5-Ingredient Healthy Meals That Are Simple, Fast & Cheap

1. Breakfast fried rice 

The first recipe we're going to make is Breakfast Fried Rice. The ingredients are eggs, olive oil, rice, sausage, and a frozen veggie blend. Cook the rice according to the instructions.

Then, add olive oil and the frozen vegetables in a large pan. I cut my sausage into small pieces, added it to the pan, and cooked it with the vegetables.

I also added some salt and pepper and garlic powder. Technically, now this is more than five ingredients if you count seasonings. I cracked the eggs into a bowl. I also added salt and pepper to them, and then I whisked them together. I made some space in the pan.

Then I added the eggs and scrambled them right along with everything. This took about five minutes.

After the rice was done, I added it to the pan and mixed everything together. You can serve them for breakfast, you can serve them for dinner. It's full of fiber, protein, and vegetables.

2. Chickpea curry

The next recipe is chickpea curry. The ingredients are rice, chickpeas, coconut milk, curry powder, and frozen stir-fried veggies. I rinsed my rice with water, put it inside my rice cooker, and filled it with water or broth. I added curry powder.

In a large pot, I added the chickpeas, coconut milk, and an extra can of water because I like mine to be a little bit more soup-like. Then I added the frozen veggies, curry powder, salt, and pepper. I heated it up to boiling and let it simmer for about 15 minutes.

Once that was done, the rice was finished up as well. This recipe is amazing in regard to meal prep. It only took 30 minutes to make everything. You can make enough for lunch for the next week, or even to eat as dinner.

Curry is one of my favorites. I can add anything I want to it, and it won't go wrong.

3. Black bean soup

The next recipe is black bean soup. I use black beans, salsa, garlic, taco seasoning, and cilantro. It's a very simple soup.

I added the drained and rinsed cans of beans to a pot and then the garlic, salsa, and taco seasoning. Then I added four cups of water. Feel free to add anything else that you want to add. 

I heated this to boiling. I let it simmer for about 15 minutes, and then it was done. I put some cilantro on top. If you wanted to add extra stuff, you could add some shredded cheese and sour cream on top. Tortilla chips would be tasty as well.

4. Greek chicken pitas

This next recipe is Greek Chicken Pitas. I used shredded chicken, cucumber, tzatziki, Greek seasoning, and pitas. This will only take five minutes to put together if your chicken is already cooked.

The first thing I did was peel and dice the cucumber and put it in a large bowl. Since this is only a five-ingredient dinner, cucumber was the only vegetable I added, but so many other things can go well in it.

I added the chicken, the tzatziki sauce, and the Greek seasoning. I mixed all of that together, and that makes the filling for the pitas.

Next, I cut the pita in half and filled both pieces with the chicken filling.

On the side, I had some frozen broccoli that I heated in the microwave.

This makes a really large dinner. It was amazing. It could do with some more vegetables, like tomatoes, maybe even some spinach. But even just the way it was, it turned out really good.

5. Salsa verde chicken

The last recipe is salsa verde chicken. We’ll need chicken, salsa Verde, taco seasoning, jalapenos, and Greek yogurt. I put the chicken in a pot and added the salsa, jalapenos, and taco seasoning. I heated the pot and let it simmer for about 15 minutes, and that was it.

I'm using already-cooked chicken here, so if you want to buy a rotisserie chicken, you could easily shred it off the bone and use it for a straightforward, easy way to make it.

 After the mixture is heated, I took the pot off the heat and added the yogurt. The yogurt adds more protein and makes this dish super creamy. I added it to a bowl with rice, cilantro, and lime. You could also put it on a salad or in burritos. 

5-ingredient healthy meals

Those are my five recipes with five ingredients in each. They are so easy to make, and they taste delicious and have plenty of nutrients. Leave me a comment and let me know which one of these is your favorite.