Some nights I want a project, and some nights I just need dinner recipes that work and don’t take all evening. This is the collection I keep coming back to: chicken skillets, slow cooker dinners, casseroles that reheat well, and the dinner rolls that round it all out. Browse by what sounds good tonight.
Chicken Dinners
Chicken is the easiest protein to build a dinner around, so this is the biggest section here. Weeknight skillets, stuffed breasts, and a few restaurant-style recipes worth the extra step.
- Chicken Scampi With Garlic Parmesan Rice
- Easy Pretzel-Crusted Chicken with Cheese Sauce Recipe
- Easy Make-Ahead Grilled Chicken Meatballs Recipe
- Cheesy Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts
- Easy 30-Minute Sweet & Sour Chicken Recipe
- Chicken Meatballs in a Cream Sauce
- Easy Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice Skillet Recipe
- Crispy Chicken with Hot Honey Sauce Recipe
- One-Pan Fall Chicken Dinner Recipe
Beef Dinners
Ground beef and steak dinners that stretch a family budget without skimping on flavor. Meatloaf, meatballs, and a few skillet dinners you can have on the table in under an hour.
- Easy Slow-Cooked Juicy Meatloaf Recipe
- Homemade Beef Tamales Recipe
- Garlic Butter Steak Bites Recipe
- Easy Ground Beef Stacked Enchiladas Recipe
- Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry Recipe
- Easy-to-Make Skillet Steak Dinner
- Momma’s Secret Meatloaf Recipe
- Easy Slow-Cooker Mozzarella-Stuffed Meatballs and Sauce
- Easy & Inexpensive Beef Macaroni Recipe for Dinner
Slow Cooker & Crockpot Dinners
Load it before work, come home to dinner. These crockpot dinners need almost no hands-on time and still taste like you fussed over them.
- Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings
- Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli Recipe
- Easy Crockpot Beef and Broccoli Recipe
- Creamy Crockpot Ranch Chicken & Veggies Recipe
- Crockpot Chicken Dinner Recipe
- Slow Cooker Chicken Dinner Recipe
- Easy Crockpot Steak Recipe For Dinner
- Slow Cooker Chipotle Orange Pork Loin with Sweet Potatoes
Casserole Dinners
One dish, minimal cleanup, and leftovers that reheat well. These are the casseroles I make on repeat, from cheesy chicken bakes to hearty beef and potato dinners.
- Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Bake
- One Pot Creamy Chicken and Biscuits Bake
- Slow Cooker Green Chile Chicken and Rice Casserole
- Easy Beef Noodle Casserole Recipe
- Easy Landslide Skillet Casserole Recipe
- Easy Cheeseburger Bacon Casserole Recipe
- One-Pan Salmon and Vegetable Bake
- Best Baked Chicken and Rice Casserole
- Easy Crockpot Hamburger Potato Casserole
Soups & Stews
A good soup or stew is dinner and leftovers in one pot. These are the ones I reach for on cold nights or when someone in the house needs comfort food.
- Grandma’s Southern Chicken Stew Recipe
- Baked Chicken Wings With Sweet Chili Sauce
- Easy Southern Stewed Chicken Recipe for Dinner
- French Chicken Stew in Red Wine Sauce
- Slow Cooker Beef Stew For Dinner
- One-Pan Sweet Chili Chicken Thigh Dinner Recipe
Pasta & Noodle Dinners
Pasta night doesn’t have to mean plain spaghetti. These noodle dinners run from a quick stir fry to a comforting baked mac.
- Easy Beef and Broccoli Ramen Stir Fry
- One-Pan Spaghetti & Meat Sauce Recipe
- Creamy Spinach Pasta Recipe
- Easy 30-Minute Creamy Chicken Spaghetti Recipe
- Easy Stovetop One-Pot Sausage, Bean, and Pasta Recipe
- Spaghetti Sauce with Ground Beef Recipe
Seafood Dinners
Salmon, shrimp, and a few other seafood dinners that come together fast and still feel a little special.
- Easy Skillet Garlic Butter Shrimp Recipe
- Easy-to-Make Salmon Croquettes with Canned Salmon
- Foil Salmon and Asparagus in Garlic Sauce
- Easy Sheet Pan Roasted Shrimp, Sausage, and Potatoes Recipe
- Easy Fried Fish with Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce Recipe
- Pan-Seared Salmon With Lemon Butter Sauce
- Pan Fried Salmon with Creamy Lemon Sauce
- Salmon With Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe
Pork Dinners
Pork chops, ham, and bacon-forward dinners that make a nice change from the usual chicken and beef rotation.
- Easy 6-Ingredient Tender & Juicy Grilled Pork Chops Recipe
- Easy Skillet Cowboy Beans w/ Bacon & Beef Recipe
- Easy Pork Roast Stuffed with Garlic Onion Sauce Recipe
- Easy Sticky Pork Belly Dinner Recipe Idea
- 5-Ingredient Old School Butter Beans & Ham Hocks Recipe
- Pulled Pork with BBQ Sauce
Dinner Rolls & Bread
No dinner table is complete without a basket of warm rolls. I’ve tested more dinner roll recipes than I can count, and these are the ones worth the counter space.
- No-Knead Yeast Dinner Rolls
- Easy 1-hour Classic Dinner Rolls Recipe
- Soft and Buttery Dinner Rolls
- Crockpot Garlic Dinner Rolls Recipe
- Soft Kaiser Dinner Rolls Recipe
- Fluffy Dinner Rolls from Scratch
- Rosemary and Honey Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls
- Fluffy and Super Soft Dinner Rolls
- One-Hour Dinner Rolls Recipe
Quick & Easy Dinners
A catch-all for the dinners that didn’t fit neatly into a category above, but that earn a permanent spot in the rotation anyway.
- Christmas Layered Jello Salad
- 5 Easy Ways To Decorate Thanksgiving Dinner Table
- Quick Dinner Tortilla Recipe Ready in 10 Minutes
- Ree Drummond’s Smoked Sausage in BBQ Sauce Recipe
- Easy Corn with Cowboy Butter Sauce Recipe
- Old-Fashioned Sunday Pot Roast Dinner Recipe
- Soft and Sweet Dinner Milk Rolls Recipe
- Slow-Cooked Pot Roast & Gravy Recipe
- Baked Burritos Smothered w/ Creamy White Sauce Recipe
I add new dinner recipes here whenever I make one worth sharing, so check back often. Whether it’s a slow cooker dinner for a busy week or a casserole for a potluck, this is the collection I reach for whenever I need to get something good on the table.
