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30 Minute Dinner Recipes

Life can be demanding. Between jobs, school, kids, family, social obligations and hobbies, you don’t always have time to put a meal on the table. Instead of heading for the nearest drive through, check out this compilation of over fifty 30 minute dinner ideas.

Each of these recipes can be prepared from start to finish in less than half an hour. Don’t think just because these 30 minute meals are quick that they aren’t big on flavor. I feed each of these 30 minute dinner recipes to my own family and they are definitely kid approved.

Our favorite 30 minute meal:

Sloppy Joes From Scratch

My most popular 30 minute dinner ideas:

Shrimp Creole
Garden Vegetable Meatball Tortellini Soup
Hearty Chicken Noodle Soup From Scratch
Chicken Parmesan

Watch and learn:

All 30 minute meal recipes:
 

Filet of air fryer teriyaki salmon in a bowl with white rice, shelled edamame and pickled cabbage.
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Beginner | Fish and Seafood | Main Courses

Air Fryer Teriyaki Salmon

Blackened catfish fillet topped with Creole tomato sauce on a bed of rice.
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Fish and Seafood | Intermediate | Main Courses

Blackened Catfish with Creole Sauce

Sauteed Catfish Fillet with Creole Mustard Sauce
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Beginner | Fish and Seafood | Main Courses

Sauteed Catfish Fillet with Creole Mustard Sauce

skirt steak recipe
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Beef | Cinco de Mayo Recipes | Main Courses

Tequila Lime Skirt Steak

stuffed burgers
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Beef | Grilling | Main Courses | Sandwiches

Pepper Jack Stuffed Burgers with Bourbon Caramelized Onions

This easy chicken Parmesan recipe is simple enough for a weeknight meal! Chicken cutlets are dredged in egg, breadcrumbs, and Parmesan cheese, then fried until crispy and golden brown.
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Intermediate | Main Courses | Poultry

Chicken Parmesan

Two catfish fillets garnished with slices of lime in a cast iron skillet.
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Beginner | Fish and Seafood | Main Courses

12-Minute Pan Seared Catfish Fillets

Hand pouring teriyaki sauce over a bowl of bourbon chicken served over rice.
30 Minute Dinner Recipes | Intermediate | Poultry

Bourbon Chicken

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