Getting a home-cooked meal on the table every day is an admirable goal, but it shouldn't get in the way of your life! In Bare Minimum Dinners, Jenna Helwig-food director at Real Simple magazine-shares delicious, easy recipes so you can spend less time in the kitchen and more time enjoying your meal...or doing whatever else you want! Chapters include: Bare Minimum Time (30 minutes or less); Bare Minimum Ingredients (7 ingredients or less, including salt and olive oil); Bare Minimum Hands-On Time (slow-cooker and Instant Pot meals); Bare Minimum Clean-Up (one-pot/sheet pan/skillet meals); and Bare Minimum Sides (super-simple vegetables, salads, and grains so you can feel good about serving healthy, well-rounded dinners). Throughout, Jenna offers helpful tips-for example, how to keep salad greens fresh and at the ready, easy substitutions, and suggested supermarket brands-as well as easy ideas for dressing up or rounding out your meal.