I know we had a “few” ingredient thread years back…but this came across on one of my favorite blogs today and I just had to share - recipes using only 2 ingredients each - and some of them look legit!
I am especially wanting to try the chocolate mousse, the pizza dough (greek yogurt and flour - that’s it!) and the sweet tea peach popsicles - doesn’t that sound great for a summer cool down?
Any of these sound good to you - and do you have any two ingredient recipes that are truly worthwhile???
These have more than two ingredients, but still pretty minimalist.
http://markbittman.com/my-25-favorite-minimalist-recipes/
Depends on how you count. I don’t count using a pre-made or bought item as 1 ingredient. But if I don’t count the main item - meat or starch - or salt and pepper because those are so basic then a lot more opens up.
Any vegetable plus butter. Needs salt if you use unsalted butter.
Roast cauliflower plus salt. Another ingredient: garlic.
Potato and butter.
Potato and cheese.
A favorite meal, believe it or not, is a baked potato crushed in a pan with salt and pepper and cooked until it has a crust, then add eggs. I sometimes add some cut up meat.
Pasta, salt, pepper & cheese. Butter if you want.
Grilled cheese. I like taking a pita, opening it up, putting in cheese (goat!) and then pressing it on a pan. Add tomato if you want. I admit to using 2 or 3 kinds of cheeses, like fontina and manchego together.
In other words, many basics.
My youngest didn’t like things with a lot of ingredients. She said it confused her taste buds. And she didn’t much like layers of spices so we had to bring out simple flavors.
I guess I think of a “recipe” as being something where you take two separate main ingredients and end up with a new form/food item. So, adding cheese to a potato is just potato with cheese . Common spices are freebies I would think.
But I believe the 2 ingredient recipes featured are more “true” 2 ingredient recipes. Greek yogurt and flour become pizza crust. Shaved chocolate and coconut almond milk becomes mousse. Sweet tea and peaches becomes popsicles. That kind of thing.
YES, I have one: Meat and fire.
heavy cream and dark chocolate = ganache
I have been known to throw a few pieces of chicken in the crockpot and then pour in a bottle of BBQ sauce. Oldie but actually tastes great.
@FallGirl, I’ve done the same with little smokies or meatballs as an appetizer. It does add a nice flavor. Probably not the healthiest thing, but people always eat all of them.
I love Bittman, but my two ingredient recipes are limited to meat plus bottle sauce (curry, mexican) and nearly all of them are improved by some fresh coriander or vegetables mixed in. I have made simple two ingredient breads. Lots of flat breads from different cuisines don’t call for much beyond flour, water and oil.
Only two-ingredient recipe that I use is from Mario Batali. Take any vegetable (root vegetables are especially good) and cut it up into 1/2 inch chunks,spread the veggie(s) on a cookie sheet, drizzle a liberal amount of EVOO over all, and roast the vegetable(s) until tender. Works like a charm and tastes wonderful. You could also add garlic, salt, and pepper for seasoning, but I guess those would violate the two-ingredient rule??
S and P and spices do not violate the “rules” IMO. 
Got one for a dip for fruit (the dip is 2 ingredients - the fruit is separate )
Mix one small jar of marshmallow cream with one softened 8-oz package of cream cheese.
It’s particularly good with apples and strawberries.
I look at the recipes, and their “ingredients” are things like waffles. Plus, the two ingredients for the pizza dough are yogurt, flour and baking powder. I’d call that three, and anyway, do you really want your pizza dough to be a biscuit?
Salt and pepper DO count, even though they are the most common seasonings used in underspiced foods. Those basic recipes are, basic. They lack interesting flavors to complement the main ingredients.
If I have to create a kitchen mess while making a meal, it better be something more substantial than pizza on biscuit. Otherwise, I would eat cheese and apples.
Lobster and melted butter.
If I can count a jar of salsa as one ingredient - Chicken breasts and a jar of salsa in the crock pot. Yumm in all kinds of ways.
The baking powder was only if you did not have self-rising flour.
And you don’t have much kitchen “mess” if you’re only using two ingredients!!!
I will try that pizza crust recipe sometime and let you know how it is.
Chinese take-out and beer. I will let you all know how it goes tonight.
Here is an even better recipe: business function. One ingredient - RSVP to the email invite. 
I was partially kidding, abasket, but a making a meal with 10 ingredients is not that much different from making a meal with 3 ingredients as far as set up costs go. You still need to pre-heat the oven and put dirty dishes in the dishwasher.