Dinner Recipes for Every Night

Chicken and Chorizo Skewers

Spice up your kabobs with Chef John's recipe for chorizo and chicken skewers with onion and bell pepper — it's the perfect way to grill this summer.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Easy Overnight Oatmeal

Overnight oatmeal, oatmeal made in the slow cooker, is quick to prepare the night before and is waiting for you when you wake up.

⏱️ 430 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 8

Tex-Mex Squash Casserole with Rotel

This Tex-Mex squash casserole recipe gets a zesty spin with the addition of Rotel tomatoes, seasoned ground beef, smoked paprika, and Mexican cheese.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 6

Homemade Sports Drink (aka Greaterade)

Make your own sports drink with just a few ingredients you probably already have, and adjust it to suit your own individual taste.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 9

Caramelized Red Bell Peppers and Onions

This divine combination of sautéed bell peppers with sweet red onions goes well with any entrée including lamb, chicken, sausage, steak, and more.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Simmered Italian Rice

This simmered Italian rice recipe turns plain rice into a delicious side dish when it's cooked in broth and accented with spinach and Parmesan cheese.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Easy Pasta Salad

A quick and easy penne pasta salad with broccoli, red bell pepper and marinated artichoke hearts.

⏱️ 20 min ⚡ Easy 🍽️ 8

Tomato Basil Salad

This fresh tomato and basil salad recipe with shredded mozzarella cheese is topped with a light vinaigrette for a quick and easy Italian-style salad.

⏱️ 10 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Benedictine Dip

Benedictine dip is a Kentucky Derby party staple — and this recipe requires simple ingredients and is easy to make ahead, chill, and serve to guests.

⏱️ 490 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 6

The Best Beef Tri-Tip

This tri-tip recipe from Chef John uses his foolproof method of cooking a spice-rubbed beef tri-tip roast low and slow until tender and flavorful.

⏱️ 120 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 8

Easy Fennel Salad

This refreshing fennel salad recipe is made with a thinly sliced fennel bulb, beets, and green onions tossed with lemon juice, olive oil, and parsley.

⏱️ 15 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Candied Almonds

These candied almonds are quickly cooked with sugar, cinnamon, and water for a crisp, sugary coating. They're a sweet, crunchy snack great for gifts.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Stuffed Zucchini

These stuffed zucchini halves have a hearty and delicious savory stuffing made with pork sausage, bread crumbs, garlic, and Parmesan cheese.

⏱️ 70 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 6

Chickpea Buddha Bowl

This vegan chickpea buddha bowl combines carrots, onions, parsnips, Brussels sprouts, chickpeas, and quinoa. Other veggies would also be good, too.

⏱️ 40 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 2

Chef John's Bread and Butter Pickles

Crunchy bread and butter pickles made with pickling cucumbers, vinegar, sugar, spices, and jalapeño for just the right amount of heat and sweet.

⏱️ 140 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 48

Delmonico Potatoes

These Delmonico potatoes are boiled, shredded, and layered with a savory cheese sauce for an easy, tasty, and comforting baked potato casserole.

⏱️ 580 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 7

Luscious Slush Punch

This slushie recipe makes a fruity, fizzy, pineapple-strawberry non-alcoholic punch that kids and adults alike will find refreshingly delicious!

⏱️ 500 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 50

Green Tomato Jam

This homemade green tomato jam recipe, with ginger and orange, makes the perfect condiment or spread for bagels, sandwiches, burgers, or cheese boards.

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 40

Moist Peach Pound Cake

This moist peach pound cake recipe uses canned peaches to make two loaves; one for now, and one to freeze for later, or share with friends and family.

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 20

Shirred Eggs

Shirred eggs are delicious baked eggs on a creamy sauce flavored with cream, chives, and Parmesan for a elegant and impressive breakfast or brunch.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 1

Warm Stir-Fried Salad

Marinated chicken is stir-fried and tossed with carrots and cashews and served over a bed of cabbage creating a warm Asian-inspired salad.

⏱️ 145 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 4

Crock Pot Party Meatballs

Meatballs are simmered in chili sauce, whole berry cranberry sauce, and lemon juice in this slow cooker appetizer that's a hit at parties.

⏱️ 185 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 8

Jezebel Sauce

This jezebel sauce is a surprisingly sweet and spicy spread that's wonderful served over cream cheese with crackers.

⏱️ 495 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 24

Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese from Almond Breeze

Butternut squash, white beans, Cheddar cheese, kale, and whole wheat pasta combine for a nutritious meal on a chilly day.

⏱️ 35 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8