World's Simplest Recipes

[IndyRob]

Take Peach. Slice. Add raspberries. Eat peach and raspberries.

Alfredo: pasta, cream, cheese, butter.

I'm a little surprised that posting those two options so close to each other didn't cause some sort of matter/anti-matter annihilation.

[skavoovie]

I just had gravlax (salmon, dill, s&p) with store-bought pickles. When cucumbers are in season, I toss some with dijon and maybe vinegar and add that instead.

[karlos]

Pork ribs, salt and pepper, 5 hours over hickory smoke. Doesn't need any sauce. Perfect porky goodness.

[RobertM]

Two slices of Deli Bologna

Heat on a flat griddle

Place Bologna on slice of bread; add condiments as desired; top off with another slice of bread and enjoy -

Not gourmet, but it fills the belly

[rebecca]

Really, sandwiches are a perfect simple dish: good fresh bread and fillings. Personal favorites include:

-avocado and sardine (s&p, evoo)

-avocado, arugula, good tomatoes, good cheese

-roasted eggplant, pesto (to be simple i guess you'd have to buy that one), goat cheese

-pb and banana, or pb and apple , or pb and *insert yummy fruit*

-good old fashioned pb&j

-grilled cheese, butter to fry, served w/ tomato soup is customary-ish

Books have been written on the subject, and I am no author, but you could do way worse than a good and simple sandwich

[DanielColeman]

Has anyone mentioned fried egg spaghetti yet? I think I got it from Bittman; it's unbelievable. If you haven't tried it, I advise you do...

Cook some spaghetti and when it's coming close to al dente, lightly heat a few tbsp of your best olive oil and a crushed clove of garlic in a frying pan. turn off the heat, discard the garlic and crack a couple of fresh eggs into the pan. Watch them slowly solidify, then throw the drained spaghetti into the pain and break up the eggs into the pasta.

Cover with a good deal of pepper and as much parmesan as you can fit on your plate.

So easy, so good.

[PedroG]

Tomato and Mozzarella. (S&P, EVOO, Balsamico).

[phyllis segura]

Thinly sliced French radishes on buttered bread.

FYI, eating a peach/pear/apple like a horse is not a recipe.

[phyllis segura]

Come to think of it...Corned beef and cabbage is about as simple as you can get. I'm making it right now. Got a little bit un-simple with two kinds of Soda Bread and a Strawberry Flummery...but still.

And then there is steamed fish but that does involve more utensils like a steamer and a pot, plus a plate, which does complicate things a bit.

[llc45]

Fresh chevre, a head of garlic roasted till it's gooey and caramelised, and a crusty baguette. Schmear torn chunks bread with cheese, squeeze garlic cloves out on top, repeat. Heaven.

Cold silken tofu dressed with a smear of wasabi or yuzu koshou and some soy sauce.

Yum and yum - feel like I found a kindred spirit!