RECIPES WITH TWO INGREDIENTS:

There is nothing like a quarantine to bring out the home-chef in you.

Even if nothing in your pantry seems to make sense, there’s usually something you can pull together that is quick, tasty and makes you feel satisfied with your amazing kitchen skills.

Here are some two-ingredient recipes that you may have forgotten about. Enjoy!

Note: Someone will have to do the dishes. This isn’t a restaurant.

Grilled Cheese

What you need:

Any kind of bread? White, wheat or rye.

Any kind of cheese? (Monterey jack, lacy swiss, shredded cheddar, it’s all gouda)

You can make it work with what you have. Here’s how:

Maybe melt a little butter in a skillet first. That will help it brown beautifully.

Make a cheese sandwich. Put in a warm skillet.

Cook the grilled cheese on low to medium heat. Don’t rush it! That’s how things burn.

If you feel like turning up the heat, don’t. Low and slow. That’s the ticket.

Flip it. Check for brownness and meltiness. Stop when it looks tasty.

Slap it on a plate and cut corner to corner, or into four strips if that person who said they didn’t want one suddenly changed their mind and now you have to share.

Pro tip: Place a lid on the skillet to hold the heat in for quicker melting.

Quesadilla

What you need:

Soft tortilla

Shredded Cheese

Put the cheese on the tortilla, fold in half. Place in a dry skillet and cook it low and slow until the cheese is melted.

Pro tip: Slice the half-moon shape into triangle serving shapes while still in the skillet. Some of the cheese will leak out and get crusty in the skillet.

Applesauce bars

1 cup apple sauce

2 cups quick-cooking oatmeal

Mix together. Spread into a greased, sprayed or parchment-lined baking dish.

Bake at 350 for 10 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes.

Pro tip: flip the pan over on the counter and plop those bars onto parchment paper or some old newspaper while still warm.

A light sprinkle of sugar or cinnamon on top before baking can enhance the sweetness. Or obviously, bacon.