So, what are you making for dinner tonight? Is it quick and easy? We’ve rounded up a fantastic collection of 30-minute dinner recipes that are perfect for those hectic weeknights.
Whether you’re cooking for yourself, your family, or a special occasion, these recipes are perfect for quick, easy, and perfect for weeknight dinners.
Chicken Fajita Nachos (Sheet Pan Recipe)
These Chicken Fajita Nachos take your average sheet pan nachos up a notch. They’re so flavorful! You’ll find layers of lightly charred onions and bell peppers, seared chicken breasts, and melted cheese in each bite.
These Chicken Fajita Nachos are loaded with all kinds of good stuff, like seasoned chicken breasts, sauteed peppers and onions, and melted cheese. It’s the perfect party appetizer or fun dinner!
Chicken Fajita Nachos (Sheet Pan Recipe)
Greek Chicken and Rice Bowl With Vinaigrette
This Greek Chicken and Rice Bowl With its zesty dressing, succulent chicken thighs, and a medley of vibrant veggies, succulent chicken thighs, and a medley of vibrant veggies, this Chicken and Rice Bowl will whisk you away to the Mediterranean with every bite.
This Greek Chicken and Rice Bowl is perfect for meal prep and can be a great option for quick lunches or easy weeknight dinners.
Greek Chicken and Rice Bowl with Vinaigrette
Simple Creamy Sausage Pasta Recipe With Kielbasa
This Creamy sausage pasta has a delightful blend of juicy Kielbasa sausage, fresh veggies, and a lusciously creamy sauce, it is easy to make.
Creamy Sausage Pasta is more than just a dish; it’s a comforting hug in a bowl.
Simple Creamy Sausage Pasta Recipe with Kielbasa
Instant Pot Shrimp and Broccoli
This healthy lunch or dinner recipe can be served over rice, noodles and other grains to make a complete meal. Or use it as a quick and delicious meal prepping idea for your busy week.
The 5 minutes of cooking time in this recipe will make fairly crisp broccoli.
Instant Pot Shrimp and Broccoli
One Pot Cheesy Smoked Sausage Pasta Skillet
This Cheesy one-pot smoked sausage pasta is a quick and easy dinner that can be made in under 30 minutes. Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner, kids and adults both will like this recipe which is also easy to customize .
One Pot Cheesy Smoked Sausage Pasta Skillet
Orzo Rice Pilaf
This orzo rice recipe combines the comforting taste of buttery orzo and rice with a hint of fresh parsley and parmesan cheese. Simple rice pilaf with orzo is versatile enough to complement a variety of main dishes.
This easy Orzo Rice Pilaf is ready in just 30 minutes! Packed with flavors and easy to customize, it’s the ideal side dish for any main course.
Lemon Shrimp Pasta With Kale
This lemon shrimp & pasta recipe is quick, easy, and bursting with flavor. It’s full of nutrient-rich kale and it’s gluten-free.This easy recipe for shrimp & pasta can come together in just 30 minutes.
This lemon shrimp pasta recipe gluten free makes this shrimp & pasta dish more rich in protein.
Spinach and Feta Pizza
This spinach and feta pizza is a tasty and healthy gourmet pizza recipe. A creamy béchamel white pizza sauce base topped with fresh spinach, onions, feta, mozzarella and toasted pine nuts for an extra crunch.
This homemade béchamel sauce makes a rich and creamy white pizza sauce and the pine nuts give it a slight crunch.
Gouda Mac and Cheese
This creamy, smoked Gouda mac and cheese is a tasty comfort food pasta dish that can be made in under 30 minutes. This mac n cheese is perfect as a main dish, or as a side dish for the holidays.
This Gouda mac and cheese can be garnished with parsley and a sprinkle of freshly cracked pepper. Serve and enjoy!
Tom Kha Gai Soup
Tom Kha Gai is a light and refreshing Thai soup featuring tender chicken in a tangy coconut milk broth. This easy soup recipe comes together in about 30 minutes.
This soup soaks up all that yummy broth so that every bite is flavorful and juicy.
Bang Bang Shrimp
This Bang Bang Shrimp is a popular appetizer featuring crispy shrimp tossed in a creamy, sweet, and spicy sauce. The sauce is a combination of mayonnaise, sweet chili sauce, and sriracha, offering a flavor profile that’s both decadent and addictive.
This Bang Bang Shrimp can be served as a light meal with rice and veggies, and is sure to tantalize your taste buds.
Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
This super easy instant pot macaroni and cheese recipe is the best version you’ll ever eat! It’s delicious and can be made healthier by adding vegetables and ham. Kids and adults love it.
These Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese adds an addition flavor and nutrients, making these cheese recipes even more delicious
Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese
This Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese takes your favorite mac and cheese recipe to the next level with the addition of buffalo sauce and shredded chicken. It’s creamy, cheesy, and ultra-flavorful, the ultimate comfort food.
Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese
Mongolian Beef
This Mongolian Beef dish combines simple ingredients like soy sauce, garlic, and ginger to create an irresistibly appetizing flavor and is sure to satisfy any craving for Asian cuisine.
It can be served with your favorite fried rice or stir-fried veggies. Enjoy the ultimate comfort food with this homemade Mongolian Beef recipe.
Shrimp Carbonara
This Shrimp Carbonara recipe combines creamy pasta, crispy bacon, and tender shrimp for an easy and fantastic meal, this dinner is ready to be served in under 30 minutes.
This super simple shrimp carbonara recipe is going to become your new go-to pasta recipe for busy nights!
Easy Canned Tuna Fried Rice (30 Min)
This easy Canned Tuna Fried Rice recipe is simple, nutritious, and delicious. Done in 30 minutes, it’s a great pantry meal for a quick weeknight dinner. Enjoyed this easy tuna rice recipe?
Easy Canned Tuna Fried Rice (30 min)
Easy Drunken Noodles (Spaghetti Pad Kee Mao)
This easy Drunken Noodles recipe, also known as Drunkard Noodles recipe. It’s a deliciously quick weeknight dinner, on the dinner table in 20 minutes!
This sauce is then used to coat the stir-fried vegetables, protein (chicken or tuna are popular options), and spaghetti, resulting in a delicious and satisfying meal.
Easy Drunken Noodles (Spaghetti Pad Kee Mao)
Creamy Lemon Pasta
Pasta al Limone is creamy, buttery, and delicious, offering the zesty tang of lemon as well as salty parmesan cheese and a little red pepper for a spicy kick.
This creamy lemon pasta sauce is one of the most delicious ways to serve spaghetti or whichever kind of pasta you prefer.
Savory Mince
This savory mince on toast is deliciously easy. Packed with flavor, it’s quick to throw together and makes a great midweek meal, lunch or even snack! Delicious!
It’s also delicious with mashed potato, or even on a baked potato! Garnish with a sprig of parsley if you’re feeling fancy and you’re done!
One Pot Meatball Stroganoff (Ready in 20 Minutes!)
These tender meatballs are tossed with wide egg noodles and a creamy sauce in this delicious One Pot Meatball Stroganoff. In less than 30 minutes, you’ll have a delicious and filling meal the whole family will love!
The savory flavor of the meatballs and mushrooms is a perfect combination to the creamy sour cream and tender noodles. It’s the perfect dinner to make on busy weeknights!
One Pot Meatball Stroganoff (Ready in 20 Minutes!)
The Easiest Instant Pot Orzo
This Instant Pot Orzo is cooked to perfection in just two minutes! Add this orzo to any weeknight dinner for a satisfying meal! Serve this orzo as is or top it with your favorite sauce.
These recipes require minimal ingredients and come together in just a few minutes.
Spring Rolls Dinner
This spring roll dinner is a vibrant and fresh take on a classic Asian meal. Fresh spring rolls are popular in Vietnamese cuisine and are made with rice paper wrappers that are filled with a variety of ingredients.
Enjoy these spring rolls on their own for a lighter meal, or pair them with rice vermicelli noodles and a side salad for a more complete dinner.
Black Bean Salad
This Black bean salad is a refreshing and protein-packed salad made with black beans as the star ingredient. It’s a versatile dish that can be enjoyed as a side dish, a light lunch, or even a filling vegetarian main course.
This simple black bean corn salad recipe is naturally vegan and makes a healthy side dish or light dinner.
Easy Cashew Chicken Recipe
This Easy Cashew Chicken is a delicious and quick weeknight meal that can be prepared in under 30 minutes. The recipe utilizes simple ingredients like chicken, cashews, and a flavorful sauce made with soy sauce, brown sugar, and hoisin sauce.
It’s a great alternative to takeout and provides a satisfying balance of protein and vegetables.
Instant Pot Lasagna Soup
This hearty soup combines the classic ingredients of lasagna – ground beef, sausage, tomatoes, and spices. With minimal prep and pressure cooking time, you can have a satisfying and flavorful soup on the table in under 30 minutes.
This Instant Pot Lasagna Soup is a perfect weeknight meal that tastes like a long-simmered pot of goodness.
Pizza Casserole
This Pizza Casserole is an easy way to enjoy all tastes of pizza without the hassle and carbs of the dough. Featuring cheese, black olives, green peppers, pepperoni, ground sausage and mushrooms, This pizza is healthy for the family. Pizza Casserole is a great dish for any day of the week. It is so easy to throw together on a weekday
Blackened Fish Tacos
These Blackened Fish Tacos are a great homemade alternative to restaurant fish tacos. They’re served with a delicious homemade coleslaw, pico de gallo and cajun remoulade.
These Blackened Fish Tacos can be prepared and thrown together in only 35 minutes, and so quick and easy! This recipe makes for a perfect zesty summertime meal.
Vegetarian Nasi Goreng
Nasi Goreng – basically Indonesian fried rice – is a really delicious dish which isn’t as popular as I think it should be. It’s easy to make and seriously tasty.
Nasi Goreng is traditionally served with a fried egg on top. Cook it simply and let that runny egg drip into the rice – yum! This is a vegetarian version. Nasi Goreng often has meat or fish and dried shrimp.
Creamy Soy and Cucumber Noodles
Enjoy this creamy soy and cucumber noodles in a creamy coconut milk broth with soy and ginger, with cucumber and coriander to finish.
This is the perfect meal for those nights where you are tired and fancy just ordering a takeaway – it’s filling and delicious, but ready in just ten minutes (slightly less if you get a move on).
Creamy Soy and Cucumber Noodles
Pumpkin Ravioli With Brown Butter Sauce and Sage
A delicious, creative way to use up leftover pumpkin pie is to make homemade pumpkin ravioli. You will love it with a brown butter sauce and sage. Easy to do and take help from Wonton wrappers in place of homemade pasta sheets.
Pumpkin Ravioli With Brown Butter Sauce And Sage
Cheeseburger Pasta Skillet
This mouthwatering dish combines the savory flavors of a juicy cheeseburger with the hearty satisfaction of pasta, all cooked in a single skillet for an easy and delicious meal.
Cheeseburger Pasta Skillet is an easy, family friendly skillet meal that is ready in 30 minutes! Full cheeseburger flavors in comforting pasta form.
15 Minute Pork Banh MI Bowl (Vietnamese- Inspired)
This Pork Banh Mi Bowl is the EASY weeknight recipe you’re looking for! Quickly sauteed pork with flash-pickled veggies, it’s ready in about 10 minutes.
These bowls have tons of flavor and make great use of simple pantry ingredients, and ground meat.
15 Minute Pork Banh Mi Bowl (Vietnamese- Inspired)
Easy Cranberry Harvest Salad With Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Make this beautiful harvest salad for the fall! Topped with a delicious apple cider vinaigrette. packed with fresh ingredients like leafy greens, onion, apples, sweet potato, cranberries and and easy vinaigrette!
The best part? This great recipe uses ingredients that you probably have on hand for your holiday meal, anyway!
Easy Cranberry Harvest Salad with Apple Cider Vinaigrette
Delicious Turkey Burger Sliders With Hidden Veg
Enjoy this simple turkey burger slider recipe for your next burger night with the family and customize it with your favorite toppings.
Mini turkey burger sliders also make a delicious and crowd-pleasing appetizer and are easy to make in just 20 minutes.
Delicious Turkey Burger Sliders With Hidden Veg
Penne Pesto Pasta Recipe
This penne pesto pasta recipe is an absolute favorite in our house. Once you’ve made fresh pesto pasta from scratch, you’ll never want to go back to the store-bought stuff out of the jar. Or if you do, you’ll be hugely disappointed!
Broccoli Cheddar Orzo Pasta
Broccoli Cheddar Orzo Pasta is a flavorful side dish recipe that’s easy to make with basic ingredients and brimming with cheesy goodness! A delicious pasta with vegetables that will complement chicken, beef, seafood and more!
Black Pepper Chicken Recipe
This Black Pepper Chicken Recipe is one of my favorite weeknight dinner recipes. It is so easy to make on your stove top and is ready in about 20 minutes. It is a Panda Express copycat chicken recipe with a savory sauce that does not disappoint.
This recipe comes together quickly. Tender chicken pieces and veggies are sautéd in a delicious black pepper sauce that they serve at your favorite Chinese restaurant.
Sausage Bow Tie Pasta
This sausage bow tie pasta is just the kind of dinner that you will love. It takes less than 30 minutes to make, and it’s made with pantry staple ingredients. Even though it’s made with simple ingredients, it’s still packed with flavor!
Sausage bow tie pasta is a simple but tasty pasta dinner and makes for an easy weeknight dinner.
Fresh Tomato Pasta (15 Minute Recipe!)
This Tomato Basil Pasta recipe is great for busy weeknights. The heat from the pasta warms the rest of the dish. 15 minutes is all you need, folks.
This is the best recipe to make when you have fresh tomatoes and basil coming out of your ears during the summer!
Fresh Tomato Pasta (15 minute recipe!)
Healthy Tuna Salad Without Mayo
This Tuna Salad is healthy, full of flavor, simple to make, light, and fresh. The creamy texture, along with the crunchy bites of celery and bell pepper throughout, makes for the perfect combination. With a bit of zest from the lemon dressing, you will not even miss the mayo!
Healthy Tuna Salad Without Mayo
Blackstone Chicken Fajitas
Spice up your weeknight dinner routine with these Blackstone Chicken Fajitas! Bursting with flavor and cooked to perfection on a sizzling Blackstone griddle, these fajitas are sure to be a hit with the whole family. Serve with tortillas and all the toppings so everyone can make it their own way!
Buffalo Shrimp Tacos
This shrimp cooks quickly in the air fryer and the sauce and slaw both take only a few minutes to mix.
Spice up your taco night with buffalo shrimp tacos! These tacos are loaded with crispy shrimp tossed in buffalo sauce, topped with crunchy slaw, pickled red onions, cilantro, and ranch dressing.
Sheet Pan Roasted Tomato Gnocchi
This simple sheet pan roasted tomato gnocchi is absolutely packed with flavor and takes only a few minutes to throw together! Featuring Pure Flavor Sangria Medley Tomatoes, gnocchi, fresh herbs and parmesan cheese, this is an easy weeknight meal you will make again and again.
Sheet Pan Roasted Tomato Gnocch
Chorizo and Tomato Steamed Mussels
This one pot mussels recipe makes the most of a few quality ingredients to create a deliciously fancy meal that takes less than half an hour to prepare. Serve it with warm crusty bread to soak up all the delicious juices and you will be in seafood heaven!
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