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Over 40 Quick Dinner Ideas (All in Under 1 Hour!)

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Published August 14, 2015 by Jennifer. 7 Comments.
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Dinner in our house is always a little hectic. Not that I am not prepared or organized, but because with all of back to school, after school, long work day schedules, I just don’t seem to have enough time on my hands.

While I like to make things ahead of time and totally use my slow cooker, sometimes I like to make something quick like these Easy Instant Pot Recipes.

This is a list of over 40 quick dinner ideas that I hope will help you battle some of the night time – time crunches you might be experiencing like we are. These time saving quick dinner ideas are ready from start to finish in under an hour.

Check out all of the amazing things you can make in a flash.

Need dinner ideas quick? Over 40+ Quick Dinner Ideas - All Ready in Under an Hour | PinkWhen

One of the best ways for our family of six to save money is by cooking in and not eating out. Our bills from going out to eat can exceed $100 or more. Eating in also has its advantages because you know exactly what is going into your meal. The only downfall is that cooking can be time-consuming.

Quick Dinner Ideas in under an hour

That’s why I went into search mode and found over 40 of the most amazing recipes for dinner, and they all take less than an hour to make. (Score!) You don’t have to heat up frozen dinners or order in, you can make these quick dinner recipes fast!

Not only that, but if you are going to tell me I can make an easy weeknight dinner and have dinner ready in under 30 minutes, you will be my new best friend! Check out all of the amazing recipes below.

Quick Dinner Ideas (Chicken)

Need a little protein in your diet? We’ve put together a great list of recipes with chicken that can be made from start to finish in under an hour.

These easy chicken dinner recipes are perfect for a busy weeknight.

Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Quinoa Casserole

Grilled Hawaiian Chicken Teriyaki Bowls

Chicken with Garlic and Parsley

Easy Baked Chicken Chimichangas

Easy Chicken Tortilla Stack

Pulled Tandoori Chicken

Cheesy Chicken Rollups

Southwest Chicken Sandwich

Easy Fajita Chicken Bake

Easy Monterrey Chicken Bake

One Pot Mediterranean Chicken

Easy Cashew Chicken

Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Stuffed Peppers

Chicken Pot Pie Crescent Braid

Orange Chicken

Chicken Breasts with Mushroom Onion Dijon sauce

One Pot Cheesy Chicken Pasta

Buffalo Chicken Tortilla Pie

Quick Dinner Ideas (Beef)

Looking for something quick to make with beef? Check out this list of quick dinner ideas all made with beef.

Skillet Beef and Bean Taco Salad

One Skillet Cheesy Beef and Macaroni

Beef Kielbasa and Potato Skillet

One Pot Pasta – Triple Meat Pizza Casserole

Quick Dinner Ideas (Vegetarian)

Not all of us are carnivores, so I also added some great recipes for our leafy greens and vegetable only eating friends. The caprese pasta is AMAZING!

Creamy Tomato and Spinach Tortellini

Skillet Spinach Lasagna

Caprese Pasta

Spinach Manicotti

Quick Dinner Ideas (Pork)

I love a good pork recipe. These are some of the best, quick dinner ideas with pork. Which one are you ready to try first?

Bacon Broccoli Mac and Cheese

Spicy Pineapple BBQ Pork Lettuce Wraps

Cuban Sliders

Bacon Wrapped Chicken and Potatoes

Spaghetti Carbonara

3 Meat Pizza Ring

One Pot Pasta – Triple Meat Pizza Casserole

Quick Dinner Ideas (Fish/Seafood)

Looking for a few quick dinners that have fish or seafood? I love everything easy, and it’s a bonus if it’s salmon or seafood. Check out this great list of fish and seafood ideas below.

Lemon Herb Salmon

White Cheddar Easy Tuna Casserole

Shrimp Stir Fry Rice

Easy Sweet Chili Salmon

Mediterranean Shrimp Pasta

Chinese Steamed Eggplant with Shrimp Stir Fry

Quick Dinner Ideas (Ground Turkey)

I am a HUGE fan of subbing turkey in any meals that I can. I love that it’s so lean and full of protein. Check out these dinner ideas that can be made easily using turkey.

Guilt-Free Mexican Haystacks

Honey Mustard Pretzel Turkey Burgers

Stuffed Pepper Casserole

Make life easy with even more Quick Dinners Ideas

Don’t let dinner be a stressful event at your house. Make dinner a little faster with a quick dinner idea from this great list of recipes.

If you liked this post, you might also like my list of 25 of the best slow cooker soup recipes,  quick and easy snack ideas, or my roundup up of over 50 easy appetizers.

You might also like this list of Paleo Dinner ideas, or these 22 sheet pan ideas.

What are are your favorite quick dinner ideas? Do you have any that we should list here? Leave them below in the comments.

Need ideas for quick dinners? Over 40+ Quick Dinner Ideas - All Ready in Under an Hour | PinkWhen

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