Best One Dish Meals for Back to School
School is back in session and crazy schedules abound. It’s the perfect time for some of our Best One Dish Meals recipes!
If you’re in a rut when it comes to Easy Dinner Recipes for Families, here are some delicious recipe ideas to help you with your menu planning.
Why You Must Make
- Easy Weeknight Dinners are great for busy school nights.
- One-pan meals help minimize clean-up time!
- Quick meal ideas make a lot of sense on the evenings when there are games or practices.
With school starting across the country, dinnertime has gotten hectic again. Between homework, after-school activities, and sports, it’s hard to get a meal on the table. Some of my favorite bloggers and I are sharing our best easy dinner recipes. Less mess, less fuss, but loads of flavor and deliciousness. Scroll through all the amazing alternatives and shake up your menu with these easy back-to-school dinner ideas. Here are some ideas from some of my blogger friends.
Frequently Asked Questions
If it’s truly a one-pan or one-pot meal, it should contain a good source of protein, vegetables and often a starch like pasta, couscous, quinoa, or potatoes.
A slow cooker or Dutch oven works well when cooking stews and soups. A skillet with a lid or wok is great for a stir fry or toasted sandwiches.
Beef Stroganoff, Homemade Chicken Soup, Roasted Chicken, Tacos, Frittatas, and Chicken Piccata are a few of our favorite one-pot meals!
More Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes:
- 20 One-Pot Wonder Meals—They’re What’s for Dinner from Foodie Crush
- One Dish Italian Chicken and Rice Bake from Rachel Cooks
- Classic Roast Chicken
- Chicken Piccata Pasta
- Easy Back to School Recipes
What’s your favorite one-dish meal? Do you go for chicken, pasta, or hamburger first? Stir fries or casseroles? I hope you’ll find some inspiration for your weekly menu below. I spy a few that I’ll be making soon.
Easy Family Dinner Recipes
Best One Dish Meals
Recipes from some popular bloggers to help with getting dinner on the table on busy school nights!
An easy, flavorful pasta sauce that's tossed with penne or any favorite noodle for a family-friendly dinner!
Noodles topped in a spicy Thai inspired sauce! A vegetarian entree, but add chicken, beef or even shrimp for tasty options.
This is one of my favorite dinners to share when friends have a new baby, are dealing with an illness or death in the family. It always gets accolades!!!
Who doesn't love a rich Alfredo sauce? Adding spinach and sausage makes it a fabulous meal!
A Jacques Pepin recipe that is popular with kids AND adults!
Made with gnocchi, ground beef and taco seasonings, it's bound to become a family favorite!!
Crispy Sheet Pan Salmon is a winner!
Roasting chicken AND vegetables on a sheet pan makes for easy cleanup and a terrific meal!
With the perfect amount of heat plus a creamy cheese sauce, this pasta is delicious and family-friendly!
The combination of kielbasa, quinoa, green chilies, tomatoes, and cheese is hard to resist!!!
Ground beef, pasta, taco seasoning and salsa combine for a kid-friendly dinner.
Cooking the chicken over rice imparts a most delicious flavor that both kids and grownups will devour!
Penne with sausage, tomatoes, broccoli and red pesto makes an easy, yummy entree!
A shrimp boil dinner made easy since it's all made on a sheet pan!
13 Comments on “Best One Dish Meals for Back to School”
I don’t have kids going back to school but the Mr and I would love all these one pot meals!
So many wonderful, delicious, easy ideas here! Perfect for the busy season coming up!
We are in the middle of a move. Again, 3rd time this year. So these simple one pan meals are just what I need to survive this week and the number for delivery.
Thank you for this line-up, Liz. Once agin I’m inspired and soon make your penne a la vodka =)
The type of food I literally love????
They look mouthwatering! My favourite is that salmon :-)) Need to get some today..suddenly I have such an intense craving for salmon.
No one is going back to school in my place but I know I want to try 5 or 6 of these recipes. Thanks Liz!
Where to start? This is an impressive collection!!
Who doesn’t need this collection of recipes, all tied up in a bow. Thanks, Liz.
I’m impressed with how well America is eating, this round-up of recipes is truly impressive!
wow I dont know where to start they all sound fabulous!
We can all use suggestions for dinner when schedules go crazy with the kids back to school. These all look amazing!