on in your pantry: chili powder and oregano, paprika and thyme, sumac and mint—the list goes on.

Why it works: This Italian classic marries 4 titans of the kitchen—olive oil, garlic, anchovies, butter—together into one. Our resident Italian, Emiko, says of its serving companions:

Purists will say to only serve this with peppers (raw or grilled, then cut into strips) or raw sticks of cardoons (artichoke thistles, which are a specialty of the area of Nizza Monferrato in the province of Asti). But you'll often see boiled potatoes (if there's anything that's meant to be paired together forever, it's anchovies and potatoes), onions (roasted whole, in their skins, then cut into wedges), raw cabbage leaves, cauliflower, turnips, Jerusalem artichokes, or celery sticks, to give a few more ideas.

Why it works: Get top-quality olives because they are the star of the show here. Use up the dregs of that red wine vinegar for more punch, and soften things up with leftover celery leaves (plus mint) from bagna cauda dippers. Simple, simple.

Why it works: Try not to eat all your radishes raw—when sauteed, they relax just enough to reveal a totally different side of themselves, with the help of black pepper and mint.

Why it works: A pantry-cleaner if I ever saw one. The last nub of bread, the final few grates of Parmesan, the kale you didn't use in last night's salad—they all get tossed into this pasta and come out the other side like you've put tons of effort into it.

Why it works: The secret to this zippy tart is that it uses a whole lemon, rind and all. And you don't have to slice and zest the thing—you just toss it into a blender with the other pantry ingredients and pour into your favorite tart shell. It comes out not gummy or goopy but light and refreshing, just exactly as lemon tart should be.

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