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Quick Dinner Recipes

Need to get a quick dinner to the table on a busy night? Maybe you're just too tired to cook and need a 10-minute dinner idea?

It takes just a few minutes to prep my baked chicken breasts or my oven baked salmon and then pair it with simple side dishes.

However, you'll find plenty of one-pot, skillet, and sheet pan dinners that require very little prep time along with classic easy dinners like soups and sandwiches right here.

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A bowl of tortellini is coated in a creamy boursin cheese sauce with tomatoes and spinach.

Baked Boursin and Tomato Pasta

A pan of baked spaghetti has a spoon serving up a portion from the corner.

No Boil Baked Spaghetti

A serving of teriyaki meatballs with pineapple and vegetables over rice.

Pineapple Teriyaki Meatballs Stir Fry

A baking tray filled with baked quesadillas.

How to Cook Quesadillas Family-Style

A serving of Chinese noodles with ground pork has green onions sprinkled over the top.

Spicy Peanut Butter Noodles with Pork

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A piece of toast is being dunked into a soft egg in a rich tomato sauce.

Eggs in Purgatory {Easy Shakshuka}

The baked Thai chicken pizza has chopped peanuts, green onions, and red pepper strips on top. Two lime wedges are on the side of the plate.

Thai Chicken Pizza

A platter of crispy baked chicken tacos has bowls of tomatoes, green onions, and sour cream in the background for garnishing.

Baked Chicken Tacos

The baking pan of buffalo chicken sliders is sitting on the stovetop, they just came out of the oven.

Buffalo Chicken Sliders

A blue plate has a long baked meatball sub with tomato sauce and melted cheese.

Easy Baked Meatball Subs

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Easy Skillet Dinners

A cast iron skillet holds ground turkey taco skillet with melted cheese and fresh green onions sprinkled over the top.

Easy Taco Skillet Bake

A bowl of baked tortellini with a slice of garlic bread on the side.

Baked Cheese Tortellini Skillet

A skillet is filled with the creamy sauce coated gnocchi with roasted cherry tomatoes and wilted baby spinach.

Creamy Gnocchi with Sausage

A skillet is filled with creamy orzo with chicken chunks, asparagus spears, and cherry tomatoes.

Creamy Orzo with Chicken and Asparagus

A bowl filled with ground pork and cabbage mixture drizzled with spicy mayo and crispy wonton strips.

Spicy Pork Egg Roll Bowls

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A plate of spaghetti coated in homemade alfredo sauce sprinkled with parmesan cheese.

Homemade Alfredo Sauce with Cream Cheese

A white bowl filled with farfalle pasta, cubed ham, and peas to show the ham and peas alfredo recipe.

Creamy Alfredo with Ham and Peas

A white bowl has a bed of rice that's been topped with the ground pork stir fry loaded with peppers and cabbage.

Ground Pork Stir Fry

A white bowl of ramen noodles and ground beef with red peppers and broccoli.

Easy Ground Beef Stir Fry with Noodles

A white plate has jasmine rice and a pile of honey garlic chicken thighs sprinkled with fresh green onions.

Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs

A white platter of golden brown baked chicken legs.

Baked Chicken Legs

A pork taco with corn salsa on a blue plate, there are lime wedges on the side.

Easy Pork Tenderloin Tacos

A white bowl is filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and chopped deli meats and cheeses.

Grinder Salad

The white plate has two baked chicken thighs that have been seasoned with blackening spice.

Cajun Blackened Chicken Thighs {Air Fryer or Oven}

A plate is filled with rice pilaf and Meyer lemon roasted chicken thighs that have sliced lemons on top.

Roasted Meyer Lemon Chicken

A bowl of gnocchi soup has chunks of diced carrot and a clear broth. Slices of lemon are on the plate next to the bowl.

Gnocchi Soup with Lemon and Dill

The shredded chicken sandwich has slaw and green onions on top, a serving of green beans on the side.

Hawaiian Chicken Crockpot Sandwiches

Two Smithfield pork tenderloins have been seasoned and roasted. They are now served on a white platter with fresh rosemary garnish.

How to Cook Smithfield Pork Tenderloin {3 Easy Ways}

A white bowl is filled with a creamy chicken and wild rice soup.

Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup {or Stovetop}

The baked ground turkey sloppy joes are on a blue plate with potato chips.

Ground Turkey Sloppy Joes

A tomato sauce and shredded chicken sandwich has provolone cheese on a crusty bun.

Crockpot Italian Chicken Sandwiches

A platter of cranberry turkey sliders show the melted cheese and poppy seeds on top.

Cranberry Turkey Sliders

A white platter has squares of Mongolian beef flatbread.

Mongolian Beef Pizza

A metal pan filled with sausage and pasta casserole is ready to go into the freezer.

Easy Italian Sausage Pasta Casserole

A white soup bowl filled with tomato bisque has brown bread croutons floating on top.

Tomato Bisque Soup

The shredded chicken is on a brioche bun with coleslaw. Hot sauce is drizzling down the sides.

Slowcooker Hot Honey Chicken

A photo collage shows some of the easy shrimp recipes for dinner including a shrimp po'boy, shrimp rice bowl, and shrimp tacos.

35 Easy Shrimp Recipes for Busy Nights

The photo collage shows four pasta recipes you can serve as a side dish.

20 Easy Pasta Side Dish Recipes

A slowcooker sits on a wooden cutting board. There's a ladle and a plate full of sandwich buns sitting next to it.

14 Crock Pot Sandwiches

A Crockpot next to 3 photos of soup.

18 Tasty Crockpot Soup Recipes

The white bowl is filled with potsticker soup. Half a dumpling is resting on the spoon to show the filling and the peas.

Easy Potsticker Soup

A bowl of elbow noodles coated in a creamy taco mac sauce with ground turkey.

Creamy Taco Pasta Skillet

A white bowl holds curly pasta coated in a creamy tomato sauce with crumbled sausage and parmesan sprinkled on top.

Pasta Rosa with Sausage

A cast iron skillet holds ground turkey taco skillet with melted cheese and fresh green onions sprinkled over the top.

Easy Taco Skillet Bake

A plate of nachos has sour cream and salsa on the top.

Microwave Nachos

The chicken breasts are on a cutting board, one has been cut into half and chopped into a big dice with a chef knife and fork.

Air Fryer Chicken Breasts for Meal Prep

An open face Cuban pork sandwich shows the pile of pulled pork and pickles inside.

Cuban Pulled Pork Sandwich

A photo collage shows several easy pantry dinners.

12 Pantry Dinner Recipes to Stock Up On

A white bowl filled with lettuce and topped with a chopped up cheeseburger.

Leftover Cheeseburger Salad

A simple hamburger with provolone cheese and a sliced tomato on a blue plate.

Essential Cheeseburger: Our House Recipe

A seasoned fish filet is on a hamburger bun with shredded lettuce and a sliced tomato.

Blackened Mahi Mahi Sandwiches

The photo collage shows a bag of shredded chicken next to 3 photos of the recipes you could make with it.

50 Quick Shredded Chicken Recipes

A blue plate has a bed of rice topped with chunks of chicken, pineapple, and roasted vegetables.

Sheet Pan Hawaiian Chicken

A bowl of tortellini is coated in a creamy boursin cheese sauce with tomatoes and spinach.

Baked Boursin and Tomato Pasta

An oven baked turkey burger sits on an open faced bun and is topped with fresh tomato slices, green arugula leaves, and a melted slice of cheese. Tater tots sit next to it for a side dish.

Juicy Baked Turkey Burgers {Oven or Air Fryer}