Family Dinner Ideas & Recipes

An quick and easy taco bake layered with taco shells, beef, and cheese.

Flavorful seasoned ground turkey that's great in tacos or baked potatoes.

Crispy, tender, and deliciously caramelized, with only a little oil needed!

Sticky, easy honey-garlic chicken made simple, with the most amazing 5-ingredient honey-garlic sauce that is so good you'll want it on everything! Garnish with parsley and serve over vegetables, rice, pasta, or a salad.

Juicy pork chops cooked in cream of mushroom soup, onions, and mushrooms.

An easy air fryer meatloaf made with simple but flavorful ingredients.

I made this cheesy cauliflower dish for dinner one night when my husband was gone. It was so good the boys and I ended up not eating anything else but the casserole! I used fat-free milk and cream cheese and it turned out great!

Sliced potatoes are smothered in a cheese sauce and topped with ham. If you prefer a little kick, try adding a dash of cayenne pepper to the sauce. Delicious!

Baked chantilly mashed potatoes with a cheese topping. You can add a variety of cheeses, bacon, or chives. I use homemade mashed potatoes, but instant work just as well.

Super easy and so yummy. Chicken breast, red potatoes, and fresh green beans go in one pan and everything cooks together. De-li-cious! Adjust green bean and potato amount to your liking.

I am half Italian, was raised eating the finest Italian-American cuisine, and have filmed almost 2000 recipe videos, so when you consider all of those facts, it seems incredible that I have never posted a video for baked ziti. Hopefully I make up for that long wait by posting what I think is the best version of it.

This beautiful red rice with spices and tomato sauce, easily made in an Instant Pot®, is a wonderful side dish for any Mexican meal.

Skip ordering takeout and prepare this easy, Asian-inspired honey sesame chicken that's deep-fried and smothered in a sweet and zesty sauce. Garnish with thinly sliced green onions, if desired.

Big, slow-cooked flavor on the double. Noodles cook right in the gravy!

These buttermilk chicken strips are crunchy on the outside, moist on the inside!

This wonderful, traditionally slow-cooked recipe has been translated into a quick and easy pressure cooker meal. Using the Instant Pot®, you get an intensely flavorful meal made in minutes that will have your family thinking you simmered this all day. Serve over spaghetti noodles, rice, cauliflower rice, or eat as a stew!

I dreamt up this recipe on my way home from work one night to use the ingredients I had on hand. It's a great comfort food for chilly winter evenings!

This is one of my family's favorite recipes. It's garlic-sweet and the cilantro tops it off.

Quick and easy way to prepare homemade, flavorful fajitas for a crowd!

When I was a kid, we didn't have smartphones or the internet, all we had was a TV. But we didn't care because as we watched, we got to enjoy a little something called a "TV dinner." The king of those dinners, in my opinion, was the Salisbury steak, which is what I'll show you how to make here, along with one of the greatest gravies ever invented. Serve with buttered mashed potatoes and a vegetable side of your choice.

Quick way to make fall-off-the-bone ribs in the Instant Pot®!

A nice play on chicken Alfredo, easy to make and yummy to eat. My entire family enjoys it, even my 1-year-old!

This simple recipe came from the Polish side of my family. We simply called it 'cottage cheese and noodles' or 'lazy man pierogies.' It's a great comfort food and can be made with any kind of noodle. It could be a side dish, but we always enjoyed it as a meal.

This is, by far, the best recipe for porcupine meatballs I have ever had. This is a recipe that was given to my mom when she married back in 1970. The recipe also includes cooking directions for stovetop cooking or cooking in the oven. Hope you enjoy as much as our family does.