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Looking for the best easy quick dinner recipes? This collection of fast and simple dinners has something for everyone. You’ll find some of my best quick and easy vegetable, ground beef, chicken, pasta and breakfast recipes.
Whether you’re looking for new homemade dinner ideas or easy recipes your family will love, you’ll find what you’re looking for.

A plate of Pepper Jelly Pinwheels filled with cheese, bacon, and green onions is stacked on a white plate, with salt and pepper shakers in the background.

Pepper Jelly Pinwheels

Three Asian Lettuce Wraps filled with seasoned ground meat and diced vegetables, garnished with chopped green onions, served on a white rectangular plate.

Chicken Asian Lettuce Wraps

A glass of Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie with a yellow-and-white striped straw, topped with shredded coconut and surrounded by banana slices and chocolate pieces.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie

Square pretzels with Hershey Kisses and colorful M&M's are arranged on a parchment-lined baking sheet, creating a sweet and salty treat.

Pretzels with Hershey Kisses

A round, powdered sugar-dusted Lemon Curd Cookie with a yellow custard filling in the center sits on parchment paper.

Lemon Curd Cookies

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Creamer in a mason jar.

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Creamer

A Cranberry Chicken Salad croissant sandwich, filled with chicken salad, celery, and dried cranberries, sits on a wooden board with a colorful napkin.

Cranberry Chicken Salad

Shaved Brussel Sprouts Salad with Apples features shredded lettuce, crisp chopped apples, pomegranate seeds, candied walnuts, and creamy dressing on a white plate.

Shaved Brussel Sprouts Salad with Apples

A white bowl filled with Cinnamon Roasted Pecans coated in a sugar and spice mixture, placed on a light-colored surface.

Cinnamon Roasted Pecans

A red bowl decorated with green and yellow Christmas trees is filled with chocolate covered popcorn, coated in white topping and sprinkled with red and green festive sprinkles.

White Chocolate Covered Popcorn

A Cranberry Turkey Slider with poppy seeds on a soft roll, served on a white plate with cranberry sauce and parsley in the background—perfect for those who love classic Cranberry Turkey Sliders.

Cranberry Turkey Sliders

A bowl of Turkey Rice Soup with pieces of turkey, carrots, celery, rice, and fresh herbs, served with a slice of bread in the background.

Easy Turkey Rice Soup

A plate of creamy pumpkin risotto topped with grated cheese and chopped herbs, set on a white surface with an onion and a pumpkin in the background.

Pumpkin Risotto

A glass baking dish filled with a Thanksgiving Leftovers Casserole, layered and topped with golden breadcrumbs, finished with a rosemary sprig; bowls of cranberries add festive flair in the background.

Thanksgiving Leftover Casserole

A Turkey Panini stacked with melted cheese, sliced turkey, leafy greens, and cranberry sauce sits on a wooden cutting board, garnished with whole cranberries.

Leftover Turkey Panini (Thanksgiving Panini)

An Oreo Dirt Cake with crumbled cookies and gummy worms on top sits on a plate; nearby are a bowl of gummy worms and a plate of chocolate sandwich cookies.

Oreo Dirt Cake

Meat alongside roasted green beans, tomatoes, onions, and yellow squash, all sprinkled with grated cheese for a delicious one-pan meal.

Italian Sheet Pan Pork Chops

A plate of Baked Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo penne pasta with melted cheese, garnished with parsley, on a white plate with a fork nearby.

Baked Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

Two delicious Wimpies, also known as Easy Sloppy Joes, filled with a savory mixture of ground meat, onions, and green peppers on a wooden board.

Wimpies (Easy Sloppy Joes)

Bowl of cookie dough dip with side of vanilla wafers and a red stripe napkin

5 Minute Chocolate Chip Dip

A white dish filled with several Mini Pigs in a Blanket, small sausages wrapped in golden-brown pastry, sits on a marble surface next to a striped cloth.

Mini Pigs in a Blanket

A log of Garlic Herb Steak Butter with herbs and vegetables is sliced on a white plate, with greenery in the blurred background.

Garlic Herb Steak Butter

A fork holding a bite of Fried Cabbage and Sausage, with more cabbage, sausage, and vegetables visible in the background.

Fried Cabbage and Sausage

A white dish filled with roasted baby carrots, garnished with fresh herbs and small pieces of garlic.

Honey Garlic Roasted Baby Carrots

A serving of Chicken Broccoli Divan casserole on a white plate with a fork, next to fresh broccoli and a baking dish.

Chicken Broccoli Divan

A plate of Enchilada Pasta with bowtie noodles, melted cheese, diced vegetables, and herbs, served on a light pink plate with a gray napkin underneath.

Baked Enchilada Pasta

A breast, breaded and baked to perfection then sliced in half to reveal its juicy inside, with a bunch of leafy green parsley in the background.

Chicken Milanese

A slice of toasted Air Fryer Garlic Bread topped with melted cheese and sprinkled with herbs, served on a white plate.

Air Fryer Garlic Bread

A plate of Apple Cranberry Salad with chopped apples, grapes, cranberries, nuts, and creamy dressing. An apple and a cinnamon stick are in the background.

Apple Cranberry Salad

A Hellman’s Crusted Parmesan Chicken thigh with a golden, crispy crust is served on a white plate alongside steamed Brussels sprouts.

Hellmann’s Crusted Parmesan Chicken

A white plate with florets, set on a gray surface with a striped cloth and garlic visible in the background.

Air Fryer Fried Cauliflower

Three slices of homemade garlic bread with a golden, crispy crust are stacked on a white plate, garnished with chopped herbs.

Homemade Garlic Bread

Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles

A bowl of Lemon Asparagus Pasta features penne mixed with asparagus and topped with grated cheese, accompanied by a fork, lemon, and fresh asparagus spears in the background.

Lemon Asparagus Pasta

A heaping serving of the salmon pasta on a white dish.

Salmon Pasta Recipe

Ham and Noodle Casserole

A white plate with Creamy dish garnished with grated cheese and chopped parsley.

Creamy Mushroom Risotto

A white bowl of the air fryer gnocchi.

Air Fryer Gnocchi

A plate of dinner garnished with chopped parsley, sits on a white plate with fresh parsley in the background.

Creamy Chicken Pesto Pasta

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Christina Hitchcock NY Times Best Selling Author and recipe developer behind It Is a Keeper

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A glass jar filled with apple pie moonshine, surrounded by fresh apples and spices, sits on a countertop.

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