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Dinner Recipes

Browse 142 dinner recipes with photos, prep and cook times, full ingredient lists, and step-by-step instructions.

Dinner

Salmon Patties with Creamy Lemon-Garlic Drizzle

These salmon cakes can be eaten as three smaller dinners. I make the sauce for the salmon cakes while cooking them. It takes 25 minutes to make dinner. A side sauce can be offered to diners, and lemon wedges can be offered with meals.

25 minOct 26, 2026

Dinner

Spinach Chicken Burgers with Oozing Cheddar Pockets

These spinach chicken burgers are simple to make: Preparations tips include precooking the chicken patties and buns just before serving to ensure fresh spinach pieces in the patties and melted cheese in the buns when the burger is sliced open (sliced hot cheese tastes better).

25 minOct 26, 2026

Dinner

Ratatouille Soup with Eggplant and Zucchini

Ratatouille soup makes six servings. I make it ahead of time for meals I want to serve as a side dish with other foods at different times. Eggplant and zucchini in the soup become tender in the tomato broth. A short blending period near the end of cooking adds pieces of vegetables to the soup (my favorite feature of this soup).

60 minOct 25, 2026

Dinner

Grilled Salmon with Mango Salsa: Make-Ahead Dinner

This grilled salmon with mango salsa recipe feeds four people if I make the mango salsa in advance for immediate use and grill the salmon fillets before serving. I can make the salsa in advance and garnish it with pieces of mango, lime, red onion, and cilantro. I like big pieces of mango on my grilled salmon fillets.

25 minOct 24, 2026

Dinner

Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Bake with Homemade Alfredo Sauce

This chicken and broccoli Alfredo casserole makes eight servings. The recipe is simple to make and prepare. I cook the pasta and broccoli at the same time in one pot and cook the Alfredo sauce in a separate pot while they cook. I include cooked chicken in the casserole when baking and top it with mozzarella cheese to heat the sauce and brown the cheese.

40 minOct 23, 2026

Dinner

Chicken Piccata with Lemon Butter Sauce and Capers

This chicken piccata yields four servings: I thin the cutlets and measure the pan sauce first, then cook it right before serving, while the chicken still has a crisp coating with the glossy lemon-butter sauce. Capers add a salty brine to the lemon dish, contributing considerably to the overall flavor (they do a lot here).

30 minOct 22, 2026

Lunch

Cajun Shrimp with Pale Orange Sauce

Cajun shrimp fit into my dinner preparation when I measure the spice mix carefully before I start with leaving the skillet work until the end. Four portions are made from within one 12-inch pan. Then, I complete all of those portions with a pale orange sauce in addition to the toppings while the shrimp stay hot (I like the sauce cool).

20 minOct 22, 2026

Dinner

Crockpot Beef Stew with Red Wine Gravy

Make this 8-serving crockpot beef stew when you want dinner ready for now while having extra bowls for later in the week. I make with the full pot. I then let the slow cooker turn the beef chuck tender while the Yukon Gold potatoes hold together, while the red wine gravy thickens at the end.

500 minOct 21, 2026

Dinner

Yellow Curry Poached Cod with Watercress and Chili Oil

I prepare four portions at once whenever I want dinner plated and also ready on the table, with each cod fillet placed in its own shallow bowl that has room for the curry (I prefer the yellow sauce in a shallow bowl). The yellow coconut curry evenly coats the fish, and I systematically spoon on the watercress along with the infused oil just before serving.

25 minOct 21, 2026

Lunch

Sweet Potato and Red Lentil Patties with Cilantro and Smoked Paprika

Medium sweet potatoes give these sweet potato and red lentil patties a soft center and mild sweetness, while pan-frying creates the outside crisp and browned. I create those when I want to prepare a vegetable-based main dish that still feels quite substantial. Smoked paprika adds to the mixture a warm edge, while I particularly like it with the sweet potato.

40 minOct 20, 2026

Dinner

Parmesan Crusted Chicken with Garlic Cream Sauce

Parmesan crusted chicken with garlic cream sauce makes four dinner portions when I want the breading along with chicken prepared before the pan goes on and I finish it just before the meal. Thick slices rest above a shallow pool of sauce, with toasted panko lying on dry top.

35 minOct 20, 2026

Lunch

Creamy Mushroom Chicken Soup with Cremini Mushrooms

Cremini mushrooms, sometimes called baby bellas, are recommended for this soup recipe because they hold their shape and provide strong flavor in a creamy soup. Sauteing the mushrooms before adding them to the soup adds texture and flavor contrast to the shredded chicken and parsley topping (I particularly enjoy browned mushrooms).

55 minOct 19, 2026

Dinner

White Garlic Pizza Sauce with Parmesan and Black Pepper

Prepare this white garlic pizza sauce ahead of time for pizza night. Allow it to cool a bit before topping the pizza with cheese and other raw ingredients to avoid making the sauce too wet from contact with the cheese. Makes 8 servings. Each serving includes garlic and coarse pepper (see photo).

25 minOct 19, 2026

Dinner

Crispy Fried Battered Chicken Tenders With Puffy Craggy Wet Batter

For family and tailgating meals, fried chicken strips taste and feel much like fair-style fried chicken. Seasoned chicken pieces are coated with a cold-water batter and fried until golden brown and crispy on the outside, with juicy chicken tenderloins on the inside, not a dry coating.

25 minOct 19, 2026

Dinner

Tofu Fried Chicken: Crispy Vegan KFC-Style Nuggets

Preheat the tofu by freezing and thawing it. Press and keep it in vegan chicken broth until needed for breading. This tofu recipe yields a vegan version of KFC chicken nuggets with a cornmeal and cornstarch breading and a more meaty texture.

38 minOct 18, 2026

Lunch

Vegan Chicken: Firm Seitan Fillets With Savory Miso Brine

Serve these vegan chicken strips at a family meal or cook multiple batches for other recipes. Steamed seitan strips with tofu, cannellini beans, miso, and vital wheat gluten can be torn or shredded after soaking in a wine and miso solution.

555 minOct 17, 2026

Dinner

Gluten-Free Chick-fil-A Chicken Nuggets with Crisp Seasoned Coating

These recipes are suitable for use as appetizers or main courses at home. Boneless chicken strips marinated in buttermilk and pickle juice and coated with seasoned gluten-free flour are fried to provide a crispy exterior and juicy interior like restaurant-served chicken.

90 minOct 17, 2026

Dinner

Chicken Chow Mein with Springy Noodles and Glossy Brown Sauce

For a weeknight meal, this chicken chow mein recipe features bouncy noodles, marinated chicken, and cabbage and carrots cooked in oyster sauce and Shaoxing wine and soy sauce. This Chinese takeout dish can be made in a single pan. The noodles need to be briefly boiled before cooking.

25 minOct 17, 2026

Dinner

Air Fryer Mummy Dogs with Golden Crescent Dough

Serve these at Halloween parties or as a quick Halloween meal. To make Air Fryer Mummy Dogs, place a hot dog inside a crescent roll that has been cut into strips. Leave some dough on the roll to create openings for pieces of candy to represent eyes. Air frying takes 6 to 8 minutes to brown the crescent dough.

18 minOct 16, 2026

Dinner

Chicken Piccata with Bright Lemon Caper White Wine Sauce

Precook four servings of breaded chicken to use during the week or freeze the finished skillet meal for easy weeknight meals. One dish you might prepare is Chicken Piccata, which uses breaded chicken with Parmesan and flour and a sauce made with white wine, lemon, capers, and butter.

55 minOct 16, 2026

Lunch

Fresh Tomato Gazpacho with Cucumber and Basil

This cold tomato gazpacho recipe can be incorporated into a summer meal plan with 20 minutes of preparation time and a blender. Olive oil, lemon juice, and fresh tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper, garlic, and basil make a tasty soup.

140 minOct 16, 2026

Dinner

Gigi Hadid Pasta with Creamy Tomato Sauce and Rigatoni

To make this dish in advance for dinner, cook a 16-ounce box of rigatoni and save some of the pasta cooking water and rigatoni to mix with Parmesan cheese and butter when serving later. This Gigi Hadid pasta recipe is a tomato-based pasta recipe that includes sautéed tomato paste, crushed red pepper for a hint of heat, and fresh basil.

30 minOct 16, 2026

Lunch

Hot Honey Chicken Bowls with Sweet Potatoes and Broccoli

These bowls of hot honey chicken are enough to serve four people as meal prep meals. All components except the sauce (the rice, chicken, sweet potatoes, and broccoli) can be cooked ahead of time and portioned into serving sizes. The sauce can be cooked ahead of time and added when serving the chicken.

40 minOct 15, 2026

Dinner

Crispy Oven-Baked Dumplings with Peanut Sauce

I use this recipe to make one 9x13 pan of dumplings to feed four people if I plan to eat some right away and have leftovers for later meals. I add frozen dumplings to a 9x13 pan and cover them with peanut sauce to flavor the pleats. This is a simple one-dish meal.

35 minOct 15, 2026

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