Dinner Without Drama: 13 Quick and Easy Recipes for Busy Weeknights


Happy Friday Reader!

After a long day, the last thing you need is a complicated recipe for food your picky eaters will not eat.

From comforting classics to fresh new favorites, here are 13 delicious and easy recipes to quickly make dinners everyone will love. Enjoy!

Taco Soup

This easy, and budget-friendly, Taco-Tuesday favorite brings simple pantry staples to life in a hearty soup of beef, beans, rice and veggies swimming in a savory broth kissed with lime. Sshhhh! It's healthy, but no one needs to know. This scrumptious comfort-food hug in a bowl will be on the table in 30 minutes and everyone is going to want seconds. Make taco soup part of your regular meal rotation. Perfect any day of the week!

Get the Easy Recipe: Easy Taco Soup

There are so many new recipes coming in the weeks ahead. I'm cooking and baking and testing them faster than I can get posts written for them.

Be on the lookout for even more, easy and budget-friendly recipes that your family will flip for.

In the meantime, enjoy these scrumptious family favorites and have a blessing-filled weekend!

Make something delicious and share it with the people you love most. Hugs!

What's For Dinner?

This is the part of the newsletter where I share recipe ideas from some of my best blogging friends and myself to inspire you with what's for dinner at our houses this week. That gives you seven days worth of new recipes to inspire you for your own delicious meal plan. Enjoy!

Tools for Quick and Easy Dinners

These are Amazon and Walmart affiliate links to some of my favorite kitchen tools and ingredients for making quick and easy recipes. I may earn commissions on qualifying purchases. You can read my affiliate disclosure here.

  • Ground Beef
  • Italian Seasoning
  • 12 qt. Stainless Steel Stock Pot with Lid - This is my soup, stew and chili go-to pot. And it's the one I reach for when making mashed potatoes for a gathering. Plenty of room for making large batches.
  • My 12" Cast Iron Skillet - It makes heavenly fried potatoes and is essential to almost every meal I make year-round. But, this is especially handy in the winter for comfort-food cooking. It can be used on the stovetop and in the oven, so it's incredibly versatile.
  • My Deep Dish 9x13 Ceramic Baking Pan is perfect for casseroles, Magic Cookie Bars, cakes and more.​
  • Taco Holder Rack I LOVE these and I don't even own a Blackstone. They are oven-proof, with silicone grip handles and I can make up to six tacos at once in each of them. I don't have to worry about shells flopping over and spilling. And I can take them straight to the table. I own two and I am considering adding to the collection. lol They're great for setting up a taco bar.
  • Pyrex Mixing Bowls I use daily. Of course, they're great for stirring together the ingredients for a recipe. But, they're also perfect for storing leftovers and even for serving things like this scrumptious Broccoli Cauliflower Salad. Another great feature is that they come with lids, so leftovers can easily go straight to the fridge.

Visit my Amazon Storefront to explore more of the tools and ingredients I love cooking with at home.

Glenda Embree

Glenda Embree: Making Homemade Easy shares easy, approachable recipes to help you create delicious weeknight dinners, I believe cooking from scratch doesn’t have to be complicated and that YOU can do it. My simple recipes, tutorials, and cooking tips will help you get weeknight dinners on the table with less stress. Forget takeout or the drive-thru. Let me show you how to make homemade easy.

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