12 Easy Dinner Recipes to Make With Pantry Staples

If there was ever a time to lean heavily on your pantry items, this is it. Staples like canned beans and tomatoes, dried pasta and rice can easily make up the bulk of many of your meals. It really doesn’t take much to make tiny miracles from whatever is your freezer, fridge or pantry.

And while “pantry staples” can mean different things to different people, chances are we can all throw together a satisfying meal with whatever we have in our kitchen. Because what’s important is being resourceful, especially now at a time when we need our pantries the most.

From veggie burgers to soups and pasta dishes we found 11 recipes that use pantry staples as their foundation:

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12 Easy Dinner Recipes to Make With Pantry Staples

Homemade Baked Falafel With Tahini Sauce

This easy falafel recipe includes canned chickpeas and a handful of herbs and spices that you may already have on hand. Substitute dried ingredients for fresh ones and skip the tahini altogether if need be.
Classic Baked Ziti

Not only does this classic baked ziti stretch easily to feed a crowd and bless you with amazing leftovers, but it’s also a dinner that is downright comforting.
Bucatini all’Amatriciana

This bucatini all’amatriciana recipe is a welcome departure from spaghetti and meatballs and is a total snap to make. Don't have pancetta? Sub in bacon or even cubed ham for the same flavor.
Instant Pot Ramen

Instant Pot ramen is the ultimate weeknight dinner. You'll need some ramen, chicken box choy, and carrots to make this delicious bowl of soup — but everything else you probably already have in your pantry (minus the optional toppings).
One-Pan Lemon Orzo With Parmesan & Peas

Take a few basics — dried orzo, olive oil, garlic, and chicken broth — and in next to no time you have a comforting one-pan orzo meal that’s the whole family will love.
Black Lentil Pumpkin Burgers

With the exception of wheat germ, you more than likely will have most of the ingredients of these healthy and filling black lentil pumpkin burgers.
Crock Pot Lentil Stew

This crock-pot lentil stew is simple to make, packed with nutrients and easy to store in the fridge for the week.
Creamy Peanut Coconut Noodles

To make this creamy peanut coconut noodles dish, just mix up peanut butter, coconut milk and soy sauce and then toss the noodles in to coat them. And if you're feeling fancy, garnish with cilantro leaves scallions, and chopped peanuts.
Rustic Ribollita Soup

This rustic ribollita soup is not only deilcious, but super flexible. Don't have fresh tomatoes? Use canned canned tomatoes. Don't have fresh rosemary? Use dried. And spice it up with whatever your heart desires.
Honey Spiced Lentils and Rice

This comforting spiced lentils and rice dish only takes five ingredients to make: olive oil, green lentils, jasmine rice, vegetable stock or broth, turmeric, cinnamon and honey — that's it!
Tomato Basil Soup With Gnocchi

If you've got a can of crushed tomato, a can of broth, and some gnocchi, you can probably make a variation of this tomato basil soup with gnocchi.
Baked Eggs In Pasta Nests

This pasta and egg dish takes no time at all to make. The barely set egg yolks coat the pasta and make a sauce almost like a light carbonara.