It’s back to school season, y’all! That means school, sports and homework will dominate your family’s time and you won’t have a minute to spare when it comes to getting dinner on the table. What you need are simple, kid-friendly, 20 minute dinners to help you ease into the new school year. Even when you aren’t in the mood to cook, having a collection of quick and easy dinner recipes up your sleeve is crucial. So we rounded up a bunch of 20 minute dinners that’ll please everyone — from chicken enchilada soup to beef and broccoli lo mein — to help make back-to-school season a little less stressful.
Get dinner on the table in 20 minutes or less with these quick and easy recipes.
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These 20-Minute Dinners Will Ease You Back Into the School Year
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20-Minute Garlic Beef and Broccoli Lo Mein
Skip the takeout, because this beef and broccoli dish is packed with flavor, and is made in less time than it takes to hop in the car and pick up! Cook beef (or any protein) and your favorite vegetables in a skillet. Then add cooked lo mein or spaghetti and toss with sugar, soy sauce, hoisin, garlic, and ginger.
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Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Going to P.F Chang's tonight just isn’t an option. Bring this signature recipe right into your own kitchen. Use ground beef, turkey, or even tofu in place of chicken if you prefer and while the lettuce is refreshing, you can serve over rice instead.
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20-Minute Cheesy Chicken Enchilada Soup
Depending on your mood and what you have in the fridge, there are plenty of ways to improvise this crowd-pleasing dinner with different garnishes, veggies, and, of course, tortilla chips.
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20-Minute Greek Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce
Traditional AND easy? It’s a wrap! Fast and fresh dinners don’t get easier than these lamb and beef patty gyros.
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Sweet and Spicy Mango Shrimp
Making this 20-minute mango and shrimp dish couldn’t be easier and it’s the perfect combo of sweet and savory. Cook the shrimp in in garlic, soy sauce, lime juice, Thai chili sauce, and red pepper flakes and then serve it on a bed of rice, in tortillas as tacos, or on top of a salad.
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Quick and Easy Maple Glazed Pork Chops
These sweet and salty glazed chops are seared in a pan and then finished in the oven. It’s amazing what you can create with ingredients you already have in your fridge.
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Parmesan Herb Salmon
This easy Parmesan herb salmon is buttery, flaky,perfectly seasoned AND it comes together in just 20 minutes!
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Easy Shakshuka With Feta
For a last-minute dinner, shakshuka is a total lifesaver AND budget friendly. Eggs are simmered in a tomato-based sauce with peppers, onions, and warm spices. Then, it’s topped with melty feta cheese.
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20-Minute Tuscan Chicken with Penne Pasta
This one-pot penne pasta with a warm rotisserie chicken showcases the flavors of tomato, oregano, thyme, spinach, basil and Parmesan cheese.
