Check out my quick, easy, and family-tested dinner recipe collection! Great for a weeknight dinner or any time you don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen but don’t want to get take-out. Budget-friendly, family-tested, delicious homemade dinners that’ll have everyone asking for seconds!
Fast Family Dinners
Sometimes just the thought of deciding what’s for dinner seems overwhelming after a long day at work, tending to your family, and taking care of all of your obligations every day. On those tough days I often find myself reaching for the phone to order something to pick up for take-out, but that is hard on the budget with a big family.
I put this list together so I have an easy reference when I have decision fatigue. I also want to make better choices and avoid resorting to unhealthy drive-thru foods or expensive carry-out. Hopefully, this can help you, too, when you’re in the same spot!
Delicious Runza are filled with seasoned ground beef, cabbage, onions, and cheese before being wrapped in crescent roll dough and cooked on your gas griddle.
This delicious steak teri-yakisoba is a stir fry with tons of onions, bell peppers, pea pods, and fresh yakisoba noodles. Super quick and easy dinner option!
Our homemade Hamburger Helper Cheesy Italian Shells are great for a quick, homemade dinner! The meatball is smoked before being added to the rest of the mix, and the result is so cheesy and delicious!
These crunchy crispy Mexican Pizzas are stuffed with your favorite taco filling and then cooked right on your gas griddle.
This simple Traeger Sweet Chili Shrimp recipe is cooked in a skillet on the grill along with some vegetables and sweet chili sauce. Serve over rice for a quick and easy dinner!
This hearty and delicious smoked Philly cheesesteak casserole is perfect for feeding a crowd, or making ahead for a quick heat-and-eat dinner option!
This hearty one-pot meal is perfect for a quick, satisfying dinner! Just enough heat to make it interesting, this dish is going to be on your regular rotation!
This is a perfect quick weeknight meal that can use up your leftover meat if you happen to have some hanging around. A quick sauce, and little stir-fry, and you are all set.
This easy chicken taco soup uses ingredients you probably have on hand already.
This simple rice noodle stir fry features marinated chicken tenderloins and copious amounts of vegetables. Make it as spicy (or not) as you want, and switch up your usual weeknight meal routine!
Our incredible Traeger Grilled Chicken Breast gets put on top of a pile of creamy pasta for the perfect dinner! Whether it is a quick weeknight dinner or you're having company over this weekend, this is going to become a family favorite!
Our hearty, meaty breakfast bake is perfect to throw together at night and reheat in the morning for a quick breakfast! Perfect for the cabin, a holiday weekend,
If you need a quick spaghetti sauce but don't have your favorite jarred variety around, this is the perfect solution to your dinner problems. Easy Marinara with Herbs is a family fast-dinner favorite here.
This easy mock lasagna casserole recipe requires NO layering and uses a mafalde noodle that is similar to lasagna, only cut into much thinner strips.
This epic steak sandwich is grilled hot and fast on our pellet grill, has our homemade steak rub on it, and features caramelized onions, horseradish aioli, and smoked cheddar.
Quick dinner idea that can even be made from frozen! Super flavorful chicken tacos!
This tender, juicy, simple smoked pork tenderloin is perfect for a quick dinner or fancy dinner party!
Our simple, delicious Blackstone Chicken Fajitas recipe is the ultimate quick dinner to throw on your griddle.
These tender meatballs are easy to make and perfect for a quick dinner over rice with some vegetables!
This delicious and simple Asian Chicken Salad is perfect for an on-the-go lunch or a quick dinner! We use leftover Traeger Grilled Chicken to make it even faster, too!