What's your go to quick dinner recipe?

emvenz92

I'm a newlywed, and I have a lot of difficulty coming up with quick and healthy, nightly dinners! So I want to know some of your favorites! ** No shellfish please as my husband is allergic **

cwolfman13

I don't really have a "go to"...my wife and I alternate cooking nights and both of us get most of our ideas from Pinterest. Dinners are where we get most of our variety in our diets as we typically cycle through the same couple of things for breakfast and lunch, so we try to steer clear of monotonous evening meals.

Most of the stuff we do takes about 15-20 minutes. We typically seek out things that are relatively easy, but noms at the same time. We do a lot of one pot/one pan dinners. We also grill a lot, particularly as the weather is turning nicer.

williamjlunn

I go to baked chicken when Im feeling lazy. Flavor it with seasonings and brown rice and a steam-able bag of veggies

kimothy38

Mine is Chicken Pesto. Really simple ingredients and quick to make.
Toast some pine nuts (I buy 70g bags)
2 teaspoons dried basil or handful of fresh of basil (I use some fresh & 1t dried)
Olive oil (pour in enough to cover pine nuts)
Add salt & pepper to taste, then blend.
Don't use extra virgin olive oil because the blending can make it bitter.
Mix it through cooked pasta and chuck some chicken on top.
I like to throw in baby spinach for colour.

mrschwarten

What I do, is once a week I will cook a whole mess of boneless skinless chicken breasts in the crock pot, then I shred it. (which, by the way, shreds SUPER fast with a hand mixer!!! While still hot, just a few moments with the mixer and it's done! No more cramped hands and wrists!!!) We eat out of that throughout the week. With the chicken, we make up a quick stir fry, mix it with pasta and sauce of choice, make fajitas...whatever we're in the mood for that night. But making a whole bunch at once cuts the nightly dinner cooking down to a fraction. It's just important to make sure that whatever you season it with is compatible to your desired dinners. Emril's Essence, for example, is a great multi-purpose that is good for any dish.
Sometimes I even cook a whole bunch of noodles or rice at once too and we eat that over time. As long as your fridge is kept colder and you eat it within a reasonable time frame (and you're ok with eating 'leftovers'), it'll stay good!

Probably my favorite go to dinner is shredded chicken as described, with spaghetti noodles and mixed veggies (whatever's in the freezer). Toss that with a sauce made of Sesame oil and Soy sauce, amounts to your tastes, experiment to find them, with garlic and onion powders. It's just like chinese take out! What's awesome is if you pre-cooked chicken and pre-cooked the noodles, all you have to do is combine ingredients and microwave! Perfect after a long day at work!!

inertiastrength

Chicken, a fancy salad and garlic toast. I eat it almost every night lol

Francl27

Chicken breast on the foreman with frozen veggies.

Lizzy622

The steamable frozen bag vegetables are my staple. If really pressed I just pick up a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. It is extremely versatile. You can just throw it on a salad or in a sandwich, or make chicken tacos or a quick stir fry with some veggies and soy sauce.

kms234

I buy a rotisserie chicken from costco just about every Sunday. We use that for a lot of meals and lunches. Lately i make a salad or wrap with chicken breast, red peppers, cucumbers, red onions, a bit of feta cheese and Trader Joes tzatziki for dressing. That keeps me pretty full and it's delicious!

Another really quick dinner idea is eggs. Scramble a couple, add some veggies and you're done!

fitoverfortymom

Manwich/Sloppy Joes and Tacos. Grilled Cheese/Tomato Soup. Edamame, crackers, laughing cow cheese wedge, apple.

lemurcat12

My no time and I need something fast standby is an omelet, if that is sufficiently dinner-like for you. I usually do a vegetable one, but obviously you can add meat -- shred anything leftover for max convenience and it makes it feel different.

Another super easy option that can include leftover meat repurposed is a stir fry -- cook rice separately, sautee with a little oil whatever vegetables you are using (I use this to use up things, it really doesn't matter, although I often include mushrooms, peppers, broccoli, onions, maybe carrots cut small, but anything works), add meat of choice (when you add it depends on what it is -- I often do tofu or shrimp or egg for protein (I know shrimp is out), but chicken breast works or, even better, lean beef sliced up, pork, whatever). At the end add the rice in and a bit of tofu and if you have it (it's amazing) Japanese 7 spice and mix around quickly.

Slower is a roasted chicken breast (skin on, bone in), but if you have a lot of skinless boneless this is nice for variety and super easy. Serve with roasted potato or sweet potato (or mixed root veg including carrots, turnips, etc.) and some roasted veg.

Fast again would be fish (if that is workable for your family) or a pork chop (cooks super fast). With pork chop I like to do a sauce of sauteed apple and onion with some sauerkraut, with maybe some roasted winter squash and green beans.

I often do a fast pasta meal that's just make the pasta, do a sauce not much different from the sautee I do for the stir fry, but usually with different choices based on what sounds good with pasta. I will usually add a bit of cheese at the end (goat or feta) and include something like chopped olives or pinenuts with the sautee (add at the end). I really enjoy smoked salmon with this and that makes it super fast, but again any meat you want works, or none at all (although then I'd add some other form of protein).

jcraig10

I have a list...and as you can see, we eat a lot of chicken.

Chicken tacos
Buffalo chicken grilled cheese
Steak or london broil w/ roasted veggies
Chicken cheesesteaks
Chicken stuffed w/ cheddar cheese, broccoli & turkey bacon
Kielbasa, noodles, potatoes & green peppers
Chicken noodle soup
Spaghetti & homemade meatballs
Chili lime chicken kabobs
Lemon garlic chicken & linguine
Shake & bake chicken
Pork chops w/ veggies
Jalapeno chip covered chicken
Chicken bacon ranch quesadillas
Chicken stuffed w/ mozz cheese, topped with tomatoes & basil
Hawaiian chicken (crockpot...chicken, bbq sauce, pineapples)
Chicken parm
Ravioli bake (cook ravioli, then bake in oven with sauce & cheese)
Chicken alfredo stuffed shells
Grilled cheese w/ tomato soup
Sausage tortellini skillet
Beef & Broccoli
Chicken or beef stirfy w/ peppers, broccoli, mushrooms

buffinlovin

My favorite is turkey enchiladas. http://www.recipe-diaries.com/2017/01/07/healthy-baked-turkey-enchiladas/

I actually make the filling beforehand and freeze it (I stretch it out a bit by using a larger zucchini and a whole large onion). I thaw it in the fridge or defrost in the microwave, heat it up completely on the stove and just fill the tortillas before putting it in the oven. Occasionally I end up with a decent amount of filling left, so when that happens I just top the enchiladas with the leftover filling instead of a second can of enchilada sauce. I also have a large container of non-fat plain greek yogurt which is a great substitute for sour cream.

JeromeBarry1

Learn how to grill a steak rare and mash potatoes fluffy, and he'll be happy.

crystalewhite

A butterflied chicken breast cooked on the stove with a small bit of oil and whatever seasoning we are in the mood for. For sides we will do raw vegetables, a bag of the microwave rice or a bagged salad.

Lounmoun

Some faster things- grilled meats, eggs, pizza (from prepared ingredients), grilled sandwiches, stir fry, pasta, salad, most fish, tacos, roasted vegetables
Precooking a bunch of meat that you can add to casseroles, stir fries, soups, eggs, pasta, salads, pizza is useful for cutting down cooking time often cook a bunch of chicken thighs and remove meat from the bones and freeze it for later. I also freeze cooked beans for recipes.
Get a slow cooker. Many recipes you just dump stuff in and walk away for 8 hours.

https://www.budgetbytes.com/category/recipes/quick/
http://www.skinnytaste.com
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/253/everyday-cooking/slow-cooker/

Theo166

I second precooking batches of something you like and stocking your freezer/fridge. You can pair it with fresh or steamed veggies.

lucys1225

I batch cook and freeze. I usually have at least 10 different things to choose from and I always keep fresh vegetables on hand.

cross2bear

If I am really dragging my butt in the door, its delivery pizza!

If I can still stand, then its a fritatta, with whatever leftover veggies I have around the house, usually mushrooms and zucchini and onions.

Hubby loves pasta, so a quick spag and meat sauce will satisfy him, and I use spiralized zucchini as my noodles- I prefer them to pasta.

Kristeenewd

Egg Roll in a bowl, 15 minutes top an soooo good! I use ground turkey instead of pork, and coconut aminos instead of soy, original recipie is yummy too but soy sauce can make it a bit salty- Enjoy!

http://tiphero.com/egg-roll-in-a-bowl/