As the days get shorter and schedules get busier, finding time to make dinner can sometimes feel like a real burden. Worry no more! Read on to find delicious tips and recipes for cooking dinner in no time.
Plus, find out how to win your own Instant Pot 7-in-1 Pressure Cooker (valued at $120) to make dinner prep even easier!
The perfect meal to warm you up in fall is a hearty bowl of soup. And many soups are quick to make. Take, for example, this Cheesy Vegetable Chowder submitted to our website by MyLittlePrincessK. It takes just 15 minutes to prep and is a complete all-in-one meal. This one is vegetarian, but feel free to add meat to it. Tip: buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and it will take no extra time to add to the chowder.
When you are busy with activities, one-pot meals are the way to go. It's less time cooking -- and less time washing! Cooking in one-pot does not have to be boring. You can make all sorts of casseroles and stews. Or try this lamb skillet dinner from Hywelda9. With just 10 minutes of prep time, it's an easy meal that is sure to cheer you up this fall.
Another great option is to use a slow cooker to prepare dinner in advance. There are countless meal options you can put together in the morning, and it will be done at dinnertime. If you want chicken, try prepping the taco meat in the slow cooker, like dreampeddler does. All that's left to do at the end of the day is to heat up some tacos. Add whatever toppings you can grab from your fridge. Or for a one-pot slow cooker meal, try this beef stew from emimorgan, where your complete dinner is ready to eat.
Another stick-to-your bones meal that screams fall is chili. And because you can make chili so many different ways, you can serve it often without getting bored. If you want to try something other than the standard ground beef or turkey, check out kcchiefs's sweet potato chili, which is sweet, spicy and delicious! Make it in the slow cooker and dinner will be ready when you are.
Need a kitchen gadget that is both slow-cooker and pressure cooker in one? That sautees, browns and also steams? The latest fad in applicances is the Instant Pot, which is made to handle all of that and more. It can serve up the perfect fall recipe in no time. Now is your chance to try it out - in our #FallFoodGiveaway, where one lucky winner with get an Instant Pot 7-in-1.
There are two ways to enter:
Simply comment below and tell us your favorite quick-and-easy dinner.
AND/OR
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*One lucky commenter or Tweeter will be chosen at random to receive an Instant Pot IP-DUO60 7-in-1 Multi-Functional Pressure Cooker, 6Qt/1000W, valued at $119.99. Giveaway is open through October 23rd, 2016 to U.S. residents at least 18 years of age. Entrants must be a member of SheSpeaks. If you are not a member, click here to join. Winner will be notified by email.
Update: Thanks to all for entering! Congratulations to our winner: SheSpeaks member jolyn22.
This would be perfect for our family!!
Honey garlic chicken and potatoes in my slow cooker. All I have to do iso put all the ingredients in, set the slow cooker and wait. It's so easy and really delicious!
beef stew is so good this time of the year and so quick and easy to make.
I love taco soup in the crock pot. We top it with cheese and sour cream, and dip tortilla chips in it. Yummy!
Browns AND steams! I want it. ( I usually make soup with odds and ends when I'm prepping several days easy to reach/front of fridge healthy snacks. With this I'd expand and try it all. Starting with the Sweet Potato Chili. Man... if it browns... I so hate getting separate pan for meat, use stove, clean up, move to other pot. I want it.)
My family loves noodles with sautéed chicken breasts. I season and add some veggies. Very easy.
ooh. i love the 3 envelope roast in the crock pot. never had a pressure cooker. would love to add that to my kitchen!
chicken fahitas with friend peppers and onions
Love to make chili
Spaghetti is a favorite in our house.
Spaghetti is a favorite in our house.
Favorite quick-and-easy meal would be chicken with diced bacon, rotel, black beans and corn all served over rice. I use my crockpots more in the cooler months to make things like roast and bbq chicken.
I would like to win
Pasta it's super easy
Love to roast chicken in my slow cooker. It is always moist.