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Quick & Easy Dinner Recipes

Our mission is simple: make weeknight cooking effortless with quick, family-approved meals that never compromise on flavor.

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  • Tender soft baked salmon filet infused with herby pesto.

    Baked Salmon with Pesto

    Total Time 30 minutes
  • close up of honey garlic chicken with green onions.

    Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs

    Total Time 4 hours 10 minutes
  • a close up of shepherd's pie.

    Easy Shepherd’s Pie

    Total Time 45 minutes
  • Close up shrimp and cabbage stir fry in a skillet.

    One Skillet Shrimp and Cabbage Stir-Fry

    Total Time 25 minutes

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  • Overhead image of air fryer nachos in parchment paper on a plate with toppings around it.

    Air Fryer Nachos

    These air fryer nachos are the perfect nachos recipe for a weeknight, tailgate, or backyard party. I love to layer them with

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Slower Cooker Recipes

  • Ground beef tacos resting on a white platter.

    Slow Cooker Ground Beef Taco Meat

    Total Time 7 hours 10 minutes
  • A wooden spoon scooping up cowboy baked beans.

    Cowboy Baked Beans

    Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
  • Slow cooker salmon with lemon slices and dill on top in the black bowl of a crockpot. Parchment paper is around the salmon.

    Slow Cooker Salmon with Lemon and Dill

    Total Time 1 hour 55 minutes
  • Close up of slow cooker honey glazed ham on a white plate.

    Slow Cooker Honey Glazed Ham

    Total Time 5 hours 10 minutes
  • A fork taking a piece of slow cooker BBQ chicken thighs off a white plate. There's a side of green beans on the plate too.

    Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Thighs

    Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
  • Slow cooker butter chicken plated with rice and naan on a white plate with more butter chicken and naan in the background.

    Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

    Total Time 6 hours 15 minutes

Better Than Take-Out

  • Overhead image of air fryer nachos in parchment paper on a plate with toppings around it.

    Air Fryer Nachos

    Total Time 20 minutes
  • Steak bowl in a white plate with small white bowls of other ingredients to the side. A second steak bowl is partially shown in the bottom left corner.

    Steak Bowls

    Total Time 40 minutes
  • Shrimp and chicken fried rice on a white plate with wooden chopsticks and more fried rice in the background as well as sliced scallions.

    Shrimp and Chicken Fried Rice

    Total Time 35 minutes
  • Close up image of Shoyu chicken on rice on a white plate.

    Shoyu Chicken Recipe (Hawaiian-style)

    Total Time 45 minutes
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Instant Pot Dinners

  • Instant Pot Ribs

    Total Time 1 hour
  • Instant pot baked potatoes with butter.

    Instant Pot Baked Potatoes with Crispy Skin

    Total Time 40 minutes
  • A bowl of Instant Pot spaghetti and meatballs.

    Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs

    Total Time 30 minutes
  • A bowl of Instant Pot chicken alfredo pasta.

    Instant Pot Chicken Alfredo Pasta

    Total Time 30 minutes
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