Easy Eats: Simplified Recipe Ideas

If you need fast dinner recipes to help you quickly get supper on the table, we've come to the rescue. These easy dinner ideas are wholesome, almost entirely homemade, and affordable, too—no chicken nuggets, fish sticks, or prohibitively expensive meals here. Plus, they only require 35 minutes or less of hands-on work, which is perfect if you tend to wait until the last minute to prepare your final meal of the day.

These simple dinners run the gamut from kid-friendly fare (cheesy chicken nachos) to more sophisticated dinner dishes like glazed salmon with broccoli rice. Use one of these recipe ideas to prepare a delicious meal on busy weeknights. And when you've breezed through these, there are plenty of great cookbooks to inspire you.

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Sheet-pan dinners are a dream come true for busy cooks. You can cook everything you need for your meal at one time and on the same dish—in this case, you'll prep chicken leg quarters and sweet potato wedges. This cooking method saves you time and plenty of effort, not to mention there isn't much to clean up once dinner is over.

This meal is quite simple, which is why it's so great for weeknights. Feel free to change up the herbs (the recipe calls for sage, but rosemary would be good, too) and switch the greens from watercress to butter lettuce or anything you have on hand.

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A grill is perfect for easy dinner ideas, as is the case with this simple pork chop recipe. The pork chops get a perfect sear since you pat them dry before adding them to the hot, oiled grill. And—bonus!—there's no smoky kitchen to worry about afterward.

Serve the chops with peppery arugula and stone-fruit salad—a perfect savory-sweet dinner pairing. Peaches and apricots are called for here, but any in-season stone fruit, like plums or nectarines, will taste great too.

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Sweet Treats: Easy-to-Make Desserts

With only eight ingredients and a cooking time of 30 minutes, this pasta recipe is sure to be a hit in your kitchen. Linguine noodles are topped with a tasty cherry tomato sauce infused with pancetta flavor. Then, add Parmesan and basil before serving for a truly delicious dinner.

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Constructing nachos at home allows you to pile on the goodies evenly after arranging the chips in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet. For this recipe, this means every chip is gloriously topped with chicken, cheese, salsa, avocado, and, well, more cheese.

Make this an even heartier meal by adding black beans, or swap the avocado for homemade guacamole. The best part? This dish takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Dust off your sheet pan because this 30-minute dinner is destined to become a new favorite! The recipe pairs seasoned chicken thighs with fresh vegetables, cotija cheese, and savory salsa verde, which you can then nestle inside a warm corn tortilla for a complete meal.

These open-faced egg toast beauties are much more than your average egg salad sandwich—the flavors, textures, and even the look are elegant and original. A mustardy vinaigrette, briny capers, fresh parsley, and just-bitter-enough radicchio leaves are folded into the boiled egg salad mixture.

Heaped on top of toasted sourdough, the result is fresh and hearty—a win-win! This mixture would also be delicious if piled on whole grain (like brown rice or quinoa) or served as a salad for a lighter meal.

There are a few reasons why this delicious grilled halloumi salad will become a new dinner fave. First, it's easy to throw together after work, and it still manages to be super filling. Second, it hits all the right flavor notes—from briny olives to spicy garlic and cool, crunchy cucumbers.

But, the most important reason to make this salad is so you can eat grilled halloumi. The firm cheese can stand the heat of a grill or grill pan and tastes salty, like feta. Go ahead and cut into the planks of crispy, melty cheese with a knife and fork, just like you would tofu or portobello mushrooms.