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:
Easy Cheeseburger Quesadillas
Grocery list: Tortillas, ground beef, Cheddar cheese, steak seasoning, onion, lettuce, tomato, pickles and mustard
Cabbage Roll Casserole
Grocery list: Cabbage, ground beef, Italian dressing, onion, instant rice, tomato soup and pasta sauce
Pumpkin Pancakes
Grocery list: Milk, pumpkin, egg, oil, vinegar, flour, vanilla, sugar and pumpkin spice
Tuna Cornbread Cakes
Grocery list: Cornbread mix, milk, mayonnaise, onions, eggs, parsley, Old Bay seasoning, Worcestershire sauce, tuna and oil
Baked French Toast with Caramel Glaze
Grocery list: Italian bread, eggs, milk, cinnamon, vanilla, butter, brown sugar, pecans and powdered sugar
Buffalo Chicken Soup
Grocery list: Celery, carrot, onion, flour, milk, chicken broth, chicken, buffalo sauce, Cheddar cheese and rice
Hope you have a great week!
The cheeseburger quesadillas sound great! I never would have thought of that! It will definitely be on my meal plan coming up and probably the cabbage roll casserole too! Yum!
Hope you enjoy them! 🙂