Planning dinner, making dinner, and feeding your family can be tough enough. But then add in all the dishes you need to do afterward on top of that? It can become overwhelming.

Enter in these delicious one-pot meals that you can enjoy, are super tasty, kid-friendly, and super simple to make on the stove top.

When you make these recipes you will truly be using one pot to make some of the best dinners that your entire family will enjoy.

Plus, with fewer dishes to do after dinner, it gives you more time to hang out with your family, eat dessert, or whatever you like to do!

Simple and delicious one-pot dinner recipes:

These dinners can be made in one pot, with simple ingredients — perfect weeknight recipes!

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  One Pot Cajun Chicken Alfredo

  Difficulty: Easy

  Creamy cajun chicken pasta made all in one dish for the perfect weeknight meal filled with all the seasoned chicken and pasta you could want.

  2 votes 4.5 Cuisine: Italian

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  Italian Sausage Soup

  Difficulty: Easy

  Keep dinner simple, flavorful, and completely delicious with this easy Italian Sausage Soup recipe full of pasta, veggies, and protein.

  12 votes 3.6 Cuisine: Italian

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  One-Pot Mexican Quinoa

  Difficulty: Easy

  This Mexican Quinoa one-pot dish is so easy to make and is a little different than what you’re probably eating on a regular weeknight.

  Cuisine: Mexican

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  One-Pot Ground Turkey Pasta

  Difficulty: Easy

  This One-Pot Ground Turkey Pasta Bake is cheesy and spicy with a creamy tomato sauce and fresh cilantro on top.

  Cuisine: American, Mexican

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  One Pot Spaghetti with Sausage

  Difficulty: Easy

  One-Pot Spaghetti with Sausage is the easiest and yummiest weeknight meal. All the ingredients are cooked in one pot in under half an hour!

  10 votes 5.0 Cuisine: Italian

What to serve with one-pot meals:

If you want to add even more options with these easy dinner recipes, you can always whip up a simple side salad or dinner rolls like these:

• Garlic Pull Apart Rolls – Roll Dough Recipe
• Easy One Hour Dinner Rolls
• Ranch Bacon Pasta Salad
• Avocado Corn Salad
• Orzo Feta Pasta Salad

Quick links for making dinner easy:

• Family meal plans
• Tools for the kitchen and more
• The best cookbook for family dinner recipes
• FREE budget meal plan
• Cooking videos to watch

If you give these recipes a try, make sure to tag us on Instagram @julia.pacheco.cooking and let us know how much you liked the recipes!