What's for dinner? 20 quick and easy recipes to prepare a homemade and tasty dinner for the whole family.
What to cook for dinner tonight? What's for dinner? In English it sounds more chic! How many times have we said or at least thought about one of these phrases? Nearly every day!
And yes, because bringing to the table a good tasty dinner, which is also healthy, homemade and maybe even to be prepared in a short time is a question that arises every day for everyone. Especially for those with a family, or for mothers who work all day.
So how to try to organize yourself better and prepare a decent dinner without having to improvise on the run every night?
Here are some simple rules that will solve the problem of what to prepare for dinner!
The main tip for preparing a homemade dinner healthy and tasty is to plan meals. It takes a few minutes but trust us, it saves you so much time and in the long run.
How to plan one or more weeks of dinners (or even lunches).
- First take a notepad, calendar or our handy weekly planner and print it out.
- Then choose among the various recipes the ones you would like most. Alternating between meat, fish, legumes and eggs. Always combine a side dish.
- Once you have filled in yours food plan, for each recipe make a mini shopping list and once a week you buy everything you need.
- In this way you can prepare or at least start some preparation in advance such as cooking vegetables or boiling legumes.
Also avoiding extra trips to the supermarket will save you time and money.
Trust and you will see that this simple method will help you a lot in preparing dinner. From now on, answer the question "What's for dinner?" it will no longer be a problem! 😀
If you are interested in learning more about the topic, read also: 5 tricks that work to cook better and faster
Having made this premise, let's see immediately what they are thereand 20 quick and easy recipes to bring a delicious dinner to the table.
1- Lemon chicken with white rice. As good as that of the Chinese restaurant, that is, in small bites, and accompanied by boiled rice.
2 – Baked chicken breast with vegetables
A tasty and succulent recipe, a clever idea to cook meat and side dishes in one go.
3 – Chicken thighs breaded in the oven
Always a guarantee and you will please everyone, especially children.
4 – Baked chicken nuggets
They are golden chicken breast sticks, not fried and baked in the oven with a little oil. As good as fast food.
5 – Pan-fried chicken with rosemary
Flavored with slices of lemon and fresh rosemary, it is a light, tasty and very simple second course that will please the whole family. Ideal to prepare even in advance.
6 – Homemade chicken and beef burgers
Always appreciated by everyone, in this recipe we prepare them in two versions: half with chicken and turkey meat and others with the beef.
7 – Potatoes stuffed with meat and sausage
An easy and cheap second course, delicious and very inviting. Also to be prepared in advance and reheated at the last moment.
8 – Baked meat and potato pie
A delicious, hearty and nutritious single dish. It is prepared by making several layers of potatoes and minced meat, alternating with slices of mozzarella.
9 – Potato and tuna meatballs baked
Tasty morsels based on canned tuna, very simple and very tasty. They are an easy and inexpensive recipe, which is prepared with a few ingredients that we all have at home.
10 – Baked meatballs
A simple, light and tasty second course that can be prepared in 5 minutes. They are an alternative light and more digestible to the classic meatballs with sauce or fried.
11 – Baked frozen cod meatballs
They are quick and easy fish burgers prepared with frozen cod fillets.
12 – Rustic lentil soup in a pressure cooker
A healthy, genuine and very filling dish. It cooks in 15 minutes with the pressure cooker.
13 – Eggs in purgatory
A succulent second dish where the eggs are cooked directly in the tomato.
14 – Salmon steaks with pistachio and walnut breading
A tasty one second dish of fish, tasty, simple and quick to prepare.
15 – Breaded baked squid rings
A tasty and quick second course of fish. A'idea for dinner very easy and sure success.
16 – One-pot recipe potato omelette
A second course based on simple and genuine ingredients such as eggs, potatoes, cheese and a little milk.
17 – Simple recipe pasta and beans
A classic dish of Italian cuisine, one soup thick and tasty, excellent for a light dinner.
18 – Meat pie with three vegetables
A tasty single dish based on minced meat and vegetables, au gratin in the oven. A clever solution to cook a main course and side dish all in one pot!
19 – Fillets of mackerel with orange
An easy and genuine fish dish to prepare at the last moment.
20 – Salt sea bream cooked in the oven
A simple and effective second course of fish. It is prepared in 5 minutes, put in the oven and you can dedicate yourself to the side dish.
If you still haven't found the right recipe for your dinner, take a look at these collections too:
Even a nice risotto can be an excellent dinner, a light and digestible single dish.
Or some healthy vegetable meatballs:
If, on the other hand, there is no time to cook, take a look at these cold dishes to assemble!
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