Easy Weeknight Dinners – Looking for new ideas to spice up your weeknight dinners at home? Check out these recipe ideas that are just as simple, but don’t require any special kitchen skills. From our oven-baked chicken bites to creamy pesto meatballs, these easy weeknight dinners are guaranteed to make everyone at the table sing your praises. Enjoy!
4. Fajita Chicken Breasts Casserole
Plus, it yields plenty of leftovers and freezes very well so you are covered for a week of easy dinners.
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5. Salsa Fresca Chicken Bake
Chicken lovers will get crazy fir this easy dinner recipe!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
9. Creamy Spinach Chicken Gnocchi
You can also use chicken breasts instead. Anyways, this dinner is guaranteed to be a hit! ❤️
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10. Creamy Pesto Chicken Meatballs
Chicken meatballs are such a great alternative to beef or pork.
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11. Chicken Stir Fry Noodles (15-Minute )
Way better than takeout! This easy dinner is also more budget friendly.
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12. Spinach Chicken Casserole with Cream Cheese and Mozzarella
This easy casserole recipe is a must for busy weeknights.
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14. Lemon Garlic Butter Chicken and Green Beans Skillet
Don't skimp on spices for better results! This chicken dinner is delicious for a quick weeknight dinner.
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15. Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Chicken Pasta
Everyone loves pasta and chicken, so why not throwing them both in the Instant Pot? This weeknight meal is a 100% winner!
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18. Salsa Chicken Lettuce Wraps
This easy dinner recipe is proof that healthy food doesn't have to be bland.
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20. Creamy Chicken Soup with Pasta and Spinach
A quick and easy dinner that will keep you coming back for more.
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21. Creamy Chicken Pasta
An absolute delight for any weeknight (and weekend too!).
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22. Creamy Mushroom Chicken Skillet with Bacon
This easy weeknight recipe is the comfort food of all comfort foods!
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25. One-Pan Creamy Parmesan Chicken and Rice
Parmesan makes everything better, especially in this quick dinner recipe.
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26. Baked Teriyaki Chicken
You'll lose your mind over that sticky Teriyaki sauce!
Cooking time: 40 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
27. Blackened Chicken Salad
A quick and nutritious dinner that will keep you coming back for more.
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28. Chicken Pasta in Creamy Pesto Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce
This creamy pesto chicken pasta recipe is a restaurant-style meal, packed with flavor and ready in 30 minutes.
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29. Garlic Butter Salmon and Lemon White Beans
Rich and nutritious, this easy meal is quick to make yields awesome flavors.
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30. Creamy Chicken with Bacon and Spinach
This creamy chicken recipe is a quick and easy weeknight delight!
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31. One Pan Chicken and Potatoes with Garlic Parmesan Spinach Cream Sauce
Easy one pan chicken and Potatoes recipe- An entire meal in a single skillet!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
33. Healthy Chicken Pasta Salad with Avocado, Tomato, and Basil
This salad for dinner is a must while tomatoes are still in season.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
34. Baked Chicken Gnocchi with Garlic Asiago Cream Sauce
Our love for chicken and gnocchi knows no limits.
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36. Garlic Butter Steak and Potatoes Skillet
Customize this versatile skillet dinner with your favorite veggies!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
37. Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff
It’s not traditional, but it sure is delicious! ❤️
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38. 10-Minute Sheet Pan Steak with Lemon Zucchini
All you need to make this easy weeknight dinner is one baking sheet and a hot broiler.
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39. Instant Pot Lasagna Soup Recipe
This easy Instant lasagna soup brings all your favorite lasagna flavors in one amazing recipe.
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40. Cheese Steak Stuffed Peppers
Your favorite Philly Cheesesteak gets a low-carb makeover!
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43. Garlic Butter Steak and Green Beans
This garlic butter steak is a weeknight dinner MVP.
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45. Easy Beef Stroganoff
No need to be a slow cooker ninja to make this recipe a success!
Cooking time: 240 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
46. Baked Salmon and Pasta
This effortless dinner recipe us uncomplicated and supremely comforting!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
50. Tomato Spinach Sausage Pasta Recipe
This sausage pasta dinner recipe is crazy delicious and only 30 minutes or less of work! One of the best sausage pasta recipe ever!
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52. One-Pot Garlic Parmesan Pasta with Spinach and Mushrooms
One-pot garlic parmesan pasta skillet with spinach and mushrooms is super delicious and quick to make. This pasta recipe is the ultimate win for easy weeknight dinners
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53. Creamy Ground Beef Pasta Recipe
one-pot creamy ground beef pasta in a thick and creamy salsa sauce with cream cheese. This creamy beef pasta is the weeknight dinner everyone raves about!
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54. Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Noodles
This Instant Pot chicken noodle recipe is both filling and yummy, perfect for a weeknight dinner everyone will enjoy!
Cooking time: 15 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
55. Easy Tomato Spinach Ravioli Bake
Dump and bake - Weeknight dinner dilemma solved!
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box56. Creamy Chicken Soup with Pasta and Spinach
This creamy chicken pasta soup is nutritious, easy and big on flavor. Try our chicken pasta soup recipe tonight, it's done in less than 30 minutes!
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57. Creamy Mozzarella Shrimp Pasta with Spinach and Sun-dried Tomato
This creamy mozzarella shrimp pasta is so good, your family will be humming with every bite. The pasta shrimp recipe comes together in under 30 minutes!
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59. Chicken Pasta in Creamy Pesto Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce
This effortless weeknight dinner makes chicken exciting again.
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60. Creamy Tuscan Salmon Recipe
The best comforting dinner you won't be able to get enough of.
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61. Italian Sausage Tomato Pasta Soup {Instant Pot}
This easy weeknight meal comes together in 30 minutes.
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63. Tortellini Pasta in Garlic Spinach Tomato Sauce
This one-pan tortellini pasta is a total dinner winner.
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65. Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
This is the easiest, creamiest mac and cheese you will ever make for dinner.
Cooking time: 10 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
66. Garlic Butter Salmon with Lemon Asparagus
You'll be amazed by the flavor profile of this easy salmon recipe!
Cooking time: 25 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
67. Tomato Spinach Shrimp Pasta
A dinner that is family-friendly, satisfying, healthy, and oh so fast.
Cooking time: 20 minView recipe >> Save to recipe box
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