11 Dinners My Family Begs Me to Make on the Regular
There’s no reason to pull out your hair, trying to come up with clever things to make for dinner. When you find recipes your family loves, put them on repeat. Here are the 11 dinners my family begs me to make on the regular.
Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole
My family loves this Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole Recipe. I love that it has just five ingredients and three of them can be from leftovers from other dinners. So, if you’re tempted to order Mexican, try this recipe instead. Guaranteed, your family is going to love it.
Get the Recipe: Easy Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole
Fried Chicken in the Crock Pot
When I tell my kids that we’re having fried chicken for dinner, they know it’s not poultry in a bucket that I got at the drive through. It’s my famous “fried” chicken in the Crock Pot, which doesn’t involve any frying but tastes like you did.
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Honey Chipotle Steak and Potatoes
Steak and potatoes is a hearty dinner, to be sure, and great on a busy weeknight. With this Honey Chipotle Steak and Potatoes recipe, I’ve taken a basic steak and potatoes dish and given it a modern and spicy twist.
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Italian Sausage and Pepper Pasta in One Pot
This sausage and pepper pasta dish is a hearty, one-dish dinner that allows you to get supper on the table in under 30 minutes. If you have a vegetarian to feed, you can substitute real sausage for the meat-alternative kind. It tastes just as good.
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Broccoli Chicken Cheese Casserole
For the longest time, my picky eaters weren’t even aware that there was broccoli in the Broccoli Chicken Cheese Casserole. That’s because I use tiny florets and the cheese and seasoned chicken are so delicious, they just gobble it up.
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Easy Pasta Puttanesca
Pasta Puttanesca is a classic Italian quick sauce that may be the fastest pasta dish you’ll ever make. It tastes like it came from a restaurant. We have started making this for holiday dinners and it’s great for a weeknights and weekends, too
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Creamy Chicken and Corn Pasta
I love coming up with these 30 minute dinners. This one focuses on chicken and corn in a creamy sauce served over pasta. It’s unbelievable that you can whip up this meal in a half hour but it’s true. It’s quickly become one of the ones my family requests repeatedly.
Get the recipe: Creamy Chicken and Corn Pasta
Fast No Rise Pizza Dough
This fast, no rise pizza dough does not need any rise time. Simply mix, shape, add sauce, cheese and toppings. Then bake. My family loves making pizza at home, and I love how quickly this dough becomes a delicious pizza.
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Goat Cheese Pizza Sauce
Add a pop of unexpected but delicious flavor to your pizza sauce by blending in goat cheese, yes, goat cheese. At first my family wasn’t sure but now this is the sauce they want me to make to put on DIY pizza dinners.
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Shrimp Scampi Over Linguine
The first time I made this Shrimp Scampi Over Linguine, my family thought I’d secretly gotten Olive Garden takeout. Nope, it’s all me. Now I keep frozen shrimp on hand all the time so that when they ask for this dinner, I can make it in under 30 minutes.
Get the recipe: Shrimp Scampi Over Linguine
Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls
Arancini are cheese-filled fried risotto balls. When Trader Joe’s was selling these, they were always on our shopping list. Now that they’ve been discontinued, we created our copycat version, which has become a fan favorite for dinner.
Get the Recipe: Copycat Trader Joe’s Arancini Rice Balls
