This quick and easy dinner compilation highlights our best recipes for busy weeknights.
Serve this healthy chicken casserole recipe with a side salad for a filling meal.
Meanwhile, the residual heat of the pasta wilts the spinach in record time for a fast weeknight dinner.
Photo: Christine Ma
I call it “Mom’s Skillet Pasta” and she called it “Devon’s Favorite Pasta.”
It’s a simple dinner the whole family will love.
American Goulash
American goulash, also known as old-fashioned goulash, is the perfect economical family meal.
The pasta cooks right in the sauce, so this satisfying dish can cook in just one pot.
A jar of sun-dried tomatoes does double duty for this healthy dinner idea.
Serve over whole grains or rice.
Photography / Kelsey Hansen, Styling / Greg Luna
Hearty Chickpea & Spinach Stew
This satisfying stew comes together in a snap.
White Bean & Veggie Salad
This meatless main-dish salad combines creamy, satisfying white beans and avocado.
Try mixing it up with different seasonal vegetables.
If you want an additional vegetable, stir in some roasted cauliflower florets.
Serve with brown basmati rice or warm naan.
This easy dinner recipe is sure to become a new family favorite.
Serve with tortilla chips and sour cream.
To make it a full, satisfying dinner, serve over cooked brown rice.
If you like a spicy kick, add a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce at the end.
Eggs are the base of the creamy sauce.
They don’t get fully cooked, so use pasteurized-in-the-shell eggs if you prefer.
Chicken & Veggie Fajitas
Time to clean out the fridge?
These versatile skillet chicken fajitas are designed to work with whatever vegetables you happen to have on hand.
The key is to slice all the veggies to approximately the same size so they cook evenly.
Loading it with vegetables and using quinoa in place of rice adds nutrition for a healthier dinner.
Photography / Kelsey Hansen, Styling / Greg Luna
Looking to cut down on carbs?
Try swapping in riced cauliflower in place of the brown rice.
Chopped Power Salad with Chicken
Enjoy this filling and colorful salad for lunch or dinner.
In other words, they’re basically the ultimate easy weeknight dinner.
Feel free to add additional vegetables and swap the shrimp for chicken, steak, tofu or edamame.
Lemon-Garlic Pasta with Salmon
Wondering what to do with leftover salmon?
Diana Chistruga
This is a delicious and easy way to turn it into another weeknight-friendly, quick dinner.
Don’t forget to reserve some pasta waterits starch thickens the lemon-garlic pasta sauce and makes it silky-smooth.
The final result, a superfast hearty casserole, is an easy and fast dinner option.
Ground turkey or even sausage would work nicely in this dish.
Just watch the sodium.
Serve over rice noodles or brown rice tossed with sesame oil and scallions.
Jason Donnelly
Photography / Antonis Achilleos, Styling / Christine Keely, Ali Ramee
Jacob Fox
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