Dinner Recipes for Every Night

Simple Lemon Herb Chicken

This lemon herb chicken is a quick and easy main dish of juicy chicken breasts flavored with lemon, oregano, and parsley—ready in just 15 minutes.

⏱️ 15 min ⚡ Easy 🍽️ 2

Chunky Stew

Ground beef, potatoes and a bag of frozen mixed vegetables are simmered in a can of tomato-vegetable juice cocktail in this recipe serving six.

⏱️ 30 min ⚡ Easy 🍽️ 6

Hot Cocoa Mix

I make this at the beginning of the cold weather, and have it ready all winter. Vary the flavor of your mix by trying flavored nondairy creamer; I like the cinnamon.

⏱️ 30 min ⚡ Easy 🍽️ 45

Authentic Chimichurri

This authentic chimichurri recipe combines fresh parsley and oregano with vinegar, oil, and garlic for a vibrant green sauce to accompany grilled meats.

⏱️ 10 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Bûche de Noël

Bûche de Noël is a jelly-roll style chocolate cake with chocolate cream that's decorated to look like a yule log for an incredibly delicious Christmas dessert!

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 12

Homemade Pickled Beets

Use this easy multi-generational canning recipe for beautifully colored and perfectly spiced homemade pickled beets.

⏱️ 840 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 6

Joey's Peanut Butter Cookies

The best peanut butter cookies are made with this easy recipe that uses a double dose of peanut butter for fluffy cookies that melt in your mouth.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 36

Graham Cracker Ice Cream

This graham cracker ice cream recipe uses crushed graham crackers, which add great taste and a bit of texture to this easy, unique homemade ice cream.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

Sarah's Fabulous Breakfast Sausage Seasoning

Sarah's fabulous breakfast sausage seasoning mix recipe works particularly well to season sausages made with a combination of ground pork and turkey.

⏱️ 5 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 10

Mac and Cheese Casserole with Imitation Crab

This mac 'n cheese casserole with imitation crab recipe is a simple mac 'n cheese with Cheddar cheese soup, real Cheddar, plus seafood and Cajun seasoning.

⏱️ 55 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Quick Salmon Salad

This salmon salad recipe is super quick to make with canned or leftover salmon, celery, dill, and green onion tossed in a creamy lemon dressing.

⏱️ 5 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Slow Cooker Oxtail Stew

A slow cooker oxtail recipe to pull out for any occasion. The meat is cooked to perfection with carrots, celery, and potatoes in a rich, hearty stew.

⏱️ 510 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 12

Pine Cone Cheese Ball

Chef John's show-stopping pine cone cheese ball is a welcome addition to any holiday party spread and a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 16

Truffle Cheese and Potato Tacos

Potato tacos with truffle cheese and homemade salsa are a flavorful vegetarian taco ready in 45 minutes that even non-vegetarians love.

⏱️ 43 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 5

Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

This pumpkin spice cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting recipe features a cake made with pumpkin and spices, and a cinnamon cream cheese frosting.

⏱️ 50 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 12

Avgolemono Soup

Greek avgolemono soup is a rich and silky chicken and rice soup flavored with lemon and enriched with eggs. Chef John's recipe makes this epic soup from scratch.

⏱️ 155 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 6

Shrimp Stir Fry

This shrimp stir fry recipe with frozen shrimp, veggies, and a soy and garlic stir fry sauce is easy to pull together in less than 30 minutes.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 4

Scalloped Potatoes

Tender scalloped potatoes are the ultimate creamy potato side dish for any holiday gathering. Perfect with baked ham, roast beef, chicken, and more.

⏱️ 75 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 6

Cosmopolitan

The cosmopolitan drink is made with Cointreau, vodka, cranberry juice, and lime juice shaken in a cocktail shaker and garnished with a twist of lime.

⏱️ 5 min ⚡ Easy 🍽️ 1

Classic Pasta Salad

This classic pasta salad recipe is loaded with Italian meats, veggies, and three types of cheese — it's perfect for parties, picnics, and potlucks.

⏱️ 90 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 12

Chili Rick's

Rick's chili recipe features ground beef, beans, and sausage simmered in a blend of chocolate, hickory-smoke barbecue sauce, chili powder, and bacon.

⏱️ 180 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 20

Easy Potato Salad with Dill

This easy potato salad with dill recipe calls for red potatoes tossed with a creamy mayo-based cucumber and dill dressing. Cucumbers add some crunch.

⏱️ 155 min 💪 Hard 🍽️ 5

Turkey Breakfast Sausage

This turkey breakfast sausage is made from scratch with ground turkey, brown sugar, sage, thyme, marjoram, and red pepper flakes for a breakfast side.

⏱️ 25 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 8

2-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake

This 2-ingredient pumpkin cake recipe is so easy to make, and requires only packaged spice cake mix and canned pumpkin — top with cream cheese frosting.

⏱️ 30 min 🔥 Medium 🍽️ 15