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Home » Main Dishes » 30-Minute Meals

30-Minute Meals

Healthy dinner recipes that require 30 minutes or less to prepare! Easy, nutrient-dense whole food meals that come together quickly for easy weeknight eating! Whip up any of these recipes after a long day for the ultimate way to settle down for the evening.

 

My top recommendations are my Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Hamburger Helper, Thai Zucchini and Chicken Skillet, and Crispy Sesame Salmon.

Plate of Thai Chicken Lettuce wraps with a bowl of green onions to the side.

Thai Chicken Lettuce Wraps

30 minutes mins
Two jars full of cottage cheese overnight oats with fresh fruit on top and a bowl of strawberries in the background.

Cottage Cheese Overnight Oats

5 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Pecan encrusted salmon filets on a plate with a golden fork and slices of lemon, ready to serve.

Pecan Crusted Salmon

20 minutes mins
Two wooden bowls of chicken and broccoli stir fry.

30-Minute Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry

30 minutes mins
skillet of nightshade-free aip curry, ready to serve

Nightshade-Free AIP Curry

40 minutes mins
Large skillet full of fish filets covered in creamy sun-dried tomato sauce.

Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Cod

25 minutes mins
Stainless steel skillet of chicken pesto pasta with a napkin.

30-Minute Chicken Pesto Pasta

30 minutes mins
Chicken bacon avocado ranch salad in a wooden bowl with ranch dressing to the side and a bowl of tomatoes to the side.

Chicken Bacon Avocado Ranch Salad

25 minutes mins
Four grilled chicken breasts on a black plate, sprinkled with fresh parsley and sliced lemons to the side.

The Best Grilled Chicken Breast Recipe

26 minutes mins
Wooden bowl of cabbage salad with peanut dressing to the side and half an avocado and lime. Ready to serve.

Crunchy Cabbage Salad with Peanut Dressing

20 minutes mins
Easy fast dinner recipes roundup. Over 30 recipes that are quick and easy to meal prep

30-Minute Meals (Easy Fast Dinner Recipes!)

Skillet loaded with ground beef, vegetables and Mexican seasonings for a healthy dinner.

30-Minute Mexican Ground Beef and Zucchini Skillet

30 minutes mins
Big ceramic bowl of healthy vegetable soup with a gold spoon, ready to eat. A grey napkin and a fresh tomato to the side.

Easy Vegetable Soup Recipe (with Instant Pot and Slow Cooker Options)

30 minutes mins
Two bowls of paleo turkey chili with avocado on top. Ready to eat

Whole30 Turkey Chili (Paleo)

35 minutes mins
Top down photo of a big bowl of hearty ground turkey soup with grey striped napkin and fresh garlic to the side

Hearty Ground Turkey Soup with Vegetables

45 minutes mins
Black bowl of stir fry salmon and vegetables with chopsticks to the side and a dark blue napkin, ready to consume.

Salmon Stir Fry with Vegetables

30 minutes mins
Grilled salmon in a bowl with salad ingredients, strawberry salsa and avocado on a green background.

Grilled Salmon Salad with Strawberry Salsa

30 minutes mins
Lemon Garlic Foil Packet Shrimp with melted butter and fresh garlic inside a packet of aluminum foil. Fresh out of the oven, ready to serve.

Lemon Garlic Foil Packet Shrimp

25 minutes mins
White bowl with chana saag and white rice inside. An ornate decorative napkin underneath the bowl and a skillet full of chickpea curry in the background.

Quick and Easy Chana Saag

30 minutes mins
Rustic Minestrone Soup with Rice and Kale in two white bowls on a wooden backdrop with a plate of cornbread to the side.

Rustic Minestrone Soup with Rice and Kale

1 hour hr
Stainless steel skillet full of ground turkey and cabbage with sriracha drizzled on top and sprinkled with parsley

Ground Turkey Cabbage Skillet

40 minutes mins
Jar full of overnight oatmeal sitting on a wooden plate on a wooden backdrop with oats and seeds all around as well as a red napkin.

Vanilla Chai Overnight Oats

10 minutes mins
Top down photo of a stainless steel skillet full of chicken stir fry with vegetables. A golden napkin and a bowl of sesame seeds to the side.

30-Minute Garlic Ginger Chicken Stir Fry

30 minutes mins
Top down bowl of turkey chili with sliced avocado, green onions and red onions on top

Three Bean Turkey Chili

1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
two white bowls of hearty beef stew on a rustic wood background with bread and wine to the side.

Crock Pot Beef Stew

6 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Close up of a cast iron skillet with ground beef and vegetables inside sitting on a wooden backdrop with a golden napkin.

30-Minute Vegetable and Ground Beef Skillet

30 minutes mins
Mediterranean salmon fresh out of the oven, ready to be served.

Mediterranean Salmon in Parchment Paper

40 minutes mins
close up egg roll in a bowl with chop sticks to the side.

Ground Turkey Egg Roll in a Bowl

40 minutes mins
Finished steak and potato skillet in a cast iron skillet with a napkin to the side

30-Minute Steak and Potato Skillet

23 minutes mins
Big bowl of soup with a tomato and napkin to the side.

Rustic Tortellini Soup with Sausage

30 minutes mins
Big wooden bowl of brown rice and sesame ginger orange beef with chopsticks to the side.

30-Minute Sesame Ginger Orange Beef

30 minutes mins
Big bowl of gluten-free dairy-free Hamburger Helper with a fork.

Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Hamburger Helper

30 minutes mins
large bowl of pesto chicken salad with avocado, red onion and sun-dried tomatoes.

Pesto Chicken Salad with Avocado

10 minutes mins
White bowl of salmon and rice mixed together with avocado and seaweed snacks on the side.

10-Minute Salmon and Rice Bowl

10 minutes mins
Healthy 30-Minute Thai Basil Beef (Pad Gra Prow) is savory, sweet, with just the right amount of kick. Easy to prepare any night of the week for a healthy dinner! Gluten-free, soy-free, refined sugar-free and paleo.

30-Minute Healthy Thai Basil Beef

30 minutes mins
bowl of crispy chicken salad with strawberries. blue napkin and gold fork off to the side.

Crispy Chicken Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing

35 minutes mins
close up two bowls of Thai zucchini and chicken

Thai Zucchini and Chicken Skillet

30 minutes mins
wooden bowl of chicken katsu with white rice, avocado, edamame and sauce

Baked Chicken Katsu

25 minutes mins
Bowl of Mexican Picadillo with rice and avocado. Limes, fork, and napkin off to the side.

Easy 30-Minute Mexican Picadillo Recipe

28 minutes mins
Stainless steel skillet with creamy sun-dried tomato chicken and zoodles with a red napkin to the side and a pepper shaker

Creamy Mediterranean Chicken with Zucchini Noodles

30 minutes mins
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