It so happened that dinner for a modern family is the main meal at home, when no one is in a hurry. In the morning you need to quickly get ready for work and a quick and easy breakfast comes to the rescue. Lunch takes place outside the home, in the office cafeteria or at a nearby cafe. And in the evening the main question that overcomes modern housewives: what to cook for dinner, in haste and so that it is tasty and healthy? This article has 12 ideas.

Quick whip up dinner in the oven

Food cooked in the oven with a minimum amount of oil is very healthy. All kinds of casseroles, vegetables or meat always look appetizing and smell just awesome. And you can brown the dish without harming the body.
Instead of fried potatoes, a great recipe for a quick whip up dinner is potatoes baked with chicken.

You will need such products:

  • chicken pulp - 500 g;
  • 7-8 medium potatoes;
  • eggs - 2 pcs.;
  • yogurt without additives - 100 g;
  • flour - 50 g;
  • onions - 200 g;
  • carrot - 200 g;
  • spice;
  • salt;
  • butter - 25 g.

Step-by-step process:

  1. Finely chop the chicken flesh, salt and season with spices. Chop onion in half rings, mix with meat. Set aside for 15 minutes and work on potatoes and carrots.
  2. Peel the potatoes, cut into thin rings. Carrots can also be cut into rings or very thin straws.
  3. Prepare the sauce - mix yogurt, eggs and flour in a bowl, salt, season with spices.
  4. Grease a baking sheet, put a layer of potatoes so that it covers the bottom of the mold.
  5. Distribute meat with vegetables. On top again a layer of potatoes.
  6. Pour sauce and butter.
  7. Place in a hot oven, bake for 40-45 minutes at 180-200 degrees.

You can check the readiness of the casserole with a toothpick - pierce the potatoes with it. Serve seasonal vegetables or pickles to the dish.

Cooking in a slow cooker

A crock-pot is a real lifesaver in the kitchen. It makes it possible to quickly prepare dinner and at the same time there is time for relaxation and communication with the family.

Cooking Braised Cabbage with Mushrooms in Sour Cream Sauce

 

Products:

  • fresh cabbage - 400 g;
  • champignons - 300 g;
  • bulb;
  • carrot;
  • sour cream - 200 g;
  • vegetable oil - 20-25 g;
  • basil, oregano;
  • salt;
  • 0.5 cups of water.

Work process:

  1. Finely chop the onion, pass the carrots through a coarse grater.
  2. Mushrooms should also be finely chopped.
  3. Chop the cabbage.
  4. Put mushrooms, onions, carrots, cabbage in a slow cooker. Add water and vegetable oil.
  5. Select the “Extinguishing” mode for 45 minutes.
  6. Mix sour cream with spices and salt. Add the sauce to the slow cooker 5-10 minutes before the end of the process.

If the multicooker has an extra bowl, then at the same time with cabbage, you can cook meat or fish for a couple. Dishes – duets cooked simultaneously in a slow cooker save time very much, which is important at the end of a working day. Consider a couple more recipes for a quick and tasty dinner.

Buckwheat + steamed cutlets

Components:

  • prepared ground beef - 400 g;
  • bread crumb - 100 g;
  • milk - 50 g;
  • egg yolk;
  • onion - 3 heads;
  • seasonings for meat;
  • salt;
  • butter - 30 g;
  • vegetable oil - 20 g.

How to cook:

  1. Rinse buckwheat. Peel the onion, finely chop two heads, fry in the "Frying" or "Baking" mode on a mixture of oils.
  2. Put the groats in the bowl, add onions, water. On a glass of buckwheat 2 tbsp. water.
  3. Skip the remaining onion through a fine grater. Stuffing mix with softened bread in milk, seasonings, grated onions and yolk, salt, knead thoroughly.
  4. Form cutlets and put them in a basket for cooking steamed dishes. Select the multicooker mode for buckwheat (groats). This time will be enough to prepare cutlets.

Steamed fish + rice with vegetables

Products for the recipe:

  • hake - 300 g;
  • rosemary;
  • ground ginger;
  • lemon;
  • olive oil - 50 g;
  • rice - 200 g;
  • butter - 25 g;
  • frozen vegetable mixture - 200 g;
  • salt.

How to cook:

  1. Prepare the fish - wash, clean, remove the dark strip along the ridge. Cut into portions, pickle for 15 minutes in a mixture of lemon juice, salt, seasoning and olive oil.
  2. Rinse thoroughly several times until the water becomes clear.
  3. Put rice in a bowl, salt, add vegetables. Stir, pour hot water (2 tbsp.), Add butter.
  4. Put the fish in the steaming basket.
  5. Set the multicooker mode to “Rice”, “Croup” or “Normal cooking”, time 30 minutes.

A beautiful serving will complete the preparation of dinner: put fish, rice with vegetables on a dish, decorate with herbs, add a quarter of lemon for fish.

Fry and stew in a pan

Introducing ideas for a dinner that can be quickly cooked in a pan. Moreover, the dishes are very tasty.

Chicken offal in tomato sauce

Products:

  • chicken liver and hearts - 300 g;
  • onions - 2 pcs.;
  • Bulgarian red pepper;
  • bell pepper yellow;
  • tomato paste - 0.5 tbsp .;
  • tomatoes - 300 g;
  • vegetable oil;
  • fat cream - 25 g;
  • spice;
  • salt.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse offal well. Cut the hearts in half and remove blood clots. Divide the liver into pieces, remove the veins. Boil for 5 minutes, drain the water.
  2. Cut onion, fry until golden brown. Crush the pepper into cubes and add to the onion, simmer another 2-3 minutes.
  3. Put boiled offal in the pan. Salt, season with spices, add cream, simmer together for 3 minutes.
  4. Peel the tomatoes, cut into cubes, put in a pan.
  5. Dilute tomato paste in a glass of water and pour into a pan. Stew 2-3 minutes after boiling.

Pilaf with chicken and vegetables in a pan

Required Products:

  • chicken fillet - 300-400 g;
  • large onion;
  • carrot;
  • bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
  • vegetable oil;
  • spices for pilaf;
  • salt;
  • garlic - 2 cloves;
  • rice - 1 tbsp.

Work algorithm:

  1. Rinse several times, pour boiling water, leave for 15-20 minutes.
  2. Cut the fillet into pieces.
  3. In a hot pan, fry the onions and carrots, diced bell pepper, stew a little, then add the meat.
  4. Pass the garlic through a press or grind with a fine grater, add to meat and vegetables.
  5. Discard the rice on a sieve, drain, add to the pan. Pour in a little cold water so that it does not burn.
  6. Do not mix, simmer under the lid over low heat until cooked.

Omelet with cauliflower and green onions

What products will be needed:

  • head of cauliflower;
  • 3 eggs;
  • flour - 1 tbsp;
  • a bunch of green onions;
  • salt and spices.

How to cook:

  1. Wash the cabbage, divide into inflorescences as small as possible. Fry in a well-heated pan for 3 minutes.
  2. Add a little water and put out the cabbage under the lid, then evaporate the remaining liquid.
  3. Mix with a whisk in a bowl 3 eggs, a tablespoon of flour, salt, spices. Add finely chopped green onions.
  4. Pour the cabbage with the mixture, cook under the lid over low heat.

Quick-cooked dishes cooked in a pan save time by the stove, but they should not be included in the system. Such nutrition will negatively affect the state of the stomach.

Simple and delicious recipes in a pan

How to quickly prepare a delicious dinner using a pan? Very simple - you need to place the ingredients in this container, put on fire and wait until everything is ready.

Lentil Soup

The original recipe for this soup involves roasting garlic with spices and tomato paste. In the evening express version, this item can be skipped. The cooked dish will not lose its taste.

Products:

  • red lentils - 1 tbsp .;
  • butter - 20 g;
  • garlic - 3 cloves;
  • ground black pepper;
  • red hot pepper;
  • dry mint;
  • salt;
  • vegetable oil - 1 tbsp;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp .;
  • lemon.

How to cook:

  1. Rinse groats, pour hot water 1: 2, put on a quick fire.
  2. Lentils should be stirred so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan. It is very convenient to use a whisk to create this soup. Cook until grits break apart.
  3. Salt, add butter and vegetable oil.
  4. Pass the garlic through a crush, add to the pan along with spices and tomato paste.
  5. Bring the soup to the consistency of liquid puree, pour in some more water, if necessary. Beat thoroughly with a whisk.

Ready soup should be poured into plates and served with lemon, cut into quarters.

Braised pork with vegetables in a cast iron pan

The composition of the dish:

  • pork tenderloin - 500 g;
  • eggplant - 200 g;
  • zucchini - 200 g;
  • sweet bell pepper - 150 g;
  • onion;
  • carrot;
  • spice;
  • salt;
  • vegetable oil.

Cooking process:

  1. Cut the meat across the fibers into thin long pieces.
  2. Gently heat the pan with vegetable oil and fry the meat for 3 minutes so that it seizes with a crust.
  3. Pour a glass of water, spices and salt, simmer under the lid for 20 minutes.
  4. Wash and cut vegetables. Pass the carrots through a coarse grater. Add everything to the meat. Simmer until tender.

Serve the pork with a side dish, boiled rice, buckwheat or potatoes.

Ideas for a Budget Dinner

Of course, preparing a delicious dinner for the whole family is much easier if the vegetable season is in full swing. But what to do when in the winter the prices for vegetables can be compared with the prices for meat? Or, for example, other reasons: there was no time to buy food, it was far from a salary, and stocks in the house were exhausted. In such cases, recipes come from simple products.The advantages of a "budget" dinner - fast, tasty and enough for everyone.

Spaghetti with minced meat

Ingredients:

  • a pack of spaghetti;
  • minced meat - 150-200 g;
  • spice;
  • salt;
  • cooking oil for frying;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp .;
  • bulb;
  • hard cheese - 100-150 g;
  • champignons - 100 g.

Step-by-step process:

  1. Boil the spaghetti.
  2. Fry onions with mushrooms, add minced meat, simmer until tender.
  3. Dilute tomato paste in 0.5 tbsp. water. Pour into the pan. Add spices, salt to taste.
  4. Spaghetti put on a plate in the form of a nest, in the middle - minced meat with sauce. Sprinkle with grated cheese.

Stuffed potato

Products for the recipe:

  • 5-6 potatoes of the same size;
  • minced meat - 200 g;
  • rice section - 50 g;
  • bulb;
  • spices for minced meat;
  • low-fat sour cream - 100 g;
  • vegetable oil - 50 g;
  • greens - a bunch;
  • hard cheese - 150 g;
  • egg;
  • salt.

Operating procedure:

  1. Boil the cereals until tender. Fold onto a sieve to allow all liquid to glass.
  2. Grate the onion.
  3. Add rice, onion, egg, salt and spices to the minced meat, mix thoroughly.
  4. Peel potatoes, cut lengthwise into halves. Take out the middle, fill the potatoes with minced meat.
  5. Mix sour cream with vegetable oil, salt.
  6. Put potato boats in a mold, pour with gravy.
  7. Send to a well-heated oven. The temperature is 200 degrees, the baking time is 35-40 minutes.
  8. Remove the baking sheet, sprinkle the boats with grated cheese, leave in the disconnected oven for another 5 minutes, so that the cheese melts.

If there are children of preschool age in the family, mushrooms should be discarded or replaced with other products that are lighter. Nutritionists do not recommend introducing mushrooms into the menu for babies up to 5-6 years old. And artificially grown champignons or oyster mushrooms can be given to children in limited quantities.

Potato casserole with sausage

This option is good for yesterday's mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes, and instead of meat, sausage is suitable. Making a hearty meal of what is left in the refrigerator is quite simple.

Components:

  • mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes;
  • 2 eggs;
  • sausage - 200 g;
  • processed cheese - a pack;
  • salt;
  • flour - 50 g;
  • bulb;
  • bell pepper.

How to cook:

  1. If boiled potatoes are used, they should be drained. Then add mashed eggs, flour, grated cream cheese and mix thoroughly. If necessary, salt.
  2. Fry onion and bell pepper.
  3. Finely chop the sausage into cubes, mix with fried vegetables.
  4. Put half the mashed potatoes in the mold, then the filling - sausage and vegetables. Cover the casserole with the remaining mass.
  5. Bake for 20-25 minutes. You can cover the form with foil, so the casserole will bake faster. To brown it, remove the metal paper and let the dish stand in the hot oven for another 5-7 minutes.

Sauce can be served with casserole. Mix yogurt with garlic, passed through the press, and finely chopped herbs, put it directly on the casserole.
To please your loved ones with a tasty and satisfying dinner, it is not necessary to spend a lot of time at the stove. It is enough to know a few recipes for dishes that can help out with a shortage of time, and sometimes funds.

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