What's for dinner? As college students, we don't have a ton of time or money, but we have a love for good food, especially anything that's not from the cafeteria. Home cooking can be hard, but it doesn't have to be. These recipes are convenient and nutritious and are sure to be delicious! They also make perfect leftovers.
1. Impossibly Easy Salsa Chicken Bake
This recipe from Betty Crocker is a quick dinner fix that's sure to make your taste buds tingle. It takes about 45 minutes and makes eight servings. Ingredients include Bisquick mix, milk, vegetable or olive oil, bell pepper, chicken, Old El Paso Thick 'n Chunky salsa, chili powder, shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese blend, sour cream and fresh cilantro
.2. Easy Meatballs
These meatballs will be just like your mom made. Maybe they'll even be better! This recipe takes 40 minutes and makes four servings. Ingredients include lean (at least 80%) ground beef, Italian-style bread crumbs, milk, salt, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, onion, and egg
.3. Skillet Chicken Parmesan
Chicken parmesan is one of my all-time favorite meals. This spin on the classic takes 25 minutes and makes four servings. Ingredients include Bisquick mix, Italian seasoning, grated Parmesan cheese, egg, boneless skinless chicken breasts, olive or vegetable oil, tomato pasta sauce and shredded Italian cheese blend.
4. Lemon and Dill Chicken
This recipe offers unique and plentiful flavor. It takes about 30 minutes and makes four servings.
5. Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas
Forget Taco Tuesday and have a Fajita Friday! This recipe is sizzling. It takes about 15 minutes to make and makes nine fajitas.
6. Nana's Italian Pot Roast
This family classic is packed with flavor. It reminds me of a meal my mom made us when I was a kid. Enjoy a taste of home cooking with this recipe. It takes less than five hours and makes eight servings.
7. Loaded Baked Potato and Chicken Casserole
This recipe will taste like a Superbowl party any month of the year! It takes about an hour and a half to make and yields eight servings.
8. Slow Cooker Chicken Tikka Masala
This recipe is my favorite to make, hands down. It's easy and mouthwatering. It takes eight hours in a slow cooker to make and serves four to six people.
9. Best BBQ Pulled Pork
The secret to this brilliant recipe is the Cherry Coke and the peppers. This pulled pork is irreplaceable, and I can't wait to make it again. It takes eight hours to make and has six servings. It truly is the best!
10. Crockpot Red Lentil Curry
This recipe is another favorite of mine. It's super cheap and lasts forever.
11. Tuscan Chicken with Penne Pasta
Here's a recipe I'm excited to try. It boasts to be the easiest and most flavorful weeknight meal, as well as comforting, warming and delicious.
