Say hello to over 60 dinner recipes for when you are all out of ideas. From quick and easy weeknight recipes to entertaining-worthy dishes.
Bookmark this page for the next time you are staring blankly into your fridge. It feels like we are always looking for new, mouthwatering dinner recipes. We took some time and put together this list of over 60 dinner ideas to keep you (and ourselves) inspired.
Most of these are quick and weeknight-friendly, several are impressive enough for entertaining friends, and a handful are the dinners that our family comes back to every week. Dinner does not need to be boring!
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Our Favorite Dinner Recipes
Our family loves soup for dinner. Our easy homemade chicken noodle soup has tender chicken, fresh veggies, and the most delicious broth that tastes like it’s been cooking for hours.
Another family favorite, this roast chicken recipe guarantees incredibly juicy, tender chicken with gorgeous golden-brown skin every single time.
One of our quickest dinners! We’ve used this skillet chicken breast recipe for years. It never fails. It’s fast, easy, and guarantees the juiciest, most tender chicken.
The most perfect chicken pot pie, made with lots of chicken and classic vegetables, all surrounded by a creamy sauce and baked under a towering puff pastry crust.
This Indian butter chicken recipe simmers spiced yogurt-marinated chicken in a creamy, buttery tomato sauce. We love serving over rice and with plenty of naan for dipping. Such a delicious dinner!
My poached chicken recipe makes the juiciest, most tender chicken ever. Poaching is one of the easiest ways to guarantee foolproof, juicy chicken breasts.
This endlessly useful yogurt chicken marinade recipe works wonders for all cuts of chicken, and is especially good for chicken breasts.
This chicken tikka masala recipe guarantees juicy, tender, yogurt-marinated chicken simmered in a creamy, spiced tomato sauce that’s just so good. Spoon it over rice or scoop it up with naan. Either way, you’re in for a treat.
These ground chicken burgers are seriously delicious. The secret is a mixture of spiced veggies that we mix right into the patties. Trust me, you’ll want to make these again and again (our family has this dinner recipe on repeat).
When I’m craving Indian curry at home, this chicken curry recipe is where I turn! We simmer tender chicken with ginger, garlic, and spices in an incredible yogurt and cream sauce.
Our honey mustard chicken recipe packs in so much incredible flavor thanks to an easy honey dijon marinade that doubles as a sauce for serving.
A reader favorite! This chicken Milanese recipe turns out perfectly crisp and golden on the outside and juicy and tender inside. It’s simple to make and everyone I’ve served it to loves it!
My family loves this easy shepherd’s pie with tender ground beef (or lamb), veggies, a delicious savory gravy, all topped with cheesy mashed potatoes.
Say hello to our family’s favorite birria tacos recipe (aka quesabirria). These popular pan-fried shredded beef tacos are crispy, cheesy, and incredibly delicious!
Learn how to cook incredibly delicious BBQ beef ribs in the oven. Most of the cooking time is hands-off, letting the ribs slowly bake until fall-apart tender.
In this incredible beef stew, we slowly braise chuck roast and short ribs in a rich mix of red wine and beef broth until the meat is so tender it practically melts in your mouth.
Our favorite taco salad is an easy weeknight meal with fresh lettuce, tortilla chips, seasoned ground beef, cheese, and a creamy cilantro lime dressing.
Our recipe for these smash burgers is the real deal! We add onions before smashing, top with melty cheese, and finish with our favorite burger sauce.
Tender Braised Beef Short Ribs
This impressive braised short ribs recipe has mouthwateringly tender beef slowly cooked in a caramelized onion and red wine broth.
Beef Bulgogi (Korean BBQ Beef)
With our bulgogi recipe, you can easily make incredible Korean barbecue beef at home. Thanks to our bulgogi marinade, the beef turns out perfectly sweet, savory, and melt-in-your-mouth tender.
This is hands down the best ribs recipe! The secret to incredibly tender ribs is baking them low and slow. Baking ribs in the oven is so easy. 95% of the cooking time is spent relaxing while your ribs transform into fall-off-the-bone perfection.
Super quick dinner! Our family makes this beef taco recipe once a week. It calls for lean ground beef and a simple blend of pantry spices. One of my favorite 20-minute dinners, and the entire family loves it!
The Best Juicy Skillet Pork Chops
Say goodbye to dry and flavorless pork chops. With our easy recipe and my simple tricks, you can make juicy and tender pork chops with very little fuss. I love how juicy these are!
Say goodbye to dry and flavorless pork. With my easy pork tenderloin recipe, it turns out juicy and tender in under 30 minutes.
This roasted pork loin recipe has the most delicious honey soy glaze. The pork turns out juicy, tender, and so flavorful.
This pork milanese recipe is all about tender, juicy pork with a light, crispy breading. It’s easier than you might think and turns out absolutely delicious every time.
Thanks to ground pork, this pork tacos recipe comes together fast. You can even make the filling in advance. This is one of my favorite ground pork recipes!
This is hands down the best turkey meatloaf recipe I’ve ever made. It’s outrageously flavorful and unbelievably moist. Say goodbye to dry meatloaf!
Our family makes this ground turkey tacos recipe almost weekly! We all love it, and it takes less than 30 minutes. A true weeknight dinner!
This white turkey chili recipe is pure comfort in a bowl. It’s creamy, cozy, and packed with ground turkey, white beans, and a velvety, perfectly spiced broth. Not too heavy, just really, really tasty.
Turkey Meatball Soup with Orzo
This light and savory turkey meatball soup recipe is made with tender mini meatballs, orzo, and fresh kale. It’s simple, nourishing, and just delicious.
Learn how to cook restaurant-worthy scallops at home. Our recipe guarantees beautiful golden-brown seared scallops and comes together in 10 minutes!
Our shrimp scampi recipe made with garlic, butter, white wine, and lemon feels fancy but is actually super quick and easy. It’s basically the best garlic butter shrimp you’ll ever make.
Learn how to cook moist, flaky trout in the oven. This incredible baked trout recipe is easy and works for rainbow trout but can easily be adapted for larger varieties like steelhead.
This brown sugar baked salmon recipe is such a delicious and easy one-pan dinner. Our easy brown sugar rub caramelizes and turns into a sweet, smoky glaze in the oven.
This cajun shrimp recipe is outrageously flavorful and easy! We cook the shrimp in a hot skillet, and then swirl in the most delicious garlic cajun butter.
These incredible salmon burgers are made with fresh salmon, lemon, and plenty of dill. They’re moist in the middle, packed with flavor, and so easy to make. I think you’ll love them as much as we do!
This Bang Bang shrimp with light, crispy fried shrimp tossed in the easiest homemade Bang Bang sauce makes us so happy. Crispy, creamy, a little sweet, and just the right amount of heat.
Fast dinner idea! This shrimp stir fry recipe is fast, easy, and unbelievably delicious. Ready in 20 minutes with juicy shrimp, crisp veggies, and a crave-worthy homemade sauce.
I’m convinced this poached salmon makes some of the most tender, mouth-watering salmon. It’s also ridiculously easy!
If you love creamy mac and cheese, this is the recipe for you! It’s rich, delicious, and thanks to a simple homemade cheese sauce, it’s on your table in under 30 minutes.
Best Zucchini Noodles We’ve Made
This is my favorite zucchini noodles recipe (zoodles)! It’s quick, easy, low-carb, and vegetarian-adaptable!
My family loves this easy cheese lasagna! It’s rich, incredibly cheesy, and absolutely delicious. Best of all, you can assemble it in about 20 minutes.
We love this easy orzo pasta salad recipe with a simple lemon dressing, tomatoes, cucumber, and fresh herbs. It’s quick and always a hit with everyone I share it with! The perfect no-cook dinner.
We love this easy vegetable spaghetti recipe! With over 1 ½ pounds of vegetables, this veggie pasta is so good that we could honestly eat it every day.
You can make our avocado pasta recipe in 15 minutes and you don’t need any special equipment for the creamy avocado sauce, just a bowl and fork.
This incredible pasta primavera recipe is light, fresh, and made with lots of seasonal vegetables tossed in a light, lemon cream sauce.
This is the most delicious veggie burger recipe. They taste amazing and are packed with vegetables (nearly 1 cup of veggies in every patty).
My family loves this crispy baked tofu recipe! It might be my favorite way to cook tofu and you can add it to your favorite stir-fry, rice bowls, or curries.
Pizza for dinner! My family loves this homemade cheese pizza! Made with two types of cheese, it’s been on repeat in our home for years. This extra cheesy pizza is perfect for any pizza lover and occasion.
Easy Three Ingredient Tomato Soup
This easy tomato soup recipe is the best you’ll ever make, and it’s shockingly simple. It calls for just three main ingredients: butter, onion, and tomatoes.
I love this vegetable soup recipe! It’s made with a light tomato broth and packed with healthy veggies. It’s so comforting and satisfying!
This Vietnamese pho recipe is made with an authentic broth made from scratch using charred ginger, onion, fennel, clove, star anise, cardamom, and cinnamon.
This is, hands-down, our favorite minestrone soup recipe. It’s packed with veggies, beans, and pasta, all swimming in the coziest tomato-Parmesan broth. We can’t get enough of it.
This minestrone soup recipe with sausage is always a happy sight at our dinner table. It’s packed with loads of veggies and made with a light, cozy tomato-Parmesan broth. It’s so good.
This cabbage soup is easy to make and loaded with vegetables, a heaping pile of cabbage, and the perfect blend of spices. I love it so much that I genuinely crave it.
We love this cozy tortellini soup! It’s filled with tender veggies, store-bought tortellini, and a garlicky broth that’s ready in just 30 minutes.
I’d happily eat this unbelievably flavorful Thai green curry made with chicken, coconut milk, and veggies every week.
Our homemade sauerkraut soup, made with kielbasa and bacon, is smoky, tangy, and incredibly comforting.
We love this delicious shrimp carbonara which features perfectly cooked shrimp tossed with spaghetti in a silky sauce.
This is our favorite pasta carbonara recipe! We rely on a short list of ingredients to make an impossibly silky sauce that only takes about 15 minutes. You’ll love this one!
This homemade spaghetti and meatballs is a keeper. The meatballs are tender and flavorful, and the quick sauce tastes like it’s been simmering for hours.
This chicken Alfredo combines juicy chicken, fettuccine noodles, and a rich, unbelievably good sauce.
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