Quick Dinner Ideas
Happy Monday! Here’s this week’s edition of “Quick Dinner Ideas.”
To me, “quick” dinner ideas doesn’t necessarily mean a meal you can throw together in five minutes. To me, the quick part comes before dinner time by:
- having a plan for this week’s dinners
- having the ingredients on hand–(a.k.a. a trip to the grocery)
That is the biggest hurdle to jump in having a quick dinner. Once you do that, for the most part you are set!
For those nights however, that you literally may have minutes to spare, plan a few super simple dinner ideas:
- light all beef kosher hot dogs (nitrate free if you can find them)
- pasta
- scrambled eggs
- frozen veggie burgers
- burritos with whatever fillings I have on hand
- frozen chicken, veggie and pasta “dinner in a bag” from the freezer section of the grocery
- a crockpot meal that you started in the morning and is ready at dinner time
- keep raw veggies and fruits on hand to add to a less than ideal dinner
Check out my post 10 Ways to Make “Making Dinner”Easier.
To help with menu planning and grocery shopping, be sure to check out my free printables:
Dinner Planner and Grocery List Printable
Weekly Meal Planner
Printable Grocery List
Okie doke, on to this week’s quick dinner ideas:
Crockpot Bacon and Ranch Chicken & Pasta with a salad
Grocery list: Chicken breasts, bacon, garlic, dry ranch salad dressing mix, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, pasta and salad ingredients
Chicken Chili and Quick Blender Light Rolls
Grocery list: Northern beans, chunky salsa, cooked chicken and roll ingredients
Bacon and egg crescent squares and fruit salad
Grocery list: Eggs, crescent rolls, bacon, Parmesan cheese, parsley and assorted fruits
Crock pot baked potato bar
Grocery list: Baking potatoes, shredded cheese, broccoli, bacon and sour cream
Steak fajitas
Grocery list: Steak, tortillas, onions, peppers, salsa, cheese and sour cream
Baked caramel french toast, ham and fruit
Grocery list: French bread, eggs, pecans, milk, ham and fruit
Have a great week!
