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by Amanda Keefer // August 28, 2019 (last updated July 20, 2021)

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If you’re looking for healthy, family-friendly dinner ideas that are quick and easy, here are 50+ 30-minute meals for you to enjoy!

As parents, putting a healthy, home-cooked meal on the table some weeknights seems like an impossible task. Between soccer practice or ballet and homework, there’s little time to throw together dinner.

With a little planning ahead, dinnertime can be easier (check out all of our great meal planning posts!). Have a stockpile of tried and true, quick and easy dinner recipes can also be a life saver!

30-Minute Meals for Easy Weeknights

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Amanda Keefer

Amanda’s marketing, public relations and community outreach experience spans 20 years. She is the mom of two girls and two boxer dogs. You can hear her as the host of the Healthy Family Project podcast, find her cooking alongside her girls in videos on the Produce for Kids Instagram feed or spot her out volunteering with her family. When not in the office, Amanda can be found with her family on the tennis courts or at the dance studio.

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FAQs

Who makes 30 minute meals? ›

Rachael Ray is a New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty cookbooks. She is the host of the Food Network's 30 Minute Meals and Rachael Ray's Kids Cook-Off, as well as the Cooking Channel's and the Food Network's Week in a Day.

What can you cook in 30 mins? ›

30-minute meal recipes
  • Mustard-stuffed chicken. A star rating of 4.6 out of 5. ...
  • Air-fryer fish tacos. This is a premium piece of content available to registered users. ...
  • Coconut fish curry. ...
  • Tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) ...
  • Air-fryer sweetcorn fritters. ...
  • 30 minute chicken & tarragon pasta. ...
  • Thai prawn noodles. ...
  • Pork noodle stir-fry.

What is the most easiest dish in the world? ›

Our 50 Easiest Recipes Ever For Lazy Cooks
  • 01 of 50. Shrimp and Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta. ...
  • 02 of 50. Soulful Chicken Soup. ...
  • 03 of 50. Spaghetti Casserole. ...
  • 04 of 50. Chicken Cutlets With Sun-Dried Tomato Cream Sauce. ...
  • 05 of 50. Quick Beef Chili. ...
  • 06 of 50. Sloppy Joe Casserole. ...
  • 07 of 50. Green Chile Mac And Cheese With Chicken. ...
  • 08 of 50.
Sep 20, 2023

Is 30 Minute Meals still on? ›

About the show. Rachael Ray's 30 Minute Meals, based on the cookbook series, debuted on November 17, 2001, and ended production in 2012, then was revived in 2019.

Who does 15 minute meals? ›

In each half-hour episode, host Jamie Oliver creates two meals, with each meal taking 15 minutes to prepare.

Are ready made meals cheap? ›

Picking up a ready meal may seem cheap and easy, but it actually costs less to make the same thing at home.

What is a family style meal? ›

“Family-style” is a method of dining where servers place all components of a meal on the table and allow everyone to serve themselves. They place large serving dishes in the middle of the table. In this way, everyone can reach the offerings and choose what they want.

How to make family meals for cheap? ›

Cheap family recipes
  1. Sausage & mushroom ragu. A star rating of 4.5 out of 5. ...
  2. Sloppy joes. A star rating of 4.2 out of 5. ...
  3. Air-fryer meatballs. A star rating of 0 out of 5. ...
  4. Peanut butter chicken. ...
  5. Coconut fish curry & rice. ...
  6. Stir-fried beef with ginger. ...
  7. Fajita chicken rice bowl with burnt lime. ...
  8. Speedy lentil coconut curry.

How to make a cheap meal plan? ›

10 tips to get you started on meal planning on a budget:
  1. Make a menu. ...
  2. Plan your meals around foods that are on sale. ...
  3. Plan some plant-based meals every week. ...
  4. Check your pantry, refrigerator and freezer. ...
  5. Enjoy grains more often. ...
  6. Avoid recipes that need a special ingredient. ...
  7. Look for seasonal recipes.
Feb 22, 2023

What are the top 10 healthiest dinners? ›

10 Simple Dinner Ideas for Healthy Eating in Real Life
  1. Stuffed sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are loaded with beneficial nutrients like beta carotene, vitamin C, potassium, and fiber ( 1 ). ...
  2. Grain bowls. ...
  3. Veggie loaded frittatas. ...
  4. Dinner salad. ...
  5. Loaded brown rice pasta. ...
  6. One-pot soups. ...
  7. Curry. ...
  8. Burgers.
Jun 30, 2021

What is the most easiest thing to cook? ›

Easy staples of mine:
  • Eggs - scrambled and over easy.
  • spaghetti with meat sauce (brown meat and add a jar of sauce)
  • hamburgers on the grill.
  • tacos (hamburger meat and seasoning packet)
  • Bake a chicken breast with seasoning and microwave a bag of frozen veggies for side.
Jan 17, 2018

What is the most simple thing to cook? ›

Our Go-To Easy Dinner Idea? Soup!
  • 5-Ingredient Chicken Tortilla Soup. As simple and easy as it sounds. ...
  • Taco Soup. Like tacos, but soup! ...
  • Tikka Masala Soup. Your favorite Indian chicken recipe, soup-ified. ...
  • Tortellini Soup with Italian Sausage and Kale. Can we just call this “The Soup”?

Which meal is easiest to skip? ›

Skipping Breakfast

People tend to find it easiest because generally, it's the meal commonly taken at a time of hurry, as you rush out the door in the morning.

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