Busy weeknights can often leave little time for cooking, but that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice flavor or creativity in the kitchen. But we believe that delicious meals can be both simple and quick to prepare. Our curated selection of easy weeknight dinner recipes will help you whip up satisfying dishes in no time. From hearty pastas to vibrant stir-fries, each recipe is designed to bring joy to your table without the stress.
Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes
Easy Mac and Cheese with Hidden Veggies
This easy mac and cheese recipe uses zucchini, flavorful carrots, and rich bone broth to add a touch of healthiness to a classic comfort food. Get your protein and vitamin fix while still enjoying the cheesy decadence of mac and cheese!
Ozette Potatoes with Corbaci Peppers and Sausage
This is an easy recipe using some more highbrow ingredients: ozette potatoes and corbaci peppers. Making something easy doesn’t mean you have to feel like a slob! All you need is to bake the potatoes and stir fry the vegetables, making this a delicious and easy weeknight dinner option.
Penne Pasta with Broccolini and Chickpeas
You can enjoy this delicious pasta as easy weeknight dinner or lunch, and it will leave you with a ton of leftovers. Broccolini has a ton of vitamins, and combined with the protein from chickpeas and the heartiness of penne, you have a nutritious and fun-to-make meal.
Easy Sausage and Feta Sheet Pan Dinner
Sheetpans are a weeknight dinner game-changer. The ingredients here are simple but healthy and upscale. Just sausage, feta, and tomatoes. You could even bust this out at a potluck gathering and nobody would believe you that it was an easy sheet pan recipe! Luxury doesn’t have to be hard.
Creamy Chicken and Corn Skillet Dinner
Chicken, corn, and a rich and creamy sauce make for a great weeknight dinner. Plus, the leftover potential is huge. Serve this dish alongside a salad or biscuit, or just enjoy it on its own. Chicken is hearty, savory, and filling—one of the perfect foods for those pesky weeknights.
Easy Pesto Pasta
Store bought pesto is completely okay to use with your pasta dish as long as you dress it up a little. For this Easy Pesto Pasta, we take that jar of pesto and add in heavy cream and lemon juice along with pine nuts, asparagus, and Italian sausage.
Quick and Easy Pork Wonton Soup
Save your money from the expenses of Chinese takeout and create your own Pork Wonton Soup at home. The soup itself slowly boils all ingredients over the stove while you form pork meatballs and add those to the pot too along with wanton wrappers and bok choy.
Easy Bake Beans and Potatoes
In case you need a side for your weeknight dinner or perfer a bowl full of veggies, this One Pan Beans and Potatoes recipe is for you. Plus, you’ll fall for the vibrant seasonings of cumin seeds, black mustard seeds, pistachios or almonds, red onion, thyme, and lemon juice.
One-Pot Easy Gumbo Recipe
We know Gumbo can look daunting at first but we promise the hardest part of this recipe is waiting for it to cook! A savory ham hock broth and roux form the base for filling handfuls of kale, collard greens, andouille sausage, celery heart, onion, bell peppers, and so much more.
Easy One Pan Salmon and Tomatoes
Fish is a no-no territory for so many people out of fear of cooking it wrong. Thankfully, with this sheet pan recipe, you’ll cook your salmon just right every single time. Not to mention the addition of juicy cherry tomatoes, lemons, and Kalamata olives leaves this dish far from boring.
Easy Rainbow Pesto Veggie Flatbread Pizza
In case you need to feed a crowd, and a particular one at that, these Rainbow Veggie Flatbread Pizzas let you customize each and every slice with fresh produce. Think peppers, broccoli, onions, tomatoes, and so much more. Feel free to switch up our recommended ingredients for your own favorites to get creative.
Story by Emma Riva
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