30-Minute (or Less) Dinners

Get dinner on the table in a hurry with this extensive collection of 30-minute dinners. Pasta tosses, chicken dinners, beef entrees, seven-ingredient recipes—you name it, we've got the recipes you need to save weeknight dinners. No time to stop at the grocery store? No problem. Turn to our simple dinners from pantry staples to use up ingredients you already have stocked. Cooking with what's in season is always in style. Make our quick and easy grilled recipes for summer barbecue season; our fresh, full-of-produce spring recipes; and warm, cozy classics of winter and fall. Want to shave even more time off your meal prep? Try our 20-minute dinners. Make quick work of dinner by transforming last night's leftovers into something new with our leftover makeovers. The ideas are easy: Turn one dinner's meat sauce into a calzone filling the next night, or use up baked chicken breast in a pasta toss. Trimming time also means making smart shortcuts; use these shopping techniques and prep tips to finish dinner fast.

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Fast and Healthy Dinner Recipes
Quick and Healthy Dinner Recipes

You may be short on time, but you can still enjoy a healthy dinner in 30 minutes or less.

30-Minute Healthy Chicken Dinners

Stop here for 20+ ways to enjoy a dinner favorite—chicken—in 30 minutes or less.


More Ways to Enjoy a Quick Dinner
30-Minute Beef Recipes

These 30-minute-or-less meals, including steak suppers and beef toppers for pasta, are sure to satisfy.

25-Minute Healthy Dinners

Enjoy a satisfying, healthy dinner in less time than it takes to watch your favorite evening sitcom.

Everything in 30-Minute (or Less) Dinners
Great Menus
  • 30-Minute Meals

    Ready in 30 minutes or less, these menus are delicious and far better than any of that takeout or delivery stuff.

  • A Weekend of Family Meal Ideas

    Serve up family-friendly food for an entire weekend with this meal-by-meal guide.

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Easy Meal Ideas
Proven Crowd Pleasers
  • Our Best 30-Minute Beef Recipes

    From fancy steak suppers to simple pasta tosses, these meals are so good -- and so simple to make, even on hectic w...

  • Quick & Easy Chicken Recipes

    Tight on time? No problem. These chicken recipes are easy to make and take less than 35 minutes to prepare. No more...

Seasonal Suppers
  • 20-Minute Fall Dinners

    Quick dinners don't have to be boring. Check out 23 dinner ideas featuring chicken, pork, turkey, and even pot roas...

  • 30-Minute (or Less) Summer Suppers

    These weeknight meals are simple, fresh, and on the table in a flash.

  • Quick & Easy Grilled Fish

    Your favorite fish is even better on the grill. From spicy tuna steaks to tender mustard-glazed halibut, these reci...

  • Cookouts That Dazzle

    Every dish here cooks up with 8 ingredients or less. From juicy steak with fresh corn relish to chili-rubbed drumst...

  • Quick & Easy Spring Dinners

    Forget the drive-thru. These delicious dinners, featuring the season's freshest ingredients, are ready in 30 minute...

  • Quick & Easy Spring Dinners

    Forget the drive-thru. These delicious dinners, featuring the season's freshest ingredients, are ready in 30 minute...