12 Quick Meals When You Need Dinner ASAP
If you’ve ever had one of those nights where you get home and realize you haven’t planned anything for dinner, this collection of fast recipes is just what you need. Each of these fifteen recipes is designed to get dinner on the table quickly while ensuring everyone enjoys the meal.
1. Skillet Taco Salad
Are you interested in making a dinner nobody complains about? Let them create their own with these individual skillet taco salads. With this recipe, everyone gets what they want for dinner tonight.
2. Loaded Sheet Pan Quesadillas
Instead of layering your quesadillas one at a time in a skillet, cook them all at once in the oven with this Loaded Sheet Pan Quesadillas recipe. You won’t need to stand over the stovetop flipping quesadillas, plus you’ll have enough to feed the whole family.
3. Pesto Pita Pizza
This pita pizza recipe is fast, easy, and delicious with pesto and tomatoes. It cooks up fast, and you can make as few or as many as you need.
4. Sheet Pan Hawaiian Salmon
If you love the flavors of the islands, try this Sheet Pan Hawaiian Salmon. It’s healthy and tasty all at the same time. You can’t go wrong with this one.
5. Easy Tuna Wrap
This Easy Tuna Wrap is the fastest recipe. Just open a can of tuna, mix in a couple of things, and wrap it all up in a tortilla.
6. Avocado Pasta Salad
If you want quick and easy, this Avocado Pasta Salad is a perfect answer to the “what’s for dinner” question. Serve with a green salad on the side to round out the meal.
7. Bacon Stuffed Chicken Thighs
These Bacon Stuffed Chicken Thighs are perfect for meal prep. They have lots of delicious bacony flavors and are great on their own or in a sandwich.
8. Margherita Pizza
A Margherita Pizza is the most common pizza you’ll find in Italy, not because it’s basic, but because it’s delicious. Italians (and tourists) love it for a reason.
9. Garlicky Broccolini Pasta
This is one of the fastest and easiest pasta dishes you can make on a busy weeknight. Garlicky broccolini pasta comes together in the time it takes to cook the pasta.
10. Spaghetti Rice With Spinach
This spaghetti rice with spinach is similar to a tomato risotto, just without all the stirring. It’s a quick and delicious meal that is also nutritious.
11. BLT Wraps
This BLT wrap recipe offers a healthier, more convenient alternative to the traditional BLT sandwich. It has bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo, just like you’re used to. But instead of putting it on toasted bread, you’ll wrap it all up in your favorite wrap! This makes it super easy to pack and take whatever your day has in store.
12. Italian Chopped Salad
A good, Italian chopped salad is a thing of beauty. It can be a complete meal all on its own or make a wonderful side salad for a main Italian meal. Add any meats you like to this salad, or enjoy it as a plant-based meal.
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This originally appeared on The Gracious Pantry.
