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Home › Recipe Index › 30-minute meals

30-minute meals

Apple and Pear Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette - Complete with crisp apples, tender juicy pears, pomegranate seeds, nuts, crumbled feta, and a tangy homemade honey maple balsamic vinaigrette! Whether you're looking for a quick lunch idea, dinner side, or a holiday side dish for Thanksgiving or Christmas, this FAST and EASY salad is sure to get rave reviews!

Apple and Pear Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette

Overhead image of a pot of sausage tortellini soup.

Sausage Tortellini Soup

A plate of ground beef stroganoff.

30-Minute Ground Beef Stroganoff

Roasted Sweet Potato Salad — This roasted sweet potato salad is tossed in a honey Dijon dressing. The sweet and savory flavors of this potato salad are to die for complete with red bell peppers, black beans, corn, cilantro, and tossed in a lemon Dijon light dressing!

Roasted Sweet Potato Salad

A pot of chickpea and spinach stew with a side of flatbread.

Sweet Potato and Chickpea Coconut Curry

A pot of homemade hamburger helper.

Homemade Hamburger Helper

30-Minute Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole — This casserole is quick, EASY, and made in one skillet on your stove! No baking required. This recipe is a meal-in-one with protein, veggies, and carbs and is ready in just 30 minutes! It’s perfect for busy weeknights and can be CUSTOMIZED using whatever veggies you have on hand! 

30-Minute Stovetop Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole

Green Thai Chicken Coconut Curry - An EASY, one-skillet curry that’s ready in 20 minutes and tastes BETTER than from a Thai restaurant!! It's healthy comfort food that tastes AMAZING!!

Green Thai Chicken Coconut Curry

Texas Caviar in a white bowl.

Texas Caviar

Classic House Salad - An EASY side salad recipe to serve with your favorite entree or alongside the main course! Made with common ingredients that you likely have already, but it's flexible and adaptable so you can ADD anything else you have on hand! The simple vinaigrette is easy, light, and flavorful but your favorite salad dressing also works.

House Salad

Chicken Chow Mein — Chewy chow mein noodles, crisp-tender veggies, and juicy chicken are stir-fried in a sesame-soy sauce! It’s a SIMPLE and FAST recipe that anyone can make. It's cheaper than ordering take out, your family will be impressed, and you'll love how EASY it is to prepare!

Chicken Chow Mein

Garlic Shrimp Stir-Fry in a pot with a wooden spoon.

Garlic Shrimp Stir-Fry

Mediterranean Pasta Salad - Juicy tomatoes and cucumbers, black and green olives, crumbled feta, and tender pasta are tossed in a homemade balsamic vinaigrette! An EASY pasta salad recipe with Mediterranean-inspired ingredients that's ready in under 30 minutes! It makes a big batch and is perfect for potlucks, picnics, or planned leftovers.

Mediterranean Pasta Salad

Barbecue Chicken Sliders on a plate.

Barbecue Chicken Sliders

Crunchy Peanut Chicken Salad - Crispy fried chicken with crunchy cabbage, carrots, peanuts, cilantro and the EASIEST and BEST homemade peanut sauce that coats every bite!! A salad that you'll CRAVE over and over!! 

Crunchy Peanut Chicken Salad

Grilled chicken breasts with a glazed coating, garnished with fresh herbs on a white plate.

Grilled Chili Peach Chicken

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