Lent Dinner Recipes

Cheesy Baked Ravioli is the easiest pasta casserole for busy weeknights yet impressive enough to serve guests. With no cooking or boiling required, just layer the ingredients and bake it in the oven. Plus, there are only 5 ingredients!

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!

These Air Fryer Breaded Mushrooms are irresistibly crunchy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside, and seasoned to perfection. They’re perfect as a snack or appetizer—delivering restaurant-quality flavor while being healthy with no oil!

This Garlic Butter Shrimp is so simple yet outrageously delicious and ready in under 15 minutes. Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner, these succulent shrimp are coated in a rich, zesty lemon garlic butter sauce that elevates every bite. Make it with or without wine!

Spicy Potato Tacos are a quick, mega flavorful, and satisfying 30-minute vegetarian dinner. Tender, skillet-cooked potatoes seasoned with bold Mexican spices are topped with a creamy sauce and fresh pico de gallo.

This Roasted Sweet potato and Kale Salad is a satisfying combination of vibrant flavors and texture, topped with the best honey Dijon dressing. This fall salad delivers a perfect balance of sweet, savory, and crunchy elements in every bite!

Leftover Macaroni and Cheese Cups are a fun way to use your leftover mac and cheese. These baked muffins are handheld, portable, and perfect for kids for lunch boxes, snack or party appetizers.

Instant Pot Alfredo Pasta comes together with just 5 ingredients! Creamy, rich, and indulgent, this easy recipe is ready in just 30 minutes. You’ll have a restaurant-quality, luscious pasta dinner with minimal effort!

Asian Roasted Cauliflower and Cashews with a lip-smacking sweet and spicy sriracha-soy sauce! Serve it over rice for an easy vegetarian dinner!

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!

This Spicy Shrimp Sandwich features simple sautéed shrimp with a garlicky sriracha sauce, topped with creamy mashed avocado—an easy, flavorful meal ready in 30 minutes!

5-Ingredient BBQ Ramen Noodles is a quick and easy meal ready in under 10 minutes. This simple dish is versatile—add your favorite protein and veggies to make it a complete, satisfying meal!

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!

Shrimp Sushi Bowls are a fast and easy way to enjoy all the delicious flavors and textures of sushi without the hassle of making rolls. Get your sushi fix along with a irresistible sushi bowl sauce, without spending a fortune!

This Instant Pot Dal is packed with Kale! It is full of flavor, cozy, nourishing and immensely satisfying. It is a fantastic way to incorporate a lot of kale; even kale haters won't mind eating it. Swap kale for spinach or make it on the stovetop.

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!

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!

This Beet Curry with chickpeas tastes so good that it will leave you amazed and craving more. It is pretty in pink, healthy and made in the instant pot in about 30 minutes.

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.

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!

This Teriyaki Tofu has a crispy exterior with a creamy, tender interior. It is outrageously delicious and is ready in about 30 minutes. Plus, the homemade teriyaki sauce is better than takeout! No need to press the tofu!

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!

This Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta features succulent shrimp and al dente pasta, tossed in lemony garlic butter sauce - It sounds fancy but is deceptively easy to make, ready in under 30 minutes and made without wine, to keep it family friendly.

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.

This Shrimp and Rice recipe is buttery, garlicky rice soaking up shrimp flavors because it's all cooked in the same pot. It's so simple yet outrageously delicious and ready in under 30 minutes.

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!

This Air Fryer Breaded Shrimp is made in under 20 minutes with almost no oil. It's so easy, crunchy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside.

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!

This Chickpeas Rice Bowl are loaded with mega-flavorful 15 minute Mexican chickpeas, cilantro lime rice, and all the best burrito bowl toppings. Skip the takeout and make these easy vegetarian burrito bowls that you’ll want to make on repeat!

Amazing Indian Butter Shrimp is a must try recipe! Tender shrimp in mouth watering makhani sauce is a twist on the classic butter chicken and is made without stock. Serve over rice or naan.

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.

Juicy and succulent shrimp in a flavorful spicy lime sauce is a quick and easy dinner recipe that comes together in about 20 minutes.

This Mushroom Sandwich features sautéed mushrooms seasoned with aromatic herbs and spices, all smothered in glorious, gooey cheese. This easy vegetarian sandwich is ready in under 20 minutes!

This Air Fryer Eggplant Parmesan has a superior crunch exterior, with a soft and tender interior - all without frying. It is exceptionally flavorful, super fast, healthy, and comes together in 30 minutes, from start to finish - Absolutely delicious!

This Air fryer Shrimp without breading is juicy, succulent, perfectly seasoned with simple pantry spices and ready in under 10 minutes. It is perfect to be made into tacos, bowls, salads, quesadillas and more!

This Air fryer Shrimp Tacos is made with flavorful Mexican Shrimp, pico de gallo, avocado and finished off with a garlicky sour cream sauce.

This Eggplant Stir Fry with an irresistible ginger garlic sauce, is hands down the most delicious eggplant recipe I know. Ready in about 30 minutes, it's guaranteed to convert any eggplant hater!

This One Pot Mac and Cheese is outrageously creamy, smooth and cheesy! Made in the stovetop using 5 main ingredients, it is the easiest and comforting weeknight dinner that is ready in under 20 minutes.

These Buffalo Shrimp Tacos loaded with plump crispy buffalo shrimp, lettuce, avocado, red onion, drizzled with ranch dressing and more buffalo sauce are an absolute flavor explosion. An easy weeknight dinner ready in about 30 minutes.

These Zucchini Fritters are naturally gluten-free and amazingly healthy. I swapped regular flour with almond flour and added quinoa to the mix—the result is soft, tender and absolutely tasty!

This Air Fryer Salmon is made using a flavorful blend of spices and is ready in under 10 minutes. It's super fast and fool proof with mega flavors!

Fish Tacos with Frozen Fish Sticks is the easiest weeknight dinner when you are short on time. Corn tortillas are loaded with fish sticks, creamy sriracha sauce and all the taco fixins!

Baked Tilapia Tacos recipe begins with crispy baked panko crusted tilapia that is seasoned with a flavorful blend of Mexican spices and then drizzled with the BEST sauce for fish tacos that sure is revolutionary!

Spicy skillet chickpeas topped with an amazing cilantro lime sauce, mashed avocado, lettuce, chopped cilantro and jalapeños. These garbanzo bean tacos are perfect for vegetarian taco Tuesday dinners and might soon become a family favorite.

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!

Amazing Spicy Shrimp Tacos are made with spicy tender shrimp, most delicious cilantro lime sauce, sweet and tangy slaw with all the taco fix-ins. So GOOD!

Butter Chickpeas is a vegetarian version of the classic Butter Chicken. An easy, loaded with flavor, butter chickpea curry will rival any butter chicken that you have ever tasted!!! A must try recipe!

Indian Chickpea and Spinach Curry is healthy, flavorful, tastes authentic but made with shortcuts for a quick weeknight meal.

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.

Breaded Air Fryer Tilapia 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!

Spicy Chickpea Lettuce Wraps are filled with Mexican Chickpeas, corn, avocado, salsa, cheese, sour cream, jalapeños and finished off with a squeeze of lime. 

So creamy, so rich, so amazing yet so much healthier Instant pot pasta with tomato cream sauce made with a secret ingredient. You will never miss the cream!

Chinese take-out right in your Instant pot. Packed with chunks of succulent tender shrimp, scrambled eggs, carrots and peas, this Instant pot shrimp fried rice is easier and healthier.