Best Recipes for Quick Meals

Tasty recipes, from healthy salads to savory soups, that are perfect for busy families.

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Kid Kebobs

This Saturday-night treat is quick to cook. All you need for sides are buttered egg noodles and salad or green beans.
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Ham and Cheese Empanadas

These savory turnovers are easy for kids to assemble and even easier for them to eat.
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Savory Pancakes

Easy to make and customize, these tasty treats are perfect any time of day. Kids love these roll-ups because they're tasty, and parents love them because they're nutritious.
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Apricot Chicken Drumsticks

This delicious chicken dish has a sweet irresistible flavor.
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Beef Taquitos

Like tacos, only neater to eat, taquitos have plenty of kid appeal and make a quick and satisfying lunch or dinner.
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Hawaiian Skillet Chicken

Sautéing chicken is easy, quick, and limited only by your imagination.
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Calzones

These delicious calzones are just like a folded over pizza. You have the delicious crust all the way around, and in the center is the delectable cheese, sauce, and other fillings of your choice.
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Helen's One-Skillet Lasagna

This skillet lasagna recipe is quick to assemble and even easier to disassemble and enjoy.
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Cheese Tortellini Soup with Cannelloni

This is a quick one-pot soup, which is very easy to put together.
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Cheesy Potato Skin Pizza

Kids love these pizza-topped skins because they end up with two of their favorite dishes: mashed potatoes one day, potato skins the next.
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Chicken Curry

A great way to introduce kids to international food.
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Steak Stir-fry

Tender beef and a sesame hoisin sauce make a winning combination.
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Couscous Salad with Turkey

Here's a colorful salad packed with a variety of flavors and textures that kids find fun and tasty.
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Teriyaki Delight

Boneless grilled chicken and homemade teriyaki sauce make a delicious combination in this recipe.
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Creamy Mushroom and Chicken Soup

This comforting recipe, fortified with cream and chicken, is a flavorful alternative to a basic mushroom soup.
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Falafel

A spicy Middle Eastern chickpea fritter, falafel can be served warm or as a nutritious sandwich filler.
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Turkey Pilaf

An absolutely scrumptious ground turkey dish that's simple to make -- even picky eaters will love it.
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Fish Filets

Instead of being deep-fried, these flaky, golden fish filets are coated with crackers and panfried in a small amount of canola oil.
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Quick Turkey Chili

This turkey chili gets rave reviews from kids.
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Lasagna Rolls

This twist on a classic recipe takes the mess out of dishing up lasagna because it's prepared in individual serving sizes. And it freezes nicely, so you can make it well in advance if you know you'll be pressed for time on potluck day.
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Japanese Chicken-and-Egg Rice Bowl

This flavor-packed Japanese meal is a cinch to make when you use chicken cutlets that you've already prepared.
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Stuffed Bell Peppers

How do you give vegetables an extra dose of kid appeal? Start with bell peppers, fill them with seasoned beef and rice, and top them off with sauce and cheese.
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The Best Homemade Meatballs

Meatballs are a great base for quick and easy dinners on busy evenings, and a three-meat combo gives these morsels great flavor and texture.
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Quick Corn Bread Deep-Dish Pizza

This recipe -- which features the high points of pizza with more flavor and less expense -- may not let you down.
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Kathy's Three-step Tetrazzini

Many tetrazzini recipes require that you use every pot, pan, and chopping board in the house -- but not this one.
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Sesame Bean-and-Pasta Salad

This delicious salad is a cinch to make, especially when you use white beans that you've already prepared.
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Spicy Green Beans with Pork

The green beans in this classic Chinese dish take on the flavors of ginger, chili, and garlic. And the spice is just right -- not too hot for most kids but a bit of a kick for Mom and Dad.
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Roasted Tomato Soup

The flavor of the freshly roasted tomatoes in this soup makes it so much tastier than store-bought.
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Lasagna Soup

Turn a favorite meal, lasagna, into a soup with this tomato-y broth, brimming with sausage, pasta, and cheese.
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Penne Alfredo with Smoked Trout

Penne with a basic Alfredo sauce for the kids can be easily dressed up with smoked trout or salmon for the grown-ups, resulting in a savory blend sophisticated enough to serve to company.
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Squid Dogs

These odd-looking but tasty treats are an ingenious combination of two toddler favorites: hot dogs and spaghetti.
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Fish Fingers

Simple and fun to make, these fish sticks are bound to become one of your family's favorite quick dinners. We used fillet of sole, but grouper and cod also work well.
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Italian Chicken Salad

Chicken strips marinated in Italian vinaigrette are the key ingredient in this light and tangy main-dish salad.
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Maple-glazed Pork with Apples

Few pork recipes are as easy and tasty as this New England-style dish. If you can't find pork loin cutlets in your supermarket, you can use thin boneless pork chops instead. Mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables or a tossed salad will round out the meal.
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Sesame-soy Noodles

Noodles are a traditional food for Chinese New Year: their length symbolizes longevity.
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Pasta Primavera with Shrimp

Baby carrots and sugar snap peas give this simplified primavera plenty of kid appeal, but if your family prefers other fresh vegetables, such as asparagus, green beans, or zucchini, they'll work well too.
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Grilled Chicken Tostadas

Here's a delicious Tex-Mex spin on tostadas made with marinated grilled chicken.
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