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Cheap Quick Easy Dinner Recipes

There's over 60 (and counting) cheap quick easy dinner recipes here for your consideration tonight. Healthy meals cooked at home are always better for you (and your wallet) than take out food, but I understand the appeal. Many of the quick meals on this page can be made quicker than you could go get takeout.

I know you are sick of finding recipes that you don't have the ingredients to make, or they're really too labor intensive, and you're just tired, and all you really need are some easy fast dinner recipes with ingredients you already have in your pantry and fridge. I know! I am one of you!

I understand, you don't always need a recipe, sometimes you just need some quick easy meal ideas, and you'll find those here, too.




















What we have here are quick dinner recipes and healthy meals that don't require a lot of prep time, a lot of cooking time, a lot of ingredients, or a lot of forethought (other than the slow cooker recipes and a few with longer cooking times).

Scroll down for the following easy fast dinner recipes: ground beef recipes, easy chicken recipes, seafood recipes, pork recipes, turkey and other recipes by category.

For those of you who are looking for meals on a budget, many of these dinners are inexpensive recipes.



Ground Beef Recipes



Hobo Dinners
One of my husband's favorite quick meals
Meat and potatoes with onion all wrapped
in a neat foil hobo sack. This is
one of our most frequently eaten
cheap quick easy dinner recipes.




Goulash
I used to love it when my mom
made Goulash for supper when I was
a child.





Hamburger Beef Stroganoff
This hamburger beef stroganoff
is so easy and so delicious!
Tastes like you spent much more time
cooking than you actually did.
One of the best cheap quick easy dinner recipes ever!




Lazy Lasagna Recipe
An easy to make lasagna with meat sauce.







Tacos
Crispy or soft-shelled, sometimes a meal of tacos just hits the spot. They don't
require many ingredients, and taste great







Easy Chalupas
These aren't necessarily
beef, but they can be.
This is one of my "go to"
easy fast dinner recipes.





Easy Spaghetti
Simple, delicious,
this easy meal idea
is one of our favorite
cheap quick easy dinner recipes.





Easy Chili Recipe
This is the way I do chili
Tastes great on cold winter's night





Mom's Meatloaf
My mom's delicious recipe
with a brown sugar and ketchup topping





Taco Soup
Another one of our favorite
cheap quick easy dinner recipes
Taco Soup is made with hamburger meat
Ro-Tel, hominy, ranch style beans, and more.




Hamburger Soup
Submitted by Carron from TX
this versatile soup can
be made with beef or chicken.




Easy Hamburger Dinner
A super simple easy hamburger dinner.
Ground meat, hominy, and ranch style
beans,& onion. Very easy, very good!







Sloppy Joe Sandwiches
It's easy to make these delicious
messy sandwiches from scratch.
Or if you're really in a hurry buy
the can of seasoning!



Hamburger and Fries Casserole
A kid friendly casserole
with ground meat and french fries






Mexican Casserole
A delicious ground beef Mexican
Casserole that's easy too.





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Crescent Rolls Hamburger Pockets
Cooked ground meat, shredded cheese
all wrapped up in a crescent roll pocket.
What a great idea!







Beef Potato Pie
Another super easy fast dinner idea
submitted by Allison.







Beef Tortilla Sandwiches
Delicious dinner of ground beef, ranch style
beans, shredded cheese in a warm tortilla.






Enchilada Casserole Recipe
An easy beef Mexican casserole
Quick and delicious.





Doritos Casserole
This was a big hit with my husband
He really liked it, and it was
really easy, so that makes me
happy.



Easy Casserole Recipes
If you are looking for a casserole recipe
for supper tonight, I have a big section
of just casseroles.





Beef (other than ground)




Crock Pot Beef Fajitas
Using a roast, a crock pot, and a
few other ingredients, your family
will love these.






Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff
An easy slow cooker recipe for
beef stroganoff. Easy & Yummy!






Smothered Steak
This is my sister's easy and
delicious recipe. She makes this
often for her family.








Grandma's Sunday Roast
Grandma made it every Sunday, and
it was always so good. Here's how to make
gravy for your roast.






Pressure Cooker Pot Roast Recipe
Carrie submitting this terrific
FAST way to cook a tender roast.







Easy Fajitas Recipe
Beef or chicken, you can have
a delicious meal of fajitas in
just minutes.






Roast and Beans
Your main dish (roast) and a side dish
(beans) all in one crock pot makes a
cheap quick easy dinner idea.




Easy Chicken Recipes




Chicken Bundles
Yummy chicken, crescent rolls, cream cheese
sesame seeds make up delicious chicken bundles.
A favorite of my quick dinner recipes.







Chicken Delight
A sinfully delicious casserole
with cream cheese, sour cream, cream soups
and more. Not a healthy meal,
but wow - it tastes great, and
is still better than fast food!





Sour Cream Ritz Chicken
An "absolutely tasty" recipe
submitted by Echo. Prep time was
less than five minutes!




Chicken and Pasta
It doesn't get much easier than this recipe
My toddler likes it, too.



Crispy Baked Chicken
Better for you than the bags of
ready made chicken strips from the store
You can experiment with this one.



Crock Pot Chicken Burritos
Easy, easy, easy!
Tastes great too
Need I say more?






Easy Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas
This is a personal favorite of ours!
Compliments of my sister, it's a really
easy dinner recipe for sour cream chicken
enchilada casserole with green chilies!





Chicken Pie
A simple delicious chicken pie
Less is more with this recipe


Chicken Pot Pie
Can also be made with your
left over turkey!



Chicken Tortilla Crock Pot Soup
Love this full flavored, hearty,
thick soup! This is one of
the healthy meals on this page.




Crispy Chicken Tenders
Made with ritz crackers and parmesan
cheese. These are great!





Baked Hidden Valley Ranch Crispy Chicken
In Texas we love our Ranch dressing
on everything! This uses a dry mix to
create a delicious baked chicken.



Swedish Chicken Breasts
Love, love, love this recipe
from my dear friend Cathy!







Chicken and Artichoke Casserole
I haven't tried this one, yet
but it sounds fantastic.



Hidden Valley Ranch Noodles with Chicken
Another kid friendly recipe
(Kids love noodles, right)



Chicken and Broccoli Casserole
A great combination, chicken and broccoli
come together with egg noodles for a terrific
easy dinner.

Crock Pot Green Chilie Stuffed Chicken
Super simple and delicious with cream cheese
green chilies, chicken, and mushroom soup.

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Sour Cream Chicken Breasts
An easy chicken
recipe, with sour cream
and cheez-its!





Easy Chicken Spaghetti
Submitted by Kristina, this
quick meal idea is yummy
and very easy and can be
turned into a casserole.



Pork Recipes


Chops and Rice
Delicious seared pork chops and rice in one dish



Easier Chops and Rice
An experimental dish that I made when I didn't
all of the ingredients for the Chops and Rice
recipe listed above. It turned out great, and
couldn't have been easier. Truly a cheap
quick easy dinner recipe, if there ever was one!



Pork Chop Casserole Recipe
A reader submitted recipe, this looks super easy,
and I intend to try it soon.


Hoppin Johns
Chopped ham sauteed with onions and
peppers mixed with with purple hull peas
and served over rice topped with sour cream.


Parmesan Butter Pork Chops
An experiment of mine that turned out fantastic
and is sure to become a regular around our house.






Super Delicious Pork Chops
So easy, so good.
Submitted by Angela.







Skillet Pork Chops
Originally from the back of
a Ranch Style Beans can
Brittni submitted this
and we love it, too.





Honey Glazed Pork Chops
Another Brittni submitted recipe...
Thanks a bunch!





Ground Turkey Recipes


Oven Turkey Burger Bake
A super easy meal to make with ground turkey.

Turkey Cheeseburger Bake
Ground turkey and scalloped potatoes
in a single dish layered with cheese.

Seafood Recipes


Mediterranean Shrimp
Wonderfully delicious, this shrimp recipe
makes a great main dish.



Salmon Patties
I loved these when my mom would make them
and my family still enjoys them now.



Tuna Casserole
Tuna casserole has long been one of the best cheap
cheap quick easy dinner recipes to make for your family.

Parmesan Baked Tilapia with Zucchini
5 minutes prep time, and a delicious
meal 40 minutes later. This experimental
quick dinner was a hit.





Shrimp Ceviche Recipe
My husband's yummy recipe! We love
to make a meal out of this.






Other Cheap Quick Easy Dinner Recipes



Easy Meatless Lasagna
I love this lasagna recipe from
my good friend Cathy!





Spinach Lasagna
Spinach, ricotta cheese, and mozzarella
make up this delicious lasagna.

Spam and Beans
Reader submitted recipe from a fellow
Texan. Great when you have absolutely
no time.


Tortilla Pizzas
Use whatever you have
to make tortilla pizzas,
or pita pizzas, or pizza
wraps. These take no time to make!



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