Thinking of easy dinner recipes for the family seems like a simple task until it gets to 5pm and you still haven’t made a decision, let alone shopped, prepared or cooked the meal! That’s when this handy list of family dinner ideas comes to the rescue. Featuring some of Australia’s most popular dinner recipes including spaghetti bolognese, tuna mornay and fried rice, we’ve also got healthy dinner recipes as well as quick and easy dinner recipes for two. Lots of these meal ideas for the family are also cheap, can be cooked in 10 minutes or use shortcut ingredients. So next time you’re wondering: “what’s a good idea for dinner tonight?”, just pick one of these easy dinner recipes.
You can now make this Chinese takeaway classic in your slow cooker! The ingredients are usually stir-fried but in our version you cook the chicken first and then at the end combine with vegies and noodles.
One of the simplest and most satisfying pasta dishes youll ever cook, this is proof that magic can happen with just a handful of ingredients.
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This baked ziti is one of our favorite easy dinner ideas!
Prep: 10min
Total: 30min
Yield: 6
Ingredients:
- 4 cups (32 ounces) marinara sauce
- 2 cups (16 ounces) ricotta cheese
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt (more for the pasta water)
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound ziti pasta
- Extra-virgin olive oil (for drizzling)
- 1 pound fresh spinach
- 1½ cups smoked mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup grated pecorino or Parmesan cheese
Instruction:
- Preheat the oven to 425°F. Spread ½ cup marinara in the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, garlic, lemon zest, oregano, red pepper flakes, ½ teaspoon salt, and several grinds of fresh pepper.
- In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook the pasta according to package directions until al dente. Drain.
- Return the pot back to the stove. Over low heat, drizzle the bottom of the pot with a little olive oil and add the spinach. Toss and sauté 1 to 2 minutes until just wilted, working in batches if necessary. Turn off the heat, remove the spinach from the pot, and gently squeeze out some of the excess water. Coarsely chop it and set aside.
- Add the pasta back to the pot along with the remaining marinara, most of the chopped spinach, ¼ teaspoon sea salt, and more fresh pepper and toss until combined.
- Add half the pasta to the baking dish, top with dollops of the ricotta, the remaining spinach, and scoop the remaining pasta on top. Top with the mozzarella and pecorino cheese. Drizzle with olive oil and bake until the cheese is browned, 16 to 22 minutes.
- Garnish with fresh basil or parsley and serve hot.
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