With Trader Joe’s around the corner, I found a way to make semi homemade quick and easy dinner recipes that are delicious, use few ingredients and are a hit with the entire family. Here is my round up of easy weeknight meals you can make.
If you have 30 minutes and these staples ( mostly from Trader Joe’s) on hand, you can make a pretty tasty meal.
Semi Homemade Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes
Here are some semi homemade quick and easy dinner recipes that have become our favorite semi prepared meal ideas.
Sausage Peppers Onions and Potatoes Skillet
My take on the classic Italian sausage, onions and peppers skillet
made with zesty arugula and comes together in one pan!
Eggplant Parmigiana
Pantry staples like marinara sauce and eggplant patties
in the freezer make this our go to meal almost weekly.
Shrimp Fried Rice
Prepared rice, vegetable medley and frozen shrimp
make this semi homemade almost better than take out version.
Pesto Shrimp & Spinach and Chive Linguine
Pesto is always in our fridge, for this exact recipe.
Delicious, easy and tastes homemade without much fuss!
Chicken Meatballs with Orzo
Pre-made chicken patties get a makeover as meatballs.
Paired with orzo, kale and sun dried tomatoes for extra flavor and easy weeknight meal.
Mediterranean Inspired Meatballs
Feta cheese and fresh mint leaves make these mediterranean
inspired meatballs a perfect, low-carb weeknight meal.
Veggie Burgers from Trader Joe’s
Our favorite veggie burger makes for a quick and easy lunch
Warm Protein Bowl with Chickpeas & Turkey
The ultimate comfort food made with quinoa, ground turkey and roasted chickpeas
for powerful and delicious semi homemade quick and easy dinner recipes.
Quick Homemade Chicken Soup
This quick homemade chicken soup recipe comes together in
under an hour and you can pick up all of the ingredients at Trader Joe’s.
Skinny Shrimp Scampi
Way less butter and spiralized zucchini noodles make for the most
delicious skinny shrimp scampi recipe for an easy weeknight dinner.
Creamy Chicken Skillet with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Spinach
This creamy chicken with sun dried tomatoes and spinach is an easy weeknight meal
that should definitely be on a weekly rotation and your go-to chicken dinner recipe.
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Thanks for the ideas! Definitely going to be making a few of these recipes this week:)
Can’t wait to hear how it turns out, Whitnee! Hope they’ll become your favorites too. Thanks for reading 🙂
I’m so excited to try these! My bf will think I’ve become a fabulous chef overnight
Mauricio is on to me now, but you can still fool Al 🙂
Gorgeous good pics! I’m hungry
Thanks! Come over, I’ll feed ya!