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30 Minutes or Less

Here you will find family-friendly recipes that are 30 minutes or less - they are also all really good!  One of my favorites is my very healthy Mahi Mahi Recipe, while my son can't get enough of my Tacos made with Ground Beef Taco Meat.

Other reader favorites include our 15-minute Garlic Butter Pork Chop and my 10-minute Bok Choy Recipe.  Enjoy!

Couscous Salad with Cilantro Orange Dressing

Couscous Salad

Large white oval serving dish filled with homemade classic macaroni salad garnished with a light dusting of paprika and fresh chopped parsley.

Macaroni Salad

Large skillet filled with creamy shrimp alfredo with fettuccine pasta.

Shrimp Alfredo

Cast iron skillet filled with cooked beef and broccoli recipe garnished with slice green onions.

Beef and Broccoli Recipe

White plate with a fluffy buttermilk biscuit topped with creamy sausage gravy.

Biscuits and Gravy

Three large cooked chicken thighs in an air fryer.

Air Fryer Chicken Thighs

Large stainless steel skillet filled with cooked fettuccine noodles tossed in alfredo sauce.

Best Alfredo Sauce Recipe

A white bowl filled with Kung Pao Chicken and white rice.

Kung Pao Chicken

Large white ceramic Dutch oven filled with homemade hamburger helper made with ground beef and macaroni noodles.

The Best Homemade Hamburger Helper

Easy 30 Minute Fish Soup

Fish Soup

Wooden spoon filled with rotel dip resting on top of a white bowl filled with cheesy rotel dip.

Rotel Dip

White soup bowl filled with broccoli cheddar soup.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup (30 Minutes!)

Small while plate filled with lemon chicken orzo.

Lemon Chicken Orzo

Close up of a large white salad bowl filled with shredded Brussels sprouts, kale, avocado, grated carrot, pomegranate arils, tossed in a light lemon vinaigrette.

Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad

A close up of food, with Butter Garlic steak

Garlic Butter Steak Bites

White rectangle serving plate filled with bacon wrapped shrimp and garnished with fresh parsley.

Bacon Wrapped Shrimp

Close up of thick cinnamon honey butter smeared onto a wooden board and drizzled with sweet honey and cinnamon.

Cinnamon Honey Butter Board

A plate of honey glazed carrots

Honey Glazed Carrots

Round serving bowl filled with small yellow boiled potatoes.

Garlic Butter Boiled Potatoes (How to Boil Potatoes)

Cooked seasoned butternut squash cubes in the basket of a large air fryer.

Air Fryer Butternut Squash

White bowl filled with cooked and fluffy coconut rice.

Coconut Rice Recipe

A bowl of food on a plate, with Garlic Butter Chicken

Garlic Butter Chicken Bites with Zucchini Noodles

Easy Chicken Gyros

20-Minute Chicken Gyros

Blue bowl filled with udon noodle soup made with bok choy, snap peas, green onions, and a poached egg.

Udon Noodle Soup

White bowl filled with creamy classic hummus.

Hummus Recipe

Easy Mediterranean Chicken Wraps made with hummus, salad, feta cheese, and chicken on parchment paper

Mediterranean Chicken Wraps

Large white bowl filled with chopped Mediterranean salad made with fresh veggies, artichoke hearts, avocado, chickpeas, feta cheese.

Mediterranean Salad

Cooked quinoa in a large saucepot.

How to Cook Quinoa

White bowl filled with cooked jasmine rice.

Jasmine Rice

Shrimp and Avocado Salad drizzled with Homemade Miso Dressing in a black salad bowl.

Shrimp Avocado Salad with Miso Dressing

Sloppy joe sandwiched between a brioche bun with crispy potato chips.

Sloppy Joe Recipe

Three cooked salmon fillets in an air fryer basket after cooking.

Air Fryer Salmon

Close-up overhead image of four equal-sized cooked salmon covered in a homemade honey garlic sauce.

Honey Garlic Salmon

Close up image of baked salmon covered in a lemon butter sauce and garnished with fresh thyme.

Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter (20 minutes!)

Grilled Salmon Burgers with Garlic Lemon Aioli

Salmon Sliders with Garlic Lemon Aioli

Honey garlic shrimp served with lemon slices set on top of cooked white rice and served with a side of cooked asparagus.

Honey Garlic Shrimp

Overhead image of a large skillet filled with 6 cooked chicken thighs in a creamy tuscan sauce with sundried tomatoes and spinach.

Creamy Tuscan Chicken

A mason jar of homemade marinara sauce

Marinara Sauce

White serving plate filled with sauteed Chinese broccoli in soy sauce and garlic.

Chinese Broccoli Recipe (Gai Lan)

Large white shallow bowl filled with easy egg drop soup recipe garnished with sliced green onions.

Egg Drop Soup

Close up image of mixed together egg salad.

Egg Salad Recipe

A bowl of salad on a plate with ranch

Homemade Ranch Dressing Recipe

Jar of creamy homemade honey mustard sauce.

Honey Mustard Recipe

Tartar sauce in a small white serving dish on an aluminum pan.

Tartar Sauce Recipe

Waldorf salad made with apples, walnuts, grapes, and celery on a bed of lettuce in a white serving bowl.

Waldorf Salad Recipe

Large white serving bowl filled with red and green grapes mixed with cream cheese, sugar, sour cream, vanilla extract, and chopped pecans.

Grape Salad Recipe

Overhead image of bowl filled with simple chicken salad and fluffy pita bread triangles.

Chicken Salad Recipe

Large white serving bowl filled with bulgur tabbouleh salad.

Tabouli Salad Recipe (Tabbouleh)

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