How to Be a Lazier Cook in 2025

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New year, new dinners. The only resolution we're commited to is making things as easy as possible, without sacrificing one bit of deliciousness. Brilliant cooking tricks and store-bought shortcuts are welcome. Unnecessary fuss is not. If you don't want to spend more than 30 minutes on dinner (who does after December?!), you dont need to. The proof: These extra-lazy, impossibly good recipes, tips, and grocery gems that will change the way you cook forever.

Cut Chicken Into Bite-Size Pieces for Faster Cooking and Way More FlavorRecipes
You only need six ingredients.
Kelli Foster
Upgrade Baked Salmon with a Zero-Effort 2-Ingredient SauceRecipes
Ready in less than 20 minutes!
Kristina Razon
Ditch the Pot for "Sheet Pan Soup" (It's Brilliant)Recipes
Why simmer at the stove when you can snuggle on the couch?
Rachel Perlmutter
Build Your Dinner Around Sausage (the Pre-Cooked Kind!) to Save on TimeRecipes
It’s so easy.
Jan Valdez
Keep This $4 Grocery in Your Freezer for When You're Feeling Extra Lazy Recipes
And it’s so comforting.
Kelli Foster
Use This Underrated $1 Grocery in About 100 Different WaysGroceries
It adds so much color and crunch.
Sara Haas
Keep This 3-Ingredient Sauce in Your Fridge and You're a Minute Away from Making Everything Taste BetterSkills
I put it on everything.
Ali Domrongchai
Run to HomeGoods for This "Ridiculously Delicious" Jarred Pasta Sauce (Yes, Really!)Groceries
It's my most-used staple.
Ali Domrongchai
For the Crispiest, Juiciest Chicken Thighs, Don't Bother Preheating Your Pan Skills
Forget everything you think you know about getting crispy skin.
Lauren Miyashiro
Embrace the Canned Secret to the Dreamiest 3-Ingredient SoupRecipes
Canned corn to the rescue.
Kristina Razon

Skip Any Chopping Whatsoever and Dump Everything in One Pan for the Easiest Dinner EverRecipes
It’s sweet, salty, sour, and gets a little kick from the pepper.
Ali Domrongchai
Listen to Our Resident Grocery Expert — Her 2-Ingredient Trader Joe's Dinner Is the Real DealGroceries
Low effort, high reward.
Ali Domrongchai