These 30 Easy Dinner Recipes are family favorites for several popular bloggers. Try them out for your family during a busy week!
Hi friends!
Lately I’ve been relying a lot on my arsenal of go-to dinner recipes. We all have them. There are some you probably don’t even consider recipes because they’re so quick and easy. They’re the ones you have memorized. The ones you know will get eaten without a fight. The ones you turn to when you just don’t have any energy left at the end of the day.
They’re my favorite kinds of recipes. When I talk to people about meal planning, I encourage them to try 1-2 new meals a week and then fill in the other days with recipes like this, plus a leftover night and a dinner out.
The problem is, even your go-to recipes can get a little boring on occasion…especially if you rely on them too heavily.
So I reached out to some of my fellow food bloggers and asked them to share their favorite blog recipe that falls into this category of go-to easy dinner ideas.
Then I rounded them up for you so that you can try them. Hopefully you’ll find a few that are new to you but quickly get added to your own go-to list!
Enjoy!
Chicken
Creamy Crockpot Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken Potato Bake
Pulled Tandoori Chicken
Chicken Supreme Pasta Bake
Crispy Pan Roasted Chicken Thighs
Coq Au Vin Blanc
Rosemary Oven Fried Chicken
Crockpot White Chicken Chili
Beef/Turkey
Upside Down Meatball Casserole
Individual Meatloaves with Chili Sauce
10 Minute Taco Salad
Spicy Beef & Red Pepper Rice Bowl
Bulgogi Rice Bowls
Skillet Lasagna
Sloppy Joe Tacos
Seafood
Rosemary Citrus Shrimp Tacos
Farfalle with Salmon, Lemon & Peas
New England Clam Chowder with Flounder
Honey Sesame Fish Tacos
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Sweet & Spicy Shrimp with Soba Noodles
Edamame Spaghetti with Clam Sauce
Spicy Spanish Rice with Shrimp
Vegetarian
One Pot Tortellini Primavera
Lentil Veggie Mac and Cheese
Salsa Lentil Soup
Black Bean Enchiladas with Pumpkin Sauce
Pad Thai Salad
Mediterranean Quinoa Soup
BLT & Avocado Chopped Salad Pizza -not vegetarian, just didn’t fit in any category 🙂
Bonus:
My own personal philosophy:
When in doubt – nachos.
Try these Breakfast Nachos
Or make regular dinner nachos.
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Do you have a favorite go-to recipe?
Leave me a link!
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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Thanks for sharing my Mediterranean Quinoa Soup! Love this great list of healthy ideas – definitely pinning this for nights when I’m not feeling inspired.
oooh that upside down meatball casserole sounds good! i’m checking that out!
Every one of these look ahmazing!
Lately it’s been my lentil bolognese (http://wp.me/p4eJLc-1qM) for an easy meat-free meal (and most of the time I skip the from-scratch and use pre-cooked lentils from TJs and Rao’s tomato sauce and spruce it up a bit) or when I’m feeding a crowd shrimp tacos (http://citnutritionally.com/classic-shrimp-tacos/) always go far!
One of the reasons why I love being a food blogger is I’m always trying new recipes, but I have weeks when I just do not want to think too hard about what I’m making.
These look awesome. looking forward to trying and sharing.
Thank you so much for posting these, with a 3 month old baby..I’ve lost all energy and interest in cooking but these all look so good..I think I might even try a few this week !!!
I need this in my life, pinning right now Lindsay for some inspiration to spice up my simple meals 🙂
xo,
Yum! Thank you so much for this!
SO many great ideas. Thanks! I just went on a pinning rampage the other day to stock up on meal ideas so this will help a lot!
so many great recipes!
Bookmarking this! Thanks for including me! 🙂
Thank you so much for including my Pad Thai Salad! Such a perfect blog post for go-to meals – LOVE it!!
xx
Thank you for the great recipes! I cannot wait to try the lentil veggie mac and cheese. I’m having trouble seeing the recipe on the link though–is there another place to find it? Thanks!
hmmm – here’s the link: https://www.theleangreenbean.com/lentil-macaroni-and-cheese/
For some reason, on the link I see the graphic that says save recipe and print recipe, and it says ingredients, but there is nothing listed underneath?
Check it now! I’m in the middle of switching recipe plugins and was having some issues but i think it should be fixed. SorrY!
Yes, it’s working now. Thank you!!
Thanks so much for including my chili recipe Lindsay! I definitely needed to pin this post, because there are so many fabulous recipes in this roundup I can’t wait to try.
Fantastic round-up! I’m glad you included that lentil veggie mac and cheese- it looks awesome 🙂
this is perfect as we move from football into basketball and indoor soccer season – NO time to fuss in the kitchen. LOVE them all
I’m going to need to go on a pinning spree and save all of these for later. They all look delicious! Now I know where to come when trying to plan out my meals in the coming weeks 🙂
Thanks so much for sharing this! Pinning now to save for Sunday’s grocery list!