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Weeknight Dinners features simple meals for busy evenings, family schedules, and everyday home cooking. Find casseroles, skillet meals, slow-cooker dinners, air-fryer recipes, pasta dishes, soups, sandwiches, sheet-pan meals, and easy sides that help get dinner on the table without complicated ingredients or long preparation.

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Bowl of pesto pasta with rotisserie chicken, peas, and spinach.
Weeknight Dinners

20-Minute Rotisserie Chicken Pesto Pasta With Peas and Spinach

Rotisserie chicken pesto pasta comes together while the noodles cook: peas go into the pasta water, spinach wilts in a skillet, and prepared pesto finishes the dish off the heat. It takes about 20 to 25 minutes, with no raw chicken or separate sauce to prepare.

Essential Concepts
Cook the pasta and peas together; warm the chicken, wilt the spinach, and stir in pesto off the heat. Related posts: https://www.budgetbytes.com/one-pot-creamy-pesto-chicken-pasta/ and https://www.budgetbytes.com/creamy-pesto-pasta/

Baking dishes filled with barley casseroles featuring chicken, beef, or beans and colorful vegetables.
Weeknight Dinners

Easy Barley Casserole Recipes With Chicken, Beef, or Beans

A barley casserole makes a satisfying one-dish dinner with chicken and mushrooms, beef and root vegetables, or white beans and greens, while most of the cooking happens unattended.

Essential Concepts
Use pearl barley, enough broth, and a tightly covered baking dish; no soaking needed.

Related posts:
https://www.budgetbytes.com/vegetable-barley-soup/
https://www.loveandlemons.com/barley-soup/

Cheesy chicken and vegetable casserole, an easy one-dish dinner made with frozen vegetables.
Weeknight Dinners

One-Dish Dinners With Frozen Vegetables: Easy Casserole Guide

One dish dinners with frozen vegetables make weeknight cooking easier: pair them with cooked grains or pasta, ready-to-eat protein, and a thick sauce for a satisfying casserole. Learn how to manage moisture for a flavorful frozen vegetable casserole.

Essential Concepts
Use cooked ingredients and a thick sauce; thaw and drain spinach.

Related posts: [Easy Chicken Casseroles](/easy-chicken-casseroles) · [Freezer-Friendly Vegetable Dinners](/freezer-friendly-vegetable-dinners)

Creamy homemade casserole with peas and a golden breadcrumb topping, made without canned soup.
Weeknight Dinners

How to Make Creamy Casseroles Without Canned Soup

Essential Concepts
Make a creamy casserole without canned soup by thickening butter, flour, milk, and broth into a homemade sauce. Adjust its thickness and seasoning to suit the other ingredients.

Make-ahead chicken casserole illustration for How to Make Chicken Pot Pie Filling Ahead of Time
Weeknight Dinners

How to Make Chicken Pot Pie Filling Ahead of Time

Make chicken pot pie filling ahead of time by refrigerating the cooked filling overnight, then adding crescent dough just before baking. Because the filling starts cold, check that the center is hot and bubbling and the dough is fully baked.

Essential Concepts
Chill the filling; add dough just before baking. Related: [Chicken Pot Pie Casserole](/chicken-pot-pie-casserole/).