Quick Easy Dinner Recipes
Learn These Simple Ideas For Dinner Tonight
Here are some quick easy dinner recipes that you can try out with your family. Some of these quick dinner ideas may take 15-minutes, while others 40-minutes. Either way it’s not much time in the kitchen when you consider the health of these meals.
You can have healthy meal planning at your fingertips with these quick easy dinner ideas. Keep in mind that all of the dinner ideas in this article are made from scratch.
10 Quick Dinner Ideas
- Chicken salad on a bed of greens
- Tuna salad on a bed of greens
- Vegetable and brown rice stir fry
- Chicken and brown rice stir fry
- Broiled salmon filet with side of steamed vegetable
- Macaroni, broccoli, and cheese casserole
- Whole grain penne with vegetables (pasta primavera)
- Whole grain spaghetti with marinara sauce
- Curried lentils and rice
- Vegetable omelets
The quick easy dinner recipes above are healthy and tasty meals your family will love. Check out some of the quick easy dinner ideas below. These dinners will take about 30-minutes or more to prepare, but they are easy to make.
5 Easy Meal Ideas
- Navy beans and cornbread
- Roast chicken with potatoes and carrots
- Grilled t-bone steak with corn on the cob
- Black beans and rice
- Minestrone soup
These next dinner ideas may take even a bit more time and preparation in the kitchen but the results are worth the effort.
5 Semi-Quick Easy Dinner Recipes
- Bean and rice burritos on whole wheat tortillas
- Lasagna made with ground turkey (see recipe below)
- Veggie and cheese pizza with homemade whole wheat crust
- Stuffed shells with spinach and ricotta
- Pot roast with all the trimmings
Below is an Italian family dinner recipe of homemade lasagna. Preparation time from start to finish is about an hour. For more quick easy dinner recipes, check out other articles on this website.
Lasagna Dinner Recipe
- 1 lb whole grain lasagna noodles
- ½ lb of each ground beef and ground turkey
- 3 roma tomatoes, chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1-24 ounce can of tomato sauce (no sugar/salt added)
- 2-½ cups jack or mozzarella cheese, grated
- 3 tablespoons whole-wheat flour
- 1 cup soymilk or cows milk
- 1-cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1-teaspoon oregano
- 2-teaspoon basil
- Pinch of nutmeg
- Olive oil
- 2 tablespoons real butter
- 1-teaspoon sea salt
Cook the lasagna noodles according to package directions and set aside. Grate both cheeses and set aside. Sauté garlic in oil. Add turkey and beef and brown over medium heat. Add tomatoes, basil, oregano, sea salt, nutmeg and tomato sauce. Turn down heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
To make the white sauce, melt butter in a small saucepan. Add the flour until well coated. Slowly pour in the milk and stir continuously until thickened, add sea salt to taste. Now it’s time to build the lasagna. Have the grated cheeses and both the red and white sauce easily accessible in front of you.
Layer the bottom of a 9” by 11” baking dish. Layer bottom with 1/3 of the lasagna noodles. Add 1/3 of the red sauce and ½ of the white sauce. Add 1/3 of the jack cheese and ½ of the Parmesan cheese. Make two more layers using the rest of the ingredients, ending with red sauce and the cheese. Bake for ½ hour in a 350-degree oven. Yum!
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