Trusted Recipes & Freezer Meals for Busy Families

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Freezer Meals

Cooked chicken cutlets in a cast iron skillet with Boursin gravy.

Easy Weeknight Meals

Menu Plans

Caesar pasta salad served with two wooden salad tongs and a small dish of ground pepper next to it.

New Recipe!

Caesar Pasta Salad

Kid-friendly Caesar Pasta Salad with or without chicken–creamy, quick, and perfect for family dinners, potlucks, or easy meal prep lunches.

Fresh & Citrusy

Spoon drizzling lemon butter sauce over crispy chicken cutlets on a white serving platter.

Crispy Chicken Cutlets with Lemon Butter Sauce

Two white bowls of lemon chicken orzo soup with spoons in them and crusty bread on the side.

Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

Creamy lemon pasta in a white bowl with fresh basil on top.

Creamy Lemon Pasta Sauce

Creamy citrus dressing being ladled onto Mandarin Orange Spinach Salad with sliced almonds, dried cranberries, and feta cheese on it.

Mandarin Orange Salad with Creamy Citrus Dressing

30 Minute Meals

For when you need dinner fast but don’t want to sacrifice flavor…

Shrimp scampi pasta served from a skillet with fresh parsley and lemon wedges on top.

Shrimp Scampi Pasta

Sliced pork tenderloin on a plate with boiled baby potatoes and green beans with a small bite of pork on a fork.

Oven Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Dry Rub

Egg roll in a bowl served in a white bowl on a wooden cutting board.

Egg Roll in a Bowl (with Coleslaw Mix)

Boursin chicken ready to serve from a cast iron skillet.

4-Ingredient Boursin Chicken

30 Minute Meals

More Spring Recipes You’ll Love

Skillet with Chicken Penne Pasta with Asparagus and Peppers ready to be served.

Chicken Penne Pasta with Asparagus and Peppers

BLT pasta salad all mixed together with homemade ranch dressing ready to serve.

BLT Pasta Salad with Ranch Dressing

Oven roasted asparagus on parchment paper.

Oven Roasted Asparagus

Blueberry muffin overnights in a mason jar with a yellow bowl of blueberries in the background.

Blueberry Overnight Oats

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Easy Weeknight Dinners

We’ve got you covered with no-brainer family dinner ideas for busy nights.

Meatball subs that have been under the broiler, side by side.

Easy Meatball Subs

Chicken fried rice served with a wooden spoon out of skillet.

Chicken Fried Rice (Easy & Healthy)

Taco bar with all the toppings lined up.

Totally Tasty Taco Bar

A hand holding one half of a Chicken Burrito about to dip it into a small bowl of Cilantro Lime Aioli on the plate.

On-the-Go Chicken Burritos

Easy Weeknight Dinners

Freezer Meals

As freezer cooking experts, the majority of our recipes provide well-tested freezer prep instructions.

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Best Freezer Meals on the Internet

Three beef burrito halves wrapped in foil halfway stacked up on a plate.

Weeknight Beef Burritos

Italian Baked Chicken Thighs on a white platter.

Italian Chicken Thighs

Chicken broccoli alfredo bake being served from a glass baking dish.

Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo Bake

All Freezer Meals

Salads

Mexican chopped salad in a white bowl.

Mexican Chopped Salad

salad dressing pouring over salad

Strawberry Spinach Salad with Lemon Honey Vinaigrette

Wilted Lettuce Salad with dressing being poured on top.

Wilted Lettuce Salad

Shaved Brussels Sprouts salad with bacon on top and a jar of dressing next to it.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

Popular Recipe Categories

BBQ chicken sliders lined up on a wooden cutting board.

Chicken

seasoned cooked steak that is sliced on a plate

Beef

Shaved Brussels sprout salad in a white bowl.

Salads

Cuban Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Pork

Two white bowls of lemon chicken orzo soup with spoons and crusty bread on the side.

Soups

Blueberry French Toast Casserole {with Vanilla Glaze} in a glass casserole dish

Breakfast

Crock Pot Recipes

A ladle full of white chicken chili being served from a crock pot.

Crockpot White Chicken Chili

Three carnitas tacos on a plate with toppings in bowls in the background.

Slow Cooker Crispy Carnitas

Three shredded beef tacos on a plate.

Shredded Beef Tacos

pot roast in crock pot

Slow Cooker Pot Roast

Easy Crock Pot Recipes

Instant Pot Recipes

Baby back ribs on a serving tray lined with parchment paper.

Instant Pot Baby Back Ribs

Mac and cheese in bowls on white plates with steamed broccoli on the side.

6-Ingredient Instant Pot Mac and Cheese

A white bowl of honey bourbon chicken with stir-fried veggies and a second bowl of rice next to it.

Instant Pot Bourbon Chicken

Bowl of taco soup with sliced avocado and tortilla strips on top.

Instant Pot Taco Soup

Instant Pot Recipes

Trending Recipes

Asian slaw in a white bowl with spoons.

Asian Slaw

Grilled lemon garlic chicken on top of roasted asparagus and lemon slices.

Lemon Garlic Chicken

A rectangle flatbread pizza cut into triangles for serving.

Veggie Loaded Flatbread Pizza

Chicken lettuce wraps being served on a white platter.

Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Chicken Parmesan casserole in a glass baking dish with a spoon.

Chicken Parmesan Casserole

Tomato bisque in bowls with spoons and croutons on top.

Tomato Bisque

Seasoned cooked steak sliced on a plate with steamed broccoli and a baked potato.

The Perfect Pan-Seared Steak

A hand lifting a ham and cheese slider from a baking dish with a spatula.

Ham and Cheese Sliders

Latest Blog Posts

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Menu Plan for the Week of April 13

BLT pasta salad all mixed together with homemade ranch dressing ready to serve.

BLT Pasta Salad with Ranch Dressing

after school snacks.

After School Snacks (Easy & Healthy)

Collage of meals on weekly plan.

Menu Plan for the Week of April 6