Quick Dinner Ideas

Need a quick dinner idea to get on the table FAST? I got you. Here are over 290 easy dinner recipes that are lifesavers on busy weeknights. Get ready to enjoy a meal that’s big on flavor, but low on effort. That’s a dinnertime win if you ask me!

The Latest Dinner Recipes

Quick, easy, and full of flavor – these dinner ideas deliver where it counts. Gather everyone around the table and dig into one of these delectable meals.

Steak and Veggies Sheet Pan Dinner - Perfectly seasoned sirloin steak, tender asparagus, and cherry tomatoes prepared together on just one sheet pan.

Steak and Veggies Sheet Pan Dinner Recipe

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup - Loaded with chicken, veggies, and cheesy tortellini, this is the easiest, yet most flavorful soup that needs to be a part of your instant pot dinner line-up!

Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Tortellini Soup

Pasta Carbonara with Zucchini Noodles - Healthy, lightened up version of the classic pasta carbonara prepared with delicious zucchini noodles, pan fried pancetta, and an irresistible creamy parmesan sauce.

Zucchini Carbonara

One Pot Italian Chicken Tortellini Recipe - A delicious and easy dinner recipe packed with chicken, zucchini, cheese, and tortellini! Get ready for a wonderful, picky-eater approved, 30-minute meal prepared in just one pot!

One Pot Italian Chicken Tortellini Recipe

beef burritos, instant pot beef, corn, tomatoes, instant pot burritos

Instant Pot Beef Burritos Recipe

Easy Chinese Hot Pot Recipe - A simple take on the traditional Chinese Hot Pot prepared with a warm and spicy broth chock full of veggies, noodles, and chicken. 

Easy Chinese Hot Pot Recipe

Overhead image of a black bowl filled with soup, soba noodles, mushrooms, and hard-boiled eggs.

Easy Soba Noodle Soup Recipe

Shrimp Foil Packets with Broccoli and Rice - These foil packets are loaded with shrimp, broccoli and rice tossed in a delicious Asian inspired sauce, and they make for a quick, easy dinner packed with flavor!

Shrimp Foil Packets with Broccoli and Rice

Easy Creamy Chicken Pesto Tortellini - Delicious, super easy dinner with creamy, cheesy tortellini, basil pesto, chicken and spinach.

Easy Creamy Chicken Pesto Tortellini

Garlic Parmesan Roasted Vegetables - Butternut squash, potatoes, peppers, and onions tossed in the best garlic parmesan dressing prepared with balsamic vinegar, herbs, seasonings, garlic, and olive oil.

Garlic Parmesan Roasted Vegetables

Chicken piccata pasta in a pot beside a lemon and a sprig of fresh parsley

Chicken Piccata Pasta

Italian Sausage Soup with Kale and Beans - Hearty and incredibly delicious soup prepared with Italian Sausage, onions, garlic, kale, and beans!

Italian Sausage Soup with Kale and Beans

Baked Chicken Tenders with Chili Yogurt Sauce - Juicy, crispy, delicious chicken tenders coated with a flavorful parmesan panko mixture and served with a zingy chili yogurt sauce.

Baked Chicken Tenders Recipe with Chili Yogurt Sauce

Cilantro Vinaigrette Coleslaw - Deliciously crunchy cabbage slaw tossed with an awesome cilantro vinaigrette!

Cilantro Vinaigrette Coleslaw

Apples and Celery Pasta Salad with Light Caesar Dressing - Penne Pasta tossed with Gala apples, celery, walnuts and a lightened-up, homemade Caesar Dressing. The textures and flavors make this salad absolutely irresistible!

Apples and Celery Pasta Salad

Creamy Vegetable Pasta Recipe - A creamy, yet healthy veggie loaded protein-packed pasta with asparagus and peas, all tossed in a lightened-up cream sauce!

Creamy Asparagus Pasta Recipe

Maple Mustard Salmon in Foil - Delicious, sweet and tangy salmon coated with an amazing maple syrup and mustard sauce, and baked in tin foil to a flaky perfection!

Maple Mustard Salmon Baked in Foil

Saucy Skillet Chicken with Lemons and Olives - Delicious pan seared chicken thighs prepared with olives, lemons, and red wine.

Mediterranean Chicken Recipe with Lemons & Olives

Ground Turkey Black Bean Enchiladas arranged in a gray-colored baking pan and topped with green onions, sour cream, and lime wedges.

Turkey Enchiladas

Sticky Sesame Cauliflower Bites - Sweet, spicy, baked cauliflower bites topped with an amazing Asian-inspired sticky sauce! Serve them as finger food appetizers or as the main course over rice for a delicious veggie dinner.

Cauliflower Bites with Sticky Sauce

four chicken cutlets arranged in a skillet with creamy sauce and sundried tomatoes.
Quick, Easy & Low Carb

Marry Me Chicken

Tender, juicy chicken cutlets smothered in a creamy sundried tomato sauce! This chicken recipe is so good, it’s said that whoever you serve it to will fall in love with you.

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