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Weeknight Dinner Ideas

Looking for easy weeknight dinner ideas or planning out your meals for the week? You have come to the right place! We LOVE creating interesting, helpful, delicious and HEALTHY weeknight dinners – we love inspiring you to learn to love to cook dinner again! Some of our favorites include this Easy Asian Salmon Recipe, Cilantro Lime Shrimp and Pan-Seared Tuna Rice Bowl! All easy to make, delicious and made with real food!

All Easy Weeknight Recipes

A hand holding a chicken parm smash taco that is topped with an arugula salad mixture and crushed breadcrumbs.

Chicken Parm Smash Tacos

30 minutes or less

GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A bowl of chicken piccata meatballs in orzo with capers and parmesan cheese.

Chicken Piccata Meatballs with Orzo

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A cast iron skillet filled with creamy alfredo tortellini with chicken and a spoon sticking out.

20 Minute Chicken Tortellini Alfredo

30 minutes or less

3030 mins or less

A plate of rice with three grilled bang bang chicken skewers on top, bang bang sauce and avocado cucumber salad on a plate with lime wedges.

Grilled Bang Bang Chicken Skewers

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A plate of rice with roasted broccoli and teriyaki steak bites on top with sesame seeds.

Quick Teriyaki Steak Bites + Roasted Broccoli

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A ribeye steak on the grill with a flare up of fire.

Salt + Pepper Crusted Grilled Ribeye Steak

W30Whole30 PPaleo DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

A plate of rice covered with teriyaki shrimp and broccoli.

10 Minute Teriyaki Shrimp

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free 3030 mins or less

A stacked grilled blt on a plate with tomatoes next to it.

Sourdough Grilled BLTs

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A bowl of chicken spring roll salad with avocado, red pepper, mango and sweet chili sauce with crushed peanuts.

Chicken Mango Spring Roll Salad

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

A cheesy blackstone philly cheesesteak in a bun with green peppers.

Blackstone Philly Cheesesteak

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free 3030 mins or less

A sheet pan full of four salmon fillets, celery, carrots, and broccoli.

Seriously Easy Sheet Pan Teriyaki Salmon

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free 3030 mins or less

A bowl of Japanese ginger salad with shrimp in a bowl with carrot ginger dressing on top.

Ginger Salad + Shrimp

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

Someone holding a gyro smash burger taco with tzatziki sauce and fresh dill.

Greek-Inspired Gyro Smash Tacos + Tzatziki

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A stack of chicken bacon ranch quesadillas with pico de gallo and sour cream.

Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadillas + Jalapeño Ranch

Someone holding a bbq chicken smash burger taco with red onion, bbq sauce and cilantro.

BBQ Chicken Smash Burgers

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A bowl of acini de pepe salad in a bowl with a spoon sticking out.

Veggie Packed Acini di Pepe Salad + Balsamic Dressing

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free PBPlant-Based VVegetarian

A bowl of chopped gyro salad with gyro meat, olives, feta, tomatoes, red onion and tzatziki dressing.

Chopped Gyro Salad + Tzatziki Dressing

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

Smash burger sliders on a baking sheet with burger sauce, melted cheese, bacon and pickles.

Smash Burger Sliders

30 minutes or less

3030 mins or less

A big bowl of southwest quinoa salad with black beans, corn, bell peppers, feta cheese and a creamy southwest dressing on top.

Southwest Quinoa Salad (high protein + fiber)

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

A bowl of Cucumber Chickpea Salad with sunflower seeds, feta and herbs with a spoon sticking out.

Herby Cucumber Chickpea Salad (+Tzatziki Dressing)

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free VVegetarian 3030 mins or less

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