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Quick and Easy

Here’s a round-up of quick and easy meals with simple ingredients, minimal prep, and a short cook time (if there’s cooking at all!). These fast recipes and one-pan dinners are perfect for busy weeknights. Have dinner on the table in 30 minutes or less.

Looking for a 30-minute meal to make tonight? Try this one-pot orzo vegetable soup, creamy meatballs Alfredo, a quick broccoli stir fry, or this viral cottage cheese beef sweet potato bowl.

A cottage cheese wrap filled with turkey, cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato.

Cottage Cheese Wraps

A close up shot of marry me chicken meatballs in a creamy sauce.

Lightened Up Marry Me Chicken Meatballs

Cottage cheese eggs garnished with chives on a white plate.

Cheesy Cottage Cheese Eggs (in 5 Minutes!)

Marry me chicken pasta in a pan garnished with basil.

Lightened Up Marry Me Chicken Pasta

Jalapeรฑo chicken salad in a shalow bowl with lettuce and garnished with jalapeรฑos.

Jalapeรฑo Chicken Salad

A platter with a mix of plain and veggie cottage cheese egg bites.

Cottage Cheese Egg Bites

A spoon lifting some raspberry chia jam out of a jar.

Raspberry Chia Jam

Cape cod chicken salad in a white bowl.

Cape Cod Chicken Salad

Mango vinaigrette in a scalloped bowl next to a strawberry salad

Mango Vinaigrette

Blackberry chia jam in a mason jar.

Blackberry Chia Jam

Poblano ranch dressing in a mason jar.

Creamy Poblano Ranch Dressing

Black bean corn feta dip in a large bowl with tortilla chips.

Black Bean Corn Feta Dip

Protein brownie bites piled onto a small plate.

Protein Brownie Bites

High protein bean salad being mixed in a large bowl.

High Protein Bean Salad

Cottage cheese ranch dressing in a jar.

Cottage Cheese Ranch Dressing

A stack of protein Rice Krispie treats.

Easy Protein Rice Krispie Treats

Protein pancakes without protein powder stacked on a plate with maple syrup, butter and blueberries.

Fluffy Protein Pancakes without Protein Powder

A strawberry banana smoothie garnished with a strawberry.

Strawberry Banana Smoothie Without Yogurt (High Protein)

Avocado toast on a plate with hot honey and red pepper flakes.

High Protein Cottage Cheese Avocado Toast

A close up shot of cottage cheese sweet potato beef bowl drizzled with hot honey and sprinkled with red pepper flakes.

Viral Cottage Cheese Beef Sweet Potato Bowl

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