Top Ten Takin’ it Easy Dinners
My heart is breaking watching the news
about the terrible fires in Southern California
I used to live there and have experienced
having to evacuate from fires, it is terrifying
🙏🏻
The theme of my January Recipe Bucket List is “Takin’ it Easy”
I’ve rounded up my top ten favorites to share with you
for some easy meals this winter
Click on the highlighted recipe title for more details
and the printable recipe
Best 4 Ingredient Casserole Ever
is made with fully cooked Ready Pasta
All you have to do is brown the sausage,
mix everything together, and put it in a baking dish
BBQ Chicken & Pineapple Sheet Pan Dinner
Bonelss chicken is cut into 1-2 inch pieces,
coated with BBQ sauce and baked on a sheet pan with pineapple
This post also contains recipes
for sheet pan side dishes to serve with it
French Onion Chicken Bubble Up
There are a lot of flavors and texture
in this simple, dump & go 6 ingredient dinner
3 Ingredient Tomato, Gnocchi, & Spinach Soup
is a wonderful last minute dinner
that starts with prepared tomato soup
The soup cooks the gnocchi as it warms
and the fresh spinach wilts down into the hot soup
Brown Sugar Bacon Chicken Tenders is a favorite with kids and adults
it’s simple to prepare and can be cut into smaller pieces for appetizers
This recipe preps in minutes,
chicken thighs are covered with a maple mustard sauce
and baked for a delicious main dish
Slow Cooker Sweet Chili Hoisin Pork Tenderloin
Pork tenderloin is covered with a sweet chili Hoisin sauce
and cooks low and slow all day long,
filling your home with a mouthwatering aroma
I love Chicken Cordon Bleu, but it’s labor intensive to make
This Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu Bubble Up short cuts the prep
and has all the flavors of traditional Chicken Cordon Bleu
Maple Glazed Ham is a fully cooked small half ham
that came already sliced and is basted with a flavor filled sauce
while baking or cooking on the grill
Plus you can reinvent the leftovers into completely different meals
And of course, the recently posted Cranberry Chicken
4 ingredients, preps in minutes and is holiday festive
but is delicious any time of year
I hope you will enjoy all these
Takin’ It Easy recipes!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado/ Happiness is Homemade
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Yum, never seen ready to eat pasta before 🙂
It’s very handy! You could probably use regular pasta too, and just make the casserole the day before so it can sit in the refrigerator for a while. I haven’t tried that but it has worked for other recipes I’ve made
That is a good idea!
Lots of good suggestions.
Thanks Dorothy!
Jenna, I see great and easy recipes that are also comfort foods. Perfect for cold weather!
Praying for all dealing with the horrific fires in California!
Stay warm and safe!
They are perfect for days when you don’t really want to cook 🙂 We got 2-3 inches of snow overnight, I bet you got a lot!
They all look so comforting and warming…just what I would enjoy on the snowy weather we have over here.
Thanks Angie, stay cozy~
Happy Thursday Jenna, lots of tasty comfort food meals! Prayers for all who are fleeing their homes from raging fires. 🙏 Stay Warm ❤️
Thanks Mary, we woke up to 2-3 inches of snow this morning!
I love this collection of recipes… such variety and each looks so yummy! Thanks, Jenna! Happy New Year!
You are so welcome Laura, I hope you try some and enjoy!
I am so excited to try the Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe very soon! It looks so delicious and easy to make. Thank you for sharing #TFT
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it!!
We still have people on the east coast trying to recover from the hurricane and now LA is engulfed by horrific fires. I can’t even imagine what these people are going through. I wish I could invite them home for one of your easy dishes today. They all sound so good!
I know, it’s so horrible, I can’t imagine loosing everything and having no place to live…
I’ll have to check some of these out. Right now that onion one is calling my name! Thanks, Jenna. You always have great recipes going!
Thanks Jeanie! The easier the better in my book 🙂
I didn’t know you lived in CA – we need to visit more often. You’re pretty fascinating! I love these recipes because they look so cozy. I’m still burned out from cooking so much during the holidays, so these look easy and delicious!
Thanks Leslie Anne, the easier the better for me these days!
All looks good so good! Cranberry chicken looks like one I will try soon.
Prayers for California. It is so heartbreaking.
It’s a classic and couldn’t be easier!
Thank you for sharing all these easy marvels, Jenna. I have tried several of them and need to make the maple mustard one because I thought that special mustard and have used it in other recipes. Happy New Year to you!
Thanks so much Kitty, I hope you enjoy!
So many delicious recipes here Jenna and I just couldn’t pick a favorite although the pork tenderloin and the honey mustard maple chicken sound especially yummy! Thanks you for sharing – I love easy recipes – and yes indeed, prayers for those in California. I truly can’t even imagine. Happy Friday to you.
Thanks Kim, the pork tenderloin is a big hit with the guys at my house, and the honey mustard maple chicken is one of my very favorites. I hope you enjoy!
The chicken recipes are looking very good to me!
Thank you Mary, I love easy recipes 🙂
Just what we need on a cold winter day, comfort food. Thanks Jenna for sharing.
Prayers for all who have lost or fleeing their homes.
These are all easy and delicious and great for busy days and will get you out of the kitchen fast!
Your recipes always look so delicious! Unfortunately, I’ve developed a soy allergy and it is in most everything processed! I have to eat more simply which is Ok but I do miss the convenience of processed foods.
Oh I’m so sorry, I bet it is hard!