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    Super Quick Dinners for Nights When Everyone Has Activities and Practices

    August 15, 2022 by Lauren Drawdy Leave a Comment

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    A great list of super quick dinners that you can have on the table in less time it would take to sit in the drive thru lane! 

    With the hustle and frenzy of back to school season and starting up the activities, practices and events, the calendar looks quite frightful. 

    It seems that we have something pressing every night of the week, despite my best efforts to keep a balanced schedule. 

    Family dinner at the table is a top priority for our family, and I wanted to share a list of go-to recipes that will help get the dinner onto the table…even if everyone has different activities that night. 

    In the past, I’ve called these 31 Minute Dinners or 15 Minute Dinners or “No-Thought Dinners” or N0-Cook Dinners. Today, I’m calling them…

    Super Quick Dinners for Nights When Everyone Has Practice! 

    super quick dinners for busy nights

     

    Find a new favorite “Everyone Has Activities Tonight Recipe” below!

    Super Quick Dinners

    Skillet Nachos

    Instead of piling the meat on top of the nachos, make the meat in a skillet, then assemble your nachos “upside down” or “inside out” or whatever…

    Avocado and Black Bean Quesadillas

    Zippy, zesty and crazy yummy quesadillas!

    Bacon & Honey Mustard Grilled Cheese

    Need we say more?! 🙂 YUM!

    Weeknight Spinach Lasagna Skillet - $5 Dinners | Meal Plans & Recipes

    All the delicious flavors of lasagna, in a quick weeknight skillet version!

    Pepperoni Pizza Rolls

    My boys are goo-goo-ga-ga over these pizza rolls!

    They love to help me roll them together, so we can have this meal on the table in no time. You can definitely have these on the table in under 20 minutes, start to finish.

    Ham & Cheese Sliders with Honey Mustard

    Very simple recipe. The homemade honey mustard may change the way you make sandwiches!

    Chorizo Potato Hash

    An amazing, quick and super delicious skillet dinner for you tonight! This really a “brinner” as it’s more of a breakfast meal than a dinner meal…so we’ll call it a brinner.

    Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich

    Fire up the broiler and call everyone for dinner! This one doesn’t take long to get on the table at all!

    The reason…the meat in a cheesesteak is super thin and doesn’t take long to cook at all. You’ll spend more time slicing up the bell peppers than you will sauteing everything together!

    Homemade Mac & Cheese with Bacon and Spinach

    As if homemade mac & cheese wasn't delicious enough, we are going to add bacon and spinach!

    Ham and Cheese Corn Cakes

    Adorable and delicious. Great for breakfast, lunch or dinner!

    Asian Ramen Noodle Salad

    This Asian Ramen Noodle Salad is so so so good. Not only because of the rich flavor of the homemade dressing. But because it’s CHEAP.

    BBQ Chicken French Bread Pizza

    Tasty chicken on fresh bread!

    Homemade Chicken and Biscuits with Barbecue Fry Sauce Recipe

    Everything about this recipe and this meal just screams delicious. From the easy to whip up BBQ Fry Sauce (I bet you have both ingredients in your fridge already!) to the homemade battered chicken strips. To the homemade biscuits.

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