With new activities and sports starting soon, I'm bringing you easy lunch and dinner ideas! Most of our recipes are created as easy recipes but these are especially great for busy days.
I am always looking to make nutritious but delicious meals which can be harder to create when you're in a rush. I made a round up of some of our favorite, easy lunch and dinner ideas below!
Easy Dinner Ideas
These recipes can be used however you need. If you don't have something the recipe calls for, just substitute something similar or leave it out. I hope these easy dinner recipes will help bring a little ease and tastiness to your days.
- California Turkey Bowls
- Heavenly Chicken Potatoes
- Baked Chicken & Potato Flautas
- Hard Shell Ground Beef Tacos
- Orange Chicken Bowls with Cilantro Lime Rice
- Fettuccini Alfredo with Broccoli
- Easy Sweedish Meatballs with Rice (Top Blog Recipe!)
- Sheet Pan Bratwurst, Potatoes and Veggies (Top Blog Recipe!)
I love planning out my meals the Sunday before a week starts, but this doesn't always work out. When I can, I will add these recipes to the list. I also use the instant pot for quick last minute meals.
Easy Lunch Ideas
I love having a list of meals that I can refer to when I'm planning out our week. This list and our Cooking With Kids Cookbook are always saving the day!
- Cucumber Avocado Toast
- Roasted Cauliflower Soup
- Everything Ham And Cheese Sliders
- Blue Cheese & Onion Lettuce Burgers
- Kids Chef Salads - or turn into a chopped salad!
- Tuna Caper Toast
- Pickled Grilled Cheese With Turkey
- Mini Sloppy Joes
These are some of our favorite go-to lunches. These recipes are great for using what you may have on hand or planning it out for the week.
Order Groceries For Lunch and Dinner Ingredients
To make life even easier, order your groceries online and do meal prepping. This is my biggest time saving hack for busy weeks.
We do a lot of traveling and we like to eat well when we get home. I typically place my grocery order on our way home from any trip so that when we get home, our groceries arrive within an hour of being there.
I also use our free Grocery List and Meal Plan Printable to make meal planning quick and easy. This is the easiest way for us to have home cooked, delicious and healthy meals when we're in a busy season of life.
I always start out by deciding what I want to add to our meals. If I'm feeling like we need to add more veggies, I'll pick a few veggie filled recipes and then fill in the spots with other dishes. It helps our family stick to our goals by prioritizing first.
I've been picking out healthy grab and go snacks for the kids to make snack time easier too. Some of our favorites lately have been jerky, nuts, trail mixes, dried or fresh fruit.
I used an affiliate link in this post. All opinions are my own, as always. I hope this helps! xo, Bri
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