Dinner will be ready in less than 20 minutes with these easy and quick dinner ideas that taste really amazing. Most are also pretty healthy! Some of them are, well…comforting creamy pasta that the whole family will love on weeknights.
Actually, there’s something for everyone! Choose from quick vegetarian dinner recipes, chicken dinner recipes, ground beef recipes and fast dinners with seafood. Most of these tasty meals are dinners for two, but they can easily be adapted for a bigger family.
And if you’re new to cooking and don’t know what to make and how to make it – you got this. Cooking is one of the most rewarding skills you can learn and most of these recipes are beginner-friendly. Like actually super easy to pull off. So give them a try and practice as much as you can – you’ll get better and better at it!
Quick Dinner Ideas With Chicken
Creamy Chicken And Vegetables
This creamy keto dinner recipe is made with chicken breast, cream cheese and vegetables in about 20 minutes. You can serve it with some rice if you’re not following a low carb diet.
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 2
15-Minute Pesto Chicken Cauliflower Rice
Got some pesto, leftover chicken and cauliflower or cauliflower rice? Then you’ve got most things for this tasty healthy chicken recipe! Again, if you’re not on a low carb diet, you can use cooked rice or another cooked grain instead of cauliflower rice.
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Spicy And Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla
The things you can make with leftover chicken…or even leftover turkey for dinner…unbelievable! Just like this spicy and cheesy chicken quesadilla that you’ll want to make again and again!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Mediterranean Chicken Skillet
One of my favorite recipes and combination of flavors! Summer vegetables like eggplant and tomatoes, come together with chicken, olives, garlic and feta cheese and make the most delicious thing ever! You really want to have some good bread for this one.
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 3
Parmesan Pesto Chicken Wraps
Can you eat wraps for dinner? I say you can! And make them good – mix some garlic, chicken, pesto and parmesan, toast on the wrap on each side until golden brown and dig in.
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
15-Minute Quinoa Fried Rice With Chicken
Got some leftover quinoa or rice? Make this recipe! You seriously won’t be able to stop eating it!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 3
15-Minute Spicy Chicken and Chickpeas
Have this spicy chicken and chickpeas with some salad and hummus on the side for a quick and healthy weeknight dinner!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 4
Greek Chicken Wrap With Rotisserie Chicken
If you love gyros, this one comes pretty close to it! Fresh, flavorful and super easy to make!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 4
20-Minute Chicken, Rice and Peas
The perfect recipe to make if you’ve got day-old cooked rice, some chicken, frozen peas and vegetables!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 3
Quinoa With Chicken And Kale
When you’ve got leftovers, this is the type of meal you make! It’s made with chicken, leftover quinoa, feta cheese, garlic, tomatoes, kale and it’s really good!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 3
Spicy Avocado Chicken Wraps
These are spicy, cheesy, filling and full of flavor! All you need to do is mix the ingredients for the filling in a bowl, place those ingredients with some extra veggies in the middle of a tortilla, wrap it and toast in a pan on both sides until golden brown. It’s so worth it!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Quick Vegetarian Dinner Ideas
Easy Vegan Fried Rice With Tofu
Even if you’re not the biggest fan of tofu, I recommend you try this at some point in your life! It’s a delicious, satiating vegan meal that everyone will enjoy!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 2
Creamy Tortellini With Spinach and Garlic
OMG! If you’re looking for a meal that will just knock your tastebuds out, this is the one to make! It’s so good. Like really good. Spinach, sour cream and tortellini make the magic happen.
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 3
One-Pan Mediterranean Chickpea Dinner
Garbanzo beans, feta cheese, garlic and tomatoes are some of the ingredients you’ll need to make this one pan meal. Serve with some bread and tzatziki for a quick Mediterranean weeknight dinner!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Coconut Curry Vegetable Soup
If you want to keep dinner really light, try this Thai-inspired coconut curry vegetable soup! It’s sweet, creamy, spicy and healthy!
Ready in: 10 minutes | Serves: 3
Mediterranean Feta Cheese Quesadilla
If you love feta cheese and would like to try something new and super flavorful – try this meatless tortilla recipe for dinner! You’ll be amazed how simple, yet tasty it is!
Ready in: 10 minutes | Serves: 2
Easy Cabbage Tofu Stir-Fry
Got some cabbage and tofu and don’t know what to make? Try this healthy veggie tofu stir-fry for one! It’s a really quick satiating dinner that is vegan and low carb.
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 1
One Pan Couscous with Tomatoes, Basil and Garlic
A good reason to try couscous! This simple vegetarian meal is great for dinner with some salad. Or, if you’re not vegetarian, it’s great as a side dish with some fish, seafood or chicken!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 2
Spicy And Cheesy Cauliflower Rice
This cheesy and spicy cauliflower recipe is perfect for a healthier low-calorie dinner option and it’s also vegetarian!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 2
Vegan Avocado Chickpea Wraps
If you love wraps as much as I do, you’ve got to try this vegetarian wrap recipe! It’s flavorful and simple and pretty cheap too!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 3
15-Minute Quinoa Fried Rice
A healthier version of fried rice that you can make with cooked quinoa! This recipe is one that you will make again and again and again!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
15-Minute Coconut Red Curry Noodles With Tofu
You won’t be able to get enough of these delicious curry noodles and fast enough! They’re spicy, they’re satisfying and they’re a great weeknight dinner idea!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 3
Easy Dinners With Ground Beef
Healthy Ground Beef and Cabbage Stir-Fry
Ground beef gets stir-fried with some cabbage, red peppers, garlic, scallions and tamari sauce to make this super quick, super tasty low carb meal!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Spiced Ground Beef and Vegetables
Serve this super flavorful ground beef recipe with some rice and avocado and fresh herbs!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 3
Easy Ground Beef, Mushrooms and Rice Skillet
If you like mushrooms, rice and fresh herbs, you need to try this simple, delicious one-pan dinner!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 2
Ground Beef Korean Bowls
These Korean ground beef bowls are made with fresh and dried spices, lots of garlic, lean ground beef and are packed with flavor, healthy and nutritious!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
20-Minute Spicy Ground Beef and Cabbage
Use up that cabbage in your fridge to make this spicy and nutritious ground beef and cabbage recipe! Just a few ingredients and only one pan, this is a great weeknight dinner recipe!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 3
Quick Dinner Recipes With Seafood
Easy Coconut Curry Shrimp Soup
You’ll be shocked how delicious this easy creamy Thai-inspired soup actually is!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 3
15-Minute Garlic Shrimp in Tomato Sauce
You can use frozen shrimp and fresh tomatoes to make this incredibly tasty, yet simple shrimp recipe! It’s only 5 ingredients! I wouldn’t even bother with rice or pasta here, just get your favorite white bread and go crazy.
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Garlic Shrimp and Broccoli
This is a creamy and easy shrimp recipe with broccoli and garlic that you will love! It’s great if you’re wanting to watch your carbohydrate intake in order to lose weight or to reduce insulin resistance.
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Garlic Squid With Tomato Sauce
Squid, tomato paste, garlic and dried basil are some of the main players in this wonderful healthy dish for one!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 1
10-Minute Tuna Melt Quesadilla With Sriracha
If you’ve got a can of tuna that you want to use up, make sure to try this amazing quesadilla! It’s creamy, it’s spicy, it’s garlicky…it’s just excellent and you’ve got to make it!
Ready in: 10 minutes | Serves: 2
15-Minute Spicy Quinoa And Shrimp
Zucchini, cooked quinoa, shrimp, mozzarella and tomatoes all go into one pan and it’s actually mouthwatering!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Chickpea and Tuna Meal Prep Bowls
Don’t be judgy, mkay? If you haven’t tried this tuna recipe, you have no idea how good it actually is! And it’s pretty healthy too.
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 3
Spicy Shrimp and Vegetables Stir-Fry
Nothing easier and tastier than a simple stir-fry for dinner! This one is made with broccoli, shrimp, bell pepper, ginger, green beans and tamari sauce.
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
Quick Pasta Recipes
Now we’re talking. We’ve come to my favorite part of the collection: pasta! Is there anything better than pasta? The answer is no. Especially if you’re not gluten intolerant. But even if you are, like myself, you can still dream of pasta or you know, try gluten free pasta. It’s seriously not that bad, I’m okay. Now let’s look at these recipes.
Amazing Creamy Tuna Pasta
Remember how everyone was making tuna pasta a while ago? Well, everybody has to make this particular recipe. It’s packed with flavor, tastes incredible and is a cheaper weeknight meal idea!
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 2
Creamy Tomato Basil Tortellini
Cheese tortellini, fresh tomatoes, basil, zucchini and cream cheese are some of the ingredients you need to make this comforting pasta recipe!
Ready in: 15 minutes | Serves: 2
12-Minute Spicy Feta Pasta
Feta pasta gone a different way! When you don’t have an oven and would like to clean up only one pan, this is the feta pasta recipe you need in your life. It’s spicy, it’s loaded with herbs, feta and garlic and it’s great for dinner.
Ready in: 12 minutes | Serves: 1
Super Creamy Salmon Tortellini
Salmon pasta has been one of my favorite meals since the first time I tasted it, around 10 years ago. If you haven’t already, you have to try it (in case you like salmon of course!). This tortellini recipe will definitely win you over.
Ready in: 20 minutes | Serves: 2
10-Minute Healthy Macaroni and Chicken
You can seriously make this in 10 minutes using quick cooking macaroni, leftover shredded chicken and fresh tomatoes! The pasta is pretty healthy and kid-friendly too!
Ready in: 10 minutes | Serves: 2
More Quick Recipes To Try:
- 10-Minute Oatmeal Strawberry Pancakes
- 5-Minute Healthy Yogurt Breakfast Parfaits
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Bites
Yield: 2
Quick Dinner Ideas In 20 Minutes Or Less
Delicious easy & quick dinner ideas perfect for weeknights! Choose between chicken dinner recipes, vegetarian dinners, ground beef recipes, easy pasta recipes and seafood recipes. These weeknight meals are easily adapted for a family!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Ingredients
Creamy Tomato Basil Tortellini
- 7oz/200g cheese tortellini, refrigerated
- 1 zucchini, chopped
- 1 cup juicy tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup basil
- 2 Tbsp milk
- 2 Tbsp cream cheese (heaping)
- 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Chop all the vegetables and heat a large pan (medium-high temperature).
- Cook the chopped tomato with the olive oil in the pan for 2-3 minutes, covered with a lid until you get your tomato sauce.
- Stir in the tortellini and let them cook for 1-2 minutes (or follow instructions on package label - some types might need to cook longer - the ones I bought took 3-4 minutes).
- Stir in the zucchini and garlic. Then add the cream cheese and a little bit of milk - this will turn into a creamy garlicky sauce.
- In 1-2 minutes add in the mozzarella cheese and the basil, stirring throughout. Have a taste and add salt if needed.
- Serve immediately and add Parmesan cheese or arugula if desired.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
2Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 557Total Fat: 29gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 17gCholesterol: 67mgSodium: 841mgCarbohydrates: 56gFiber: 4gSugar: 6gProtein: 20g
