37 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes You Will Make On Repeat
This list of the best easy weeknight dinner ideas has a recipe for everyone! Most are dinners under 30 minutes, too.
Easy Sheet Pan Weeknight Dinners
Healthy Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage and Veggies
This Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage and Veggies Dinner is a one-pan meal that’s ready in less than one hour!
Packed with protein and nutrition. Also great for meal prepping and naturally gluten free!
Hawaiian Sheet Pan Chicken is giving all the tropical vibes in less than 30 minutes!
Perfect for a healthy weeknight meal and great for meal prepping!
Lemon Pepper Chicken and Potatoes Sheet Pan Meal
Lemon Pepper Chicken and Potatoes is an easy and healthy weeknight meal for the whole family.
Chicken, potatoes, and broccoli are tossed in a light and flavorful honey lemon pepper sauce that’s both sweet and tangy. Ready in roughly 30 minutes with easy clean up.
Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
This Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner cooks in 20 minutes and has all the flavors of your favorite stir-fry!
Serve this healthy one-pan recipe with a side of rice (or cauliflower rice!) for a simple and delicious weeknight meal. Instant pot instructions included!
Healthy Citrus and Herb Shrimp Sheet Pan Meal | Easy 30 Minute Meal
This Citrus and Herb Shrimp Sheet Pan recipe is the perfect weeknight meal.
Ready in under 30 minutes, great for meal prep and packed with protein, veggies and flavor.
Healthy Sheet Pan Honey Garlic Chicken and Veggies
Sheet pan honey garlic chicken and veggies is an easy weeknight dinner that’s perfect for meal prep!
Packed with nutrients, protein and lots of flavor, serve this easy dish over rice and enjoy the leftovers for lunch at work.
Sheet Pan Mediterranean Shrimp
This 10-minute Sheet Pan Mediterranean Shrimp recipe features lightly seasoned shrimp and colorful vegetables all cooked on the same pan.
With maximum flavor and minimal effort, it’s perfect for quick, easy, and healthy weeknight dinners!
These Sheet Pan Shrimp Tacos are easy and ready in 30 minutes!
They’re served on corn tortillas topped with oven roasted shrimp, Pico de Gallo, and lime crema.
This quick and easy sheet pan dinner recipe features juicy and flavorful baked chicken thighs, along with a medley of colorful and nutritious vegetables.
In just 30 minutes, you can have a delicious and healthful meal on the table.
Easy Crockpot Weeknight Dinners
Crockpot BBQ chicken thighs are tender, juicy, sticky, and cooked to perfection!
They are a super easy weeknight dinner idea without having to fire up the grill! Serve with your favorite side dish.
5 Ingredient Crockpot Chili (Healthy & Easy)
This 5 ingredient crockpot chili is so simple to make, full of healthy ingredients, is hearty, filling, and perfect for those cool fall days.
Crockpot Parmesan Garlic Chicken (healthy)
Healthy 7 ingredient crockpot parmesan garlic chicken, is savory, tender, full of flavor, and an easy one pot dinner that can be served any night of the week!
Crockpot tuna casserole is protein packed, creamy, delicious, and a total comfort food!
Crockpot Cream of Mushroom Chicken
Creamy Crockpot Cream of Mushroom Chicken only requires 7 ingredients and is a hearty comfort food that the whole family will love and it’s perfect to serve year round and goes great with most side dishes.
Fiesta Crockpot Chicken only requires 5 ingredients, great for weeknight meals, and is perfect for meal prepping through the week!
5 Ingredient Crockpot Tex Mex Chicken | Easy Meal Prep Dinner Idea
This crockpot tex mex chicken recipe is bursting with flavor and made using only five ingredients.
Perfect for meal prep, office lunches, meals between classes on campus, and dinner parties.
Enjoy on a bowl, as a salad, for tacos, or as a dip with your favorite chips!
Healthy Instant Pot Hamburger Helper
This crockpot tex mex chicken recipe is bursting with flavor and made using only five ingredients.
Perfect for meal prep, office lunches, meals between classes on campus, and dinner parties.
Enjoy on a bowl, as a salad, for tacos, or as a dip with your favorite chips!
Air Fryer Tofu with Honey Garlic Sauce
Crispy air fryer tofu is made to perfection every time, with less fat than the traditional method of deep-frying. In less than 20 minutes, you are tossing your air fryer tofu in a homemade honey garlic sauce that is balanced in flavor and totally satisfying.
Easy Vegetarian Weeknight Dinner Recipes
This broccoli crunch salad is full of veggies, nuts, craisins, and tossed in a homemade vinaigrette. It’s also dairy free, gluten free, and vegan friendly
Mediterranean cucumber salad comes together in just a few minutes, using 5 fresh ingredients, and is tossed in a homemade vinaigrette that is bursting with flavor!
Cottage Cheese Mac and Cheese (high protein)
Cottage cheese mac and cheese is creamy, packed with protein, and even the pickiest eaters will love it!
This Buffalo Tofu is spicy, flavorful, and packed full of protein! Perfect for those who are vegan or just trying to decrease their meat intake!
This Orange Tofu has a healthy OJ glaze and is ready in 30 minutes no matter which way you cook it!
It’s full of healthy benefits by using Florida Orange Juice and packed with protein!
Easy Pasta Weeknight Dinner Ideas
No Boil Veggie Pasta Bake (Gluten Free)
This gluten-free no-boil vegetarian pasta bake is the perfect weeknight dinner!
Simply mix uncooked pasta, sauce, cottage cheese, frozen broccoli, and nutritional yeast together, then bake for a high-protein, high-fiber dinner.
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Pasta Bake
Healthy Buffalo Chicken Pasta Bake is a quick and easy meal that’s ready in just 30 minutes and is full of creamy and cheesy flavor with just enough spice from the buffalo sauce!
One Pot Chicken Parm Pasta is so easy to make and filled with traditional Italian flavors!
Made with whole ingredients and ready in less than 30 minutes making it an easy and healthy weeknight meal idea!
Chicken Taco Spaghetti Casserole
Family-friendly and so EASY, everyone will love this Chicken Taco Spaghetti Casserole. Just dump and bake!
This easy ravioli bake is comfort food at its best! Featuring tender ravioli, a flavorful tomato sauce loaded with fresh herbs, roasted zucchini, and lots of gooey cheese, everyone will love this make-ahead dinner recipe, and it’s perfect for busy weeknights.
Our Carbone Spicy Rigatoni recipe is a quick and easy weeknight dinner that brings the flavors of an Italian restaurant to your home. With a silky vodka sauce and a kick of spice, this spicy pasta dish is ready in just 25 minutes.
Mustard Greens and Sausage Orecchiette
This recipe for mustard greens and sausage orecchiette is a classic Italian recipe the whole family will love!
The ear shaped pasta scoops up all the yummy, garlicky sauce.
Asian Inspired Easy Weeknight Dinner Ideas
Asian Chicken Meatballs are an easy healthy appetizer or dinner that’s ready in less than 30 minutes and covered in a homemade glaze.
Our recipe for Healthier Mongolian Beef recipe is not only a great and easy weeknight meal, but it’s way better than takeout and cheaper too!
Ground Turkey Teriyaki Stir Fry
It doesn’t get easier than this ground Turkey teriyaki stir fry recipe that comes together in just 20 minutes.
It has veggies added to make it a full meal serving over rice and it’s loaded with satisfying rice flavor to make your weeknight dinner a success!
This easy Thai Drunken Noodles recipe, or Pad Kee Mao Spaghetti , uses readily available ingredients, such as spaghetti and canned tuna, but also shares how to make the authentic recipe.
It’s a deliciously quick weeknight dinner, on the dinner table in 20 minutes!
Air fryer orange chicken is a simple 30 minute dinner that tastes just like takeout, but made with simple and healthier ingredients.
More Easy Dinners for any day of the week!
BLTs are my go-to when I want an easy dinner that everyone loves!
These juicy Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches whip up in about 20 minutes! They make a family favorite weeknight meal!
I hope you found this list of the best easy weeknight dinner recipes helpful! I’d love to know which one you will be making first!
