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Quick & Easy Dinner Recipes

Are you wanting repeatable recipes that can satisfy a large group and not take hours out of your daily routine? If so, this is the site for you! Browse incredibly easy dinner recipes made with in-pantry ingredients that will taste like you spent hours in the kitchen…but you’ll know better!

  • Leftover Salmon Fried Rice

    Total Time 15 mins
  • You'll love how noodles soak up all that addicting zesty butter sauce. And succulent tender shrimp is simply perfection! #shrimpscampi #pastanight

    Easy Shrimp Scampi Pasta

    Total Time 25 mins
  • Chinese Chicken Stir Fry

    Total Time 30 mins

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  • a scoopful of biscuit and pot pie filling.

    Easy Chicken Pot Pie Casserole

    Why you’ll love this recipe: Chicken pot pie is comfort food at its best, but it’s a bit of an ordeal. Homemade

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  • a scoopful of minestrone soup.
    Total Time 40 mins

    Instant Pot Minestrone Soup

  • a bite of cauliflower casserole.
    Total Time 50 mins

    Cauliflower Casserole

  • Total Time 26 mins

    Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana

  • a close up of shepherd's pie.
    Total Time 45 mins

    Easy Shepherd’s Pie

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  • thai chicken with red peppers, cashews, and white rice.

    Thai Cashew Chicken

    Total Time 20 mins
  • Beef and broccoli stir fry.

    Easy Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry

    Total Time 30 mins
  • Garlic Butter Rice

    Total Time 35 mins
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    Total Time 25 mins
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Instant Pot Dinners

  • a scoopful of minestrone soup.

    Instant Pot Minestrone Soup

    Total Time 40 mins
  • Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana

    Total Time 26 mins
  • Chicken chili scooped in a wooden ladle.

    Instant Pot Chicken Chili

    Total Time 1 hr
  • a bowl of hungarian goulash.

    Instant Pot Hungarian Goulash

    Total Time 1 hr
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  • This oven roasted salmon filet with honey mustard glaze is impressive, yet effortless. The best 30-minute one sheetpan dinner!!

    Honey Mustard Roasted Salmon

  • Stovetop method is, by far, the easiest and quickest way to cook a steak. And I'm going to show you how to pan-sear any steak to perfection every time! #perfectsteak #steak #newyorkstrip

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    How to Cook Chicken Thighs on Stove

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