6 Seriously Simple Dinners For Busy Weeknights

With a family to feed and a busy home-work balance, there’s nothing quite like a homecooked meal that basically cooks itself. If you’re in the thick of holiday chaos, enjoy one of these six weeknight dinners.

Slow Cooker Lasagna from Gimme Some Oven

Imagine a lasagna recipe where you don’t even have to boil noodles! Just layer dry noodles, jarred pasta sauce, and a few other ingredients into the slow cooker and enjoy lasagna in a few hours. If you’re vegetarian or have some vegetables you need to use up, you can easily layer sliced zucchini, mushrooms, eggplant, kale, and other vegetables into this dish.

One-pan Honey Mustard Skillet from The Modern Proper

This dish transforms this simple meal of chicken breast, potatoes and green beans into a savory, one-pan dinner worthy of a French bistro. Plus, the super yummy honey mustard sauce is made with ingredients you’ve probably always got in your fridge and pantry.

Pro tip: Make extra honey mustard sauce and drizzle it over every roasted vegetable you bake from here on out.

One Pot Taco Pasta from The Cozy Cook

Thirty minutes and one pot is all you need for this hearty dinner (that also makes delicious leftovers!) This flavor fusion is everything you love about tacos and pasta combined. Did we mention it’s kid-friendly, too?

Whatever’s-in-the-Kitchen Baked Quesadillas from How Sweet It Is

Quesadillas are the ultimate “fridge clean out” meal because you can layer the protein and vegetables you have on-hand in between a handful of melty cheese. Things like peppers, mushrooms, onion, canned beans, rotisserie chicken, even scrambled eggs all taste wonderful tucked inside a quesadilla.

Make several quesadillas at once by baking them the way How Sweet It Is does.

Freezer-friendly Chicken & Vegetable Skillet by Gimme Delicious

Any recipe that calls for “whatever marinade you have on-hand” is a weeknight win. This freezer-friendly skillet pairs fresh vegetables with lean protein. It’s the perfect way to use up the half-full jar of teriyaki sauce in the back of the fridge.

No-Boil Pasta Bake with Frozen Spinach & Sausage by Fed & Fit

Shave off the time spent boiling noodles–they go in dry for this recipe. Simply place noodles into a casserole dish with broth, cream, and tomato sauce, cover tightly with aluminum foil. The steam will cook everything to perfection!