Make dinnertime easy with Stress-Free Dinners! Including one-pan dishes like sheet pan, slow cooker, and air fryer, and 30-minute-or-less meals, every recipe in this publication is designed to be weeknight-friendly. Enjoy kid-friendly dishes and even recipes with bold, global flavors—all with reader ratings and reviews—so you can trust that dinner will be a hit!
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STRESS-FREE IN 1-2-3 • A 1-2-3 strategy is your ticket to less-stress cooking and cleanup. It’s simple—really! Just remember the three P’s.
NO-STRESS SIDES • A few ingredients can take a pantry or freezer staple from blah to gourmet. Our Allrecipes Allstars—some of the most-engaged home cooks and active community members—show you how to round out a meal with a quick side.
BURGER NIGHT • Need dinner in a hurry? Make burgers! They’re easy to customize with ingredients you have on hand, and you can make them in less time than it takes to get takeout.
GRAZE CRAZE • Small bites and photo-worthy boards are the newest dinner trend. Go beyond the meat-and-cheese board and nibble on one of these themed boards: Tex-Mex, Spring Fling, or Breakfast for Dinner.
PANTRY POWER: SALSA • A jar of salsa can be just what you need to add zing to your dinnertime. Give one of these speedy, delicious dishes a try.
SALADS THAT SWING • For fast and fresh dinners, add meaty or nutty toppers to swing salads from side dishes to hearty mains.
CLASSIC MAKEOVERS • Healthy comfort food may seem like an oxymoron, but these recipes prove that nutritious meals can still be deliciously indulgent and simple to make. Learn the tips and tricks to make your favorite foods better for you.
PANTRY POWER: SPAGHETTI • Double the batch the next time you cook spaghetti, then save half for later. It will make these creative uses for leftover noodles even quicker and easier!
5-STAR SHEET PAN • Toss an entire meal on a sheet pan and roast away for the simplest dinner ever. And cleanup is a cinch when just one pan is used! All of these meals-in-one are rated 5 stars by the Allrecipes community, so you know you can trust them to be tasty.
FLAVOR IN A FLASH • Break out of your dinner rut with these speedy recipes celebrating flavors from Mexico, Brazil, India, and beyond. Each takes no more than 20 minutes of hands-on time.
WINNER, WINNER, CHICKEN DINNER • Running late? No problem! Quick-cooking chicken is your dinner fix. And these recipes up the flavor ante so you’ll never think of chicken as boring ever again.
WEEKNIGHT SKILLETS • Turn to these dishes when you need a weeknight winner. All of these sizzlin’ skillet recipes have big flavor cooked up in one pan and are ready in 35 minutes or less.
FAST AND SLOW • Use your favorite electric multicooker to cut cooking time drastically or set it and forget it with your trusty slow cooker. No matter your preference, we have you covered with these recipes that practically cook themselves.
PANTRY POWER: TUNA • Put that canned tuna in your pantry to good use. These tasty ideas will help you get dinner ready in a snap.
DOUBLE TAKE • Make extra chicken, tofu, beef, or pork one night, then morph leftovers into another (even easier) meal later in the week.
VEG UP! • Forgoing meat—all of the time or some of the time—is a popular way to eat. Whether you want to call that vegetarian, plant-based, flexitarian, or meat-free, these recipes prove veggie-forward eating can be easy and delicious.
ALLSTAR AIR FRYER • An air fryer can do more than fry! The air fryer is basically a mini convection oven, and you can use it to cook up all sorts of goodies. These recipes from our Allstars show off the appliance’s range.
PANTRY POWER: PEANUT BUTTER • That jar of peanut butter is good for more...
