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One of the lessons that you learn as you become a parent is that you are supposed to feed your kids. When you are like me and are not very good in the kitchen. Finding quick and easy dinner ideas becomes very important and can make your life much easier.
I’ve improved in the kitchen over the years but not a lot. I still like to keep my meals pretty basic and uncomplicated. Luckily my daughter and husband don’t seem to mind the simple. It makes dinner easier and better for me.
I can’t be the only one out there that needs quick and easy dinner ideas. So I have rounded up 30 different meals that you can try out. A few of them I have tried and I want to try the others. We don’t eat a lot of meat in my house so I broke it down into chicken meals, ground meat meals and meatless. we typically stick with chicken and ground turkey but wanted to put together a lot of different options.
Many of these meals use a slow cooker here is a great one to get if you don’t have one. Having a slow Cooker makes dinner time much easier and this is the one I use and it’s great.
Chicken Dishes
3. Slow cooker creamy Chicken Pot Pie
5. Barbecue Bacon Chicken Bake
6. Crock Pot Garlic Parmesan Chicken
8. 3 Ingredient Orange Chicken
9. Garlic Parmesan Chicken Tenders and vegetables
Ground Meat Dishes
5. One Pot Chili Mac and Cheese
10. Meatloaf Muffins
No meat Dishes
5. One Pot Creamy Garlic Pasta
8. Broccoli Alfredo Tortellini
9. Cheesy Enchilada Rice Skillet
So there you have it. A month’s worth of quick and easy dinner ideas. There should be something for most families to try in this list of meals. I hope you find your family’s next favorite dinner. Make sure you check out the meal planning kit to make your meal planning for every week or the holiday’s easier to plan.
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What are your go-to quick and easy dinner ideas?
Sami Mast says
March 24, 2016 at 9:42 amI’m always in need of some quick and easy meals, especially since I’m in college!! I think I’m definitely going to try out that 3 ingredient orange chicken! Sounds delicious!!
xo
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Shann says
March 24, 2016 at 3:56 pmThis is awesome. I’m not that great in the kitchen, so this is really helpful.
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Rachel says
March 27, 2016 at 7:39 pmThis is an amazing collection of recipes! The hardest part is deciding which one to try first!
Lesley Carter says
March 27, 2016 at 8:05 pmThese all sound delicious! I need to start cooking my way through the list.
Megan McCoig says
March 28, 2016 at 2:35 amOoh amazing dishes. I’d love to try and make many of those! Especially the non meat ones. Thanks for sharing!
Megan X
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Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
March 28, 2016 at 2:52 amThank you for all the great ideas. I am always looking for new dinner ideas for my family!
Rose Sahetapy says
March 28, 2016 at 8:06 amThey’re really simple and quick dishes to make. I love Zucchini, so the Zucchini pizza is definitely one recipe I’d like to try.
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Cristina says
March 28, 2016 at 9:52 amI was just talking to my husband today that I am so bored of the usual foods we eat week after week. Some of these can certainly be added to the repertoire. Thanks!
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karen says
March 28, 2016 at 12:54 pmWhat an amazing collection of family meals! I would love to make a few of these already – a few especially calling my name! And they would be great to freeze to have for later – less work!
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DANI CC says
March 28, 2016 at 2:20 pmThese are great recipes and can totally be substituted with gluten free option. I love cooking in a slow-cooker so the dolls will try those first!
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LaKisha Riddick says
March 28, 2016 at 3:10 pmI have a family of 5. I will save these recipes to try some of these later.
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Debra says
March 28, 2016 at 3:29 pmI need easy for sure! Dinner time is always so hectic in our house. It falls to my husband to cook way too much!
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KRYSTLE COOK says
March 28, 2016 at 3:48 pmI’m a going to have to make a lot of these meals. I need quick and easy on baseball nights.
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Heather says
March 28, 2016 at 3:56 pmWe regularly make potato soup! And the salsa chicken sounds delicious! Anything quick and easy sounds good to me actually 🙂
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Candi says
March 28, 2016 at 4:42 pmThis is a wonderful list of recipes. I love the soup and pasta ones.
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Cynthia says
March 28, 2016 at 4:45 pmI love our slow cooker. Looking forward to the cooler months and warm, nourishing slow food. Great collection.xx
Tanisha @ MamiNeedsCoffee.com says
March 28, 2016 at 9:20 pmOh I am just like you, I like to keep my meals pretty simple. I love this list because I get tired of making the same old dishes all the time. When I need something quick , I usually end up making white rice with grilled chichen because it’s the easiest & fastest for me.
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jill conyers says
March 29, 2016 at 2:51 amSo many great recipes and a lot of them would work great with meal prep sunday. I’m all about easy dining.
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tp keane says
March 29, 2016 at 6:30 amI absolutely abhor cooking. so these are great ways for me to make something quick and healthy.
Teri Lynne Underwood says
March 29, 2016 at 6:55 amGreat list! They all look amazing.
Mariah says
March 29, 2016 at 8:01 amThese are fantastic ideas! We love quick and easy dinner ideas, and since we eat all unprocessed, sometimes that can be hard to find, but these are all easily convertible!
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Sheena Tatum says
March 29, 2016 at 11:31 amI liked that you had a no meat option as it is a very popular thing these days for people to not want meat. I have a cousin who comes to get togethers and doesn’t like it so I like having no meat options to choose from!
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Laci says
March 29, 2016 at 3:19 pmWe stay so busy through the week it’s literally insane ! Love all these meals and it will help ao much thx pinned for later !!!
ana says
March 29, 2016 at 3:27 pmThank you for including veggie recipes that makes me so happy! I love the sound of the crock pot cheesy tortellini!
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Amanda says
March 29, 2016 at 3:33 pmAll the recipes sound so great! Thanks for putting them all in one place!
Amanda says
March 29, 2016 at 3:33 pmAll the recipes sound so great! Thanks for putting them all in one place!
Amanda says
March 29, 2016 at 3:33 pmAll the recipes sound so great! Thanks for putting them all in one place!
Amanda says
March 29, 2016 at 3:33 pmAll the recipes sound so great! Thanks for putting them all in one place!
Brittany says
March 29, 2016 at 4:21 pmAll of these sound delicious! Will be trying some of these.
Southern Soul
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Dawn McAlexander says
March 29, 2016 at 6:02 pmWhat a great recipe roundup. I love that you provided so many different, easy ideas. I want the Baked Salsa Chicken right now.
Paula says
March 29, 2016 at 11:18 pmThis is great! I’m tired of our standard weekly rotation, and would love to include some slow cooker recipes (woohoo leftovers!). Thank you for posting all of these great recipes!
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CourtneyLynne says
March 30, 2016 at 5:28 pmOmg this is exactly what I need! This week and all of next week are crazy busy so I need easy meal
Ideas!
Gabby says
April 2, 2016 at 10:29 amI love to have quick and easy dinners! Thank you for linking up with us at the Tips and Tricks Link Party! I cannot wait to see what you have for us next week!
Sherry says
April 10, 2016 at 1:24 pmI’m always looking for new quick and easy meals. I find we eat the same things all of the time. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Merry Monday.
Emily says
April 20, 2016 at 7:53 pmI’m always looking for new recipes to throw in the mix. Thanks for linking up with Merry Monday this week.
Megan says
May 5, 2016 at 6:58 pmNow this is a list I can use!! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!!
Lisa @ Fun Money Mom says
May 6, 2016 at 3:16 pmWow…so many great recipes! I see a bunch that I have to try!
Kim~madeinaday says
May 10, 2016 at 12:14 pmGreat lit of recipes! We all need help deciding the dreaded dinner meals! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on MM Pinterest board! Have a great week!
Kim
Joanna @ Everyday Made Fresh says
June 8, 2016 at 11:22 amSo many great options! I’m all about quick and easy dinners, and try to use the one pan or pot method when coming up with meals like this. Thanks for sharing with us at The Wednesday Showcase!
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Amanda @ The Kolb Corner says
October 16, 2016 at 12:50 pmNothing beats a quick and easy dinner recipe. Great list! Thank you for sharing at Merry Monday!!
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