These Dinner Recipes for People Who Hate Doing Dishes are perfect for busy weeknights! One-pot, one pan, and one-skillet meals that make cleanup a breeze without sacrificing flavour! If you hate washing the dishes, you’re going to LOVE these easy dinners!
Enjoy cozy comfort foods, quick skillet meals, or one-pan oven-baked meals that all come together in a single dish. These recipes focus on simplicity and flavour, proving that you don’t need to create a pile of dirty dishes to make a satisfying meal the whole family will love!
- Line sheet pans and baking dishes with foil or parchment — just toss it when you’re done!
- Choose true one-pot or one-pan recipes to cut the number of dishes you use.
- Pre-cook or pre-chop ingredients (proteins, veggies, sauces) so you’re not juggling multiple prep bowls while cooking.
- Use nonstick or oven-safe cookware that allows going from stovetop to oven to table, so you don’t ever have to move food between dishes.
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One Pan Kung Pao Chicken with Noodles
This One Pan Kung Pao Chicken with Noodles is the perfect Asian-inspired weeknight meal that's on the table in 30 minutes or less!
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Easy Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas
These Easy Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas make the perfect simple and healthy weeknight meal for busy families, on the table in 25 minutes or less!
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One Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
This One Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce is a family favourite weeknight meal! Pasta cooked in a meaty sauce – kid-friendly, easy & delicious!
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One Pot Pasta
This One Pot Pasta is the best easy meal idea – simple pasta with basil, tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella – made in one pot in under 20 minutes.
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Sheet Pan Salmon Dinner
This Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner is an easy baked salmon recipe with potatoes & asparagus, and a creamy lemon butter sauce. Learn how to bake sheet pan salmon and veggies for the BEST easy meal – ready in 45 minutes!
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Instant Pot Fried Rice with Chicken
This Instant Pot Fried Rice with Chicken is an easy weeknight meal on the table in 25 minutes. Made with rice, chicken breast, and veggies!
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Easy Baked Feta Pasta
This Easy Baked Feta Pasta is a simple vegetarian meal on the table in 30 minutes. Made with feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, garlic, & spinach.
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Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner
This Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner is the perfect weeknight meal idea for busy families – just a few simple ingredients and you've got a wholesome meal in one pan!
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Baked Salsa Chicken and Rice
This Easy Baked Salsa Chicken and Rice is a super easy Mexican-inspired weeknight meal made in only one pan!
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Easy One Pan Maple Glazed Pork with Apples and Onions
This Easy One Pan Maple Glazed Pork with Apples and Onions is a delicious and healthy holiday-inspired main dish made in one pan in less than an hour!
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Easy One Pot Italian Sausage Pasta
This Easy One Pot Italian Sausage Pasta is the perfect simple meaty all-in-one meal that's packed with classic flavours & on the table in 30 minutes!
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Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
These Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas are the perfect healthy meal for busy days! On the table in 30 minutes!
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One Pan Chicken Alfredo Pasta
This One Pan Chicken Alfredo Pasta is a delicious and easy weeknight meal with chicken breast, fettuccine, and the easiest Alfredo sauce ever!
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Easy Lentil Curry
This Easy Lentil Curry is the perfect Indian restaurant-quality healthy weeknight meal that's vegetarian or vegan and dairy-free!
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Easy Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls
These Easy Teriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls are a super easy and healthy weeknight meal that’s on the table in under 20 minutes!
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Chicken with Turmeric Rice
This Chicken with Turmeric Rice is the perfect super easy weeknight dinner! It's family-friendly and on the table in 30 minutes!
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One Pot Taco Spaghetti
This One Pot Taco Spaghetti is a quick and easy family meal packed with Tex-Mex flavours, made in one pot in under 40 minutes!
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Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner
This Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner is packed with veggies and lean protein – it's the perfect simple weeknight family meal made all in one pan!
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One Pan Spanish-Style Chicken and Rice
This One Pan Spanish-Style Chicken and Rice is a super easy weeknight meal that’s packed with flavour! Make it spicy or family-friendly all in one skillet!
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Quick and Easy Seafood Marinara Linguine
This Quick and Easy Seafood Linguine Marinara is a restaurant-worthy weeknight meal packed with Mediterranean flavour – on the table in 20 minutes or less!
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Easy One Pot Chicken Dinner
This easy one pot chicken dinner has tender chicken, baby potatoes, carrots, and a herb-and-white-wine gravy. One pan, one hour, on the table by 6pm.
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Instant Pot Beef and Bean Chili
This Instant Pot Beef and Bean Chili is hearty and filling, and packed with lean ground beef and beans! Ready in 30 minutes!
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One Pan Mexican Style Sloppy Joes
These One Pan Mexican Style Sloppy Joes are the perfect easy weeknight meal with all your favourite Tex Mex flavours the whole family will love!
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Easy Korean Beef Rice Bowls
These Easy Korean Beef Rice Bowls make the perfect healthy weeknight meal that’s ready in about 15 minutes!
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Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner
This Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner is the perfect weeknight meal idea for busy families – just a few simple ingredients and you've got a wholesome meal in one pan!
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Instant Pot Sausage Pasta
This Instant Pot Sausage Pasta is the perfect easy one-pot meal packed with classic Italian flavours – on the table in 25 minutes or less!
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Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
These Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas are the best easy meal – Mexican-style! Tender chicken, fajita spices, grilled peppers – ready in 15 minutes!
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Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
This Instant Pot Spaghetti and Meat Sauce is the perfect easy family meal ready in 40 minutes! Classic comfort food made fast and easy!
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Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta
This Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta is an easy 25-minute one-pan meal. Seasoned chicken breasts & pasta in a simple creamy garlic Parmesan sauce.
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Instant Pot Vegan Chili
This Instant Pot Vegan Chili is hearty, filling, and packed with plant-based protein and veggies! Easy to make and ready in 25 minutes!
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Air Fryer Steak Fajitas
This Air Fryer Steak Fajitas recipe is the best easy meal – Mexican-style! Juicy steak, fajita spices, grilled peppers – ready in 15 minutes!
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Slow Cooker Potato Leek Soup
A deliciously easy potato soup made with bacon and leeks – slow cooked comfort food at its finest!
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Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup
This Slow Cooker Minestrone Soup is thick, comforting, and packed full of vegetables! It's so flavourful and easy to make, and it's the perfect way to warm up on a cold day!
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Turkey Chili
Healthy, hearty and filling, this easy to make Turkey Chili recipe is packed with lean ground turkey, veggies, and beans and ready in 30 minutes!
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Instant Pot Beef Stew
This Instant Pot Beef Stew is a deliciously easy classic beef stew recipe that's on the table in under 30 minutes. Comfort food at its finest and the perfect weeknight meal!
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Leftover Turkey Puff Pastry Pot Pie
Puff pastry pot pie is an easy meal to make with your holiday leftover turkey and frozen veggies. Make this classic comfort food recipe in 35 minutes or less!
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Easy Pasta Carbonara
Learn how to make classic Italian Carbonara with this Easy Pasta Carbonara recipe. Made with basic ingredients, it's ultra rich and creamy, and it's on the table in under 30 minutes!
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Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup
Healthy, wholesome, and packed with veggies and chicken, this Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup is easy to make and ready in about 30 minutes!
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Easy Lemon Pepper Sheet Pan Dinner
This Easy Lemon Pepper Sheet Pan Dinner is the perfect weeknight meal – juicy chicken, tender potatoes & green beans, bursting with lemon pepper flavour!
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