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These sheet pan fajitas are my go-to repeat recipe. I make them whenever we have guests (and when we don't). They don't dirty a lot of dishes, they're super quick to make, and they're reliably delicious every time. Plus, you can vary your toppings to make things more interesting.

Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas - Tastes Better From Scratch

The easiest, DELICIOUS Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas roasted on just one pan and served in warm flour tortillas with your favorite toppings.

Tastes Better From Scratch

@Westie I think we have done that here! I am loving all the recipes. Keep them coming. These are two from the last week that were pretty good.

Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala

This Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala boasts a rich and aromatic sauce, and tender juicy chicken. Make four servings for the price of one take out!

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Everything You Love About Buffalo Chicken Dip—Now for Dinner

I'm a big fan of the recipe box app Paprika. A one-time $5 investment (paid for with Google Play Store credits earned from their Opinion Rewards app), and now we've got more than 200 recipes catalogued. Drop in the URL and it parses in seconds, with robust metadata to take notes and define your own categorization. Being able to search by a specific ingredient is clutch for minimizing food waste–when we have something left over to use up, we pick a recipe for the next week that incorporates it.

Sharing a bunch of faves that we keep coming back to. We aim for ~500 calorie portions for lunch/dinner, so most of what you see below is in that ballpark:

Shakshuka (breakfast - serve with a crusty bread)

Zippy’s Shakshuka | Toby Amidor Nutrition

Zippy's Shakshuka By: Toby Amidor Nutrition Information Serves: 6 servings Serving size: 1 egg + ½ cup sauce Calories: 153 Fat: 7g Saturated fat: 2g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 14g Sodium: 469mg Fiber: 4g Protein: 9g Recipe type: Breakfast, Main Dishes (Vegetarian) Prep t

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Lamb & Beef Balti

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Spicy Tomato-Braised Pot Roast (make a big batch and freeze portions of 2-4 for easy future meals; serve with cheesy polenta)

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Chicken Parmesan Burgers https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/chicken-parmesan-burgers

Slab Chicken Potpie (make a double batch of the filling & freeze half for an easy future prep)

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Spring Vegetable Shepherd's Pie (warning: Getting errors from archive(dot)org right now, but this URL usually works)

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3-Cheese Mushroom and Spinach Calzone

Three-Cheese Mushroom and Spinach Calzone

Cajun-Spiced Tofu Tostadas with Beet Crema

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Mushroom Paprikash (good mushrooms make a big difference - we get cheap shiitakes and oysters from our local Asian grocer for a fraction of what the national chains charge)

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Chicken Hummus Bowls

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We try to eat mostly fish and seafood for weeknight dinners since we tend to eat more beef and chicken when we’re out or at social events (or even hosting friends). The wild caught flounder from Costco is always in the freezer. It’s thin so it defrosts fast and cooks fast. We had been doing tacos, a tomato/caper/lemon bake, and others in rotation, and I’ve just added this new recipe into the rotation. You can still healthy it up a bit if you’d like, but as far as a weeknight fish dish goes, this really gave a new taste and was still surprisingly easy.

Spinach Stuffed Flounder - So Creamy, So Flaky | COOKTORIA

This Spinach Stuffed Flounder is a delicious mix of flaky white fish and creamy spinach filling, baked to perfection.

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This is one of my favorites especially in the fall/winter

Fall Farro Grain Bowl with Roasted Veg and Crispy Cheese

A nutrient-packed farro grain bowl featuring sweet butternut squash, hearty kale, fried cheese, crispy chickpeas and a zingy lemon dressing.

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Great ideas! Thanks, everyone, for sharing.

One thing that has really helped us avoid meal monotony is keeping a running list of our favorite meals. Even if I've made something too often recently, I add it to the list and bring it back into the rotation a few weeks or months later when it sounds good again.

Here's the simple meal planning spreadsheet I use if anyone is interested:

Meal Plan

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It could definitely be expanded with categories like cost per serving, prep time, cooking time, and seasonality, but it has been a helpful starting point for us.

Hope someone finds it useful!

I agree with Westie, I'd love some more tasty meals that are very quick to make.

I have been using a lot of the staples from the old ChooseFI vault of recipes Brad and Jonathan for years now. The peanut pork dragon noodles is amazingly fast and delicious, the Shawarma is a bit more time consuming, but definitely our favorite for taste (the naan can be found at costco for cheaper than most grocery chains). I would post the PDF I have but I don't see a way to upload anything but images or links; but here

is the link to where to get it yourself if you are interested!

"So easy you might cry" I make a super huge batch of pork in the crockpot and freeze portions. The plantains are too delicious to freeze, I'll eat em for breakfast. You want them super ripe when you make it. But you can put the leftover pork on rice or potatoes or whatever too.

Easy Shredded Pork over Caramelized Mashed Plantains - PaleOMG

Are you seeing the theme this week? I sure am. It’s called laziness. Easy breakfast crockpot thingy, now easy shredded…

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Here is one of our favorite soup recipes.

Scrumptious Lentil Soup

A super hearty, flavourful lentil soup that you are sure to make many times.

WHAT the HECK do I eat NOW

It requires an instant pot, but you could cook it on the stove. I just throw everything into the instant pot (corn too, or sometimes peas) and let it do its thing. I tend to salt food before eating vs adding while cooking. You will want to salt or it will be bland. I sometimes add hot sauce prior to eating.

Lentil/bean chili

This is not an instant pot recipe, but I made it one! I just throw all the ingredients into the instant pot and cook on high for 6-7 minutes with natural pressure release. I sometimes add brown/green lentils to make it meatier.

3 ingredient no bake cookies

Quick and easy sweet treat if you like peanut butter. There is also alower sugar version that I should try. I keep them in the freezer and eat them straight from there.

We should have a whole section of the forums where we post cheap, nutritious recipes! I'd love to see more of these!

Tacos are a great idea. My favorite meal right now is a protein and quinoa bowl. I'll cook up 3 to 4 servings of quinoa and add eggs, chicken, or salmon with veggies and seasonings. Quinoa is super easy to cook. I'll add onion, garlic, olive oil, salt, and black pepper to the quinoa and cook the proteins separately.