Busy nights just got easier with these effortless dinners, all ready in under 20 minutes! Whether you're using the air fryer, Instant Pot, or one-pot methods, these meals require just a few ingredients and are both healthy and satisfying. From kid-friendly pasta and chicken dishes to seafood options, these family favorites are perfect for even the pickiest eaters. Plus, they’re tasty, filling, and have minimal clean-up—making them the ultimate go-to meals for hectic nights!
Instant Pot Shrimp Pasta
This Instant Pot Shrimp Pasta is a reader favorite! Shrimp and penne pasta are cooked in a luxurious tomato cream sauce. Ready in under 30 minutes, it's so good!
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Garlic butter Ramen Noodles
This Garlic Butter Ramen Noodles is so simple and easy, yet crazy good and ready in under 10 minutes. It's the perfect dish that both kids and adults will devour!
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Crispy Air Fryer Fish
It  is ready in under 16 minutes with just 5 ingredients. It's crispy on the outside and tender and juicy on the inside, thanks to a simplified breading technique - Quick and healthy weeknight dinner that the whole family will love!
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Ground Chicken Stir Fry
This Ground Chicken Stir Fry is incredibly easy to make with all pantry ingredients! A 20 minute dinner recipe made with an irresistible sweet and spicy honey sriracha sauce.
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Mexican Chickpeas
This Mexican Chickpeas is an all-purpose recipe for filling tacos, topping salads, wrapping in lettuce, layering over nachos or making a vegetarian burrito bowl. Reader-beloved recipe - ready in under 15 minutes!
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Firecracker ShrimpÂ
This Firecracker Shrimp is made with tender juicy shrimp tossed in the most amazing sweet and spicy sriracha sauce that tastes so much better than take out. Serve with rice for a quick weeknight dinner.
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Instant Pot Pesto Pasta
This Instant Pot Pesto Pasta is made using only 5 ingredients but is shockingly flavorful and satisfying. Simply combine everything in the instant pot and cook, for a quick 20-minute dinner.
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Garlic Butter Mushroom Fried Rice
This Mushroom Fried Rice is garlicky, buttery, irresistible, and ready in under 20 minutes. I take the classic fried rice recipe and enhance it with a generous dose of garlic, caramelized mushrooms, and rich buttery goodness.
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Instant Pot Penne alla Vodka
This Instant Pot Penne alla Vodka is super easy and ready in 20 minutes. Toss in some cubed chicken or shrimp for added protein. It's thick, creamy and luxurious!
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Pizza Pancakes
Fluffy buttermilk pancakes with all the flavors of a classic pizza! Ideal for dinner, these savory pancakes are served with marinara sauce instead of traditional maple syrup! Mix in your favorite pizza toppings to make it your own!
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Shrimp and Broccoli Stir Fry
Shrimp and Broccoli is coated in a sweet, salty, spicy, garlicky sauce and is delicious served with plain white rice. Made in one skillet with basic pantry ingredients, this Chinese shrimp and broccoli is an easy dinner on the table under 20 minutes.
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Air Fryer Chicken Burger
This Air Fryer Chicken Burger is irresistibly moist and juicy, perfectly seasoned, and cooks in under 10 minutes. It's a fast way to serve chicken burgers with minimal effort. And don't miss out on our pro tip for toasting burger buns in the air fryer!
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Spicy Chili Lime Shrimp
Juicy and succulent shrimp in a flavorful spicy lime sauce is a quick and easy dinner recipe that comes together in about 20 minutes.
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BBQ Salmon
This BBQ Salmon Recipe is ready in under 10 minutes and is simplicity at its best! It's a super fast way to serve salmon using your air fryer with very minimal effort (oven and grilling instructions included) - Juicy, tender perfection!
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Chicken Pesto Rice
This pesto rice with chicken is a simple one pot meal with flavorful rice, chicken and green beans all together in an instant pot (stovetop and rice cooker instructions included), and is ready in about 20 minutes.
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Air Fryer Chicken Tenders
Air Fryer Chicken Tenders is made with almost no oil. It's so easy, crunchy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside and bursting with irresistible garlic parmesan flavor. Say goodbye to bland chicken tenders!
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Spaghetti Aglio e Olio
Instant Pot Spaghetti Aglio E Olio is one of the simplest pasta recipes you'll make but its shockingly flavorful and satisfying! With just 7 basic ingredients, this instant pot pasta is ready in just 20 minutes. There's no stock or broth!
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Air Fryer Chicken Meatballs
These Air Fryer Chicken Meatballs are irresistibly moist and juicy with a secret ingredient. Perfectly seasoned and ready in about 15 minutes! Ideal for serving with spaghetti, as a hearty meatball sub, or made into a kid-friendly meal they'll absolutely adore.
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Garlic Fried Rice
This Garlic Fried Rice is bursting with fragrant, crispy garlic and is ready in under 20 minutes. Made using leftover rice, it makes a quick and easy side dish for any meal - Restaurant quality!
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Spicy Kale Pasta
Spicy Kale Pasta is a quick dinner in 20 minutes! This vegetarian dish is simple, healthy, and easy to make, and the fiery tomato sauce packs a punch!
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Bang Bang Chicken
Bang Bang Chicken Thighs cook up perfectly moist and juicy, all without any breading or deep frying. It’s an incredibly easy and delicious chicken featuring a lip-smacking bang bang sauce and can also be transformed into a variety of meals for dinner.
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One Pot Alfredo Pasta
One Pot Alfredo Pasta is made using only 5 ingredients! In just 20 minutes, you can whip up a creamy, indulgent pasta dinner that’s lighter than traditional Alfredo—No cream!
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