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Simple Dinner Ideas For Family: Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes

On nights when cooking is not a priority, just run down your eyes through this compilation of simple dinner ideas for family and impress everyone with your culinary skills.  Whether you’re in the mood for appetizing vegetarian quesadillas or craving the juiciest hamburgers ever, our easy dinner recipes for family will make everyone at the table happy. For those busiest evenings, you can check out our quick air fryer recipes or slow cooker recipes!

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Honey Glazed Ham

This honey glazed ham tastes very much like the famous honey baked ham but costs much less, and there’s no need to fight the crowds at holiday time. You can even buy the ham presliced to make it easier and more like the original. It is very good. I make this while preparing the rest of the meal in the kitchen so that I don’t forget to baste!

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Perfect Turkey

Looking for the best way to cook a turkey? Try this recipe that always results in a perfectly seasoned and juicy turkey. Use your own judgment for vegetable amounts, etc. I usually err on the side of more is better!

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Chef John’s Perfect Prime Rib

Use my easy “mathematical method” for cooking prime rib, and you’ll be rewarded with the best prime rib that’s perfectly pink and delicious. For the math to work, you must leave the beef out at room temperature for at least 6 hours.

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Farmer’s Market Vegetarian Quesadillas

Making the most of simple, fresh ingredients found at your local farmers’ market, these vegetarian quesadillas make great appetizers or a quick and healthy meal. Serve while hot with your favorite salsa, sour cream, and guacamole.

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Santa Maria Grilled Tri-Tip Beef

A Santa Maria tri-tip with a delicious spice rub is cooked on the grill until black-on-the-outside and perfectly pink inside for a spectacular steak. The tri-tip is cut from the bottom sirloin and when cooked properly, produces a very flavorful, incredibly juicy piece of beef. The town of Santa Maria, California, is home to this delicious barbecued beef specialty.

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Juiciest Hamburgers Ever

No more dry, lackluster hamburgers. These are juicy, and spices can be easily added or changed to suit anyone’s taste. If you find the meat mixture too mushy, just add more bread crumbs until it forms patties that hold their shape.

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Lime-Marinated Baked Salmon

The fresh lime juice and mustard add a nice tang to this moist and flaky grilled salmon. I came up with this marinade after tasting something similar at a friend’s house, and it is now one of our favorite fish recipes. You may also use other firm fish steaks, like halibut, tuna, and swordfish, instead of salmon.

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