30-Minute Meals
Dinner doesn't have to take all night! On this page you'll find easy meal ideas that come together in about 30 minutes or less, making last minute dinners quick and delicious. You'll find easy pastas, stir fries, chicken dinners, skillet meals, sheet pan dinners and more. The goal is to get you cooking healthy, homemade meals in a flash so you can skip the takeout and get on with your evening. Check out all of my awesome 30-minute meal ideas!
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Skillet dinners & stir fries
One pan meals
Tips for making 30-minute dinners
Go over the recipe ahead of time
A great way to ensure that you're able to breeze through a recipe and cook quickly is to go over the recipe ahead of time. Familiarize yourself with the steps so that it's just a matter of going through the motions instead of going back and forth reading the recipe. This way you also have less of a chance of overcooking your food or making mistakes with the recipe.
Meal prep ingredients beforehand
A great way to cut down on cook time is to prepare some ingredients or even do a little bit of cooking at the beginning of the week. Try cooking and shredding some chicken breast, or cooking some rice in your rice cooker so that all you need to do is reheat or add to a recipe when the time comes to cook dinner. You can also chop up veggies & mince garlic ahead of time.
Choose one pot & one pan recipes
Recipes that can be cooked on one pan or in one pot are super helpful in cutting down cook time. You'll dump all of your ingredients and usually cook for 20 minutes or so. You also have the flexibility to prep other ingredients or garnishes while your main dish cooks. The best recipes are sheet pan chicken & veggies, one pot pastas, stir fries and skillet dinners!
Tacos & wraps
Cut down on cook time using leftover chicken!
If you're looking for healthy recipes that come together quickly, then look no further than leftover chicken to give you a head start! By using leftover, pre-cooked or rotisserie chicken, you can speed up your cook time but still get wholesome, delicious meals on the table in 30 minutes or less. Check out all the best ways to use up cooked chicken below!
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My most popular 30-minute dinner Recipes
Firecracker Shrimp
This Firecracker Shrimp is sweet, sticky, spicy and crunchy – it's a perfect appetizer or main dish when served with broccoli and rice. Ingredients in thisView Post
30-Minute Tortellini Minestrone Soup
This 30-Minute Tortellini Minestrone Soup is a filling, high-fibe vegetarian dinner that comes together quickly for those busy weeknights! Oh winter comfort food, we meet again.View Post
Chicken Satay Lettuce Wraps
These Chicken Satay Lettuce Wraps with an easy coconut-peanut dipping sauce, tons of veggies and vermicelli noodles are a deliciously light dinner or fun, healthy appetizer! View Post
Chipotle Chicken Avocado Melt {Panera Copycat}
This Chipotle Chicken Avocado Melt is a copycat of the Panera Bread sandwich, complete with focaccia bread, smoked Gouda & roasted red peppers. What's on theView Post
Meal Prep Thai Basil Chicken
This Meal Prep Thai Basil Chicken is a healthy stir fry idea that doubles as an easy 30-minute dinner or make-ahead lunch! How to make ThaiView Post
Sweetfire Chicken {Panda Express Copycat}
This Sweetfire Chicken is a perfect Panda Express copycat with chicken, red pepper, onion and pineapple in a spicy sweet chili sauce. Ingredients in this recipeView Post
Easiest Ever Ground Turkey Stir Fry
This ground turkey stir fry is the easiest recipe ever! It's low carb too – all you need is ground turkey, bell peppers, carrots andView Post
One Pot Chicken Teriyaki Bowls
Dinner can sometimes be difficult to put on the table – especially now that it feels as if I'm working on a billion things. SometimesView Post
Easiest One Pot Thai Pumpkin Curry
This Thai Pumpkin Curry is made in one pot for an easy fall meal – this spicy dish is flavoured with coconut milk, red curryView Post
Margherita Asparagus Stuffed Chicken
This Margherita Asparagus Stuffed Chicken with goat cheese, tomatoes & spinach is a delicious 30-minute, low-carb dinner cooked on the BBQ! Ingredients in asparagus stuffed chicken Here'sView Post
Shake Shack Burger {Perfect Copycat}
This Shake Shack Burger is a perfect copycat from your favorite burger joint, Shack sauce and all! These delicious burgers are surprisingly easy to makeView Post
Seared Scallop Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
These spicy Seared Scallop Tacos with a savoury cilantro-filled Pineapple Salsa and served on corn tortillas are the perfect party food for Cinco de Mayo –View Post
