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Dinner Ideas and Side Dishes

Dinner Ideas and Side Dishes
Welcome to our Easy Diner Ideas and Side Dishes recipe page. Here you will find ideas for easy family dinner recipes. This is an ever-growing collection of easy cooking recipes for beginners and intermediate cooks. You will find cheap easy meals on a budget that are healthy (and some not so healthy) listed below.

Slow Cooker Chicken Stuffed Bell Peppers

Slow cooker chicken stuffed bell peppers are not only delicious but, so easy to put together! Tender ground chicken, finely diced veggies, panko breadcrumbs, ham and parmesan cheese are cooked and served in tender and sweet yellow bell peppers (capsicums).


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Pumpkin Salad With Halloumi

An easy pumpkin salad with halloumi cheese. Quick to make and goes well with grilled meats, making it ideal for busy weeknight meals. It’s gluten free and vegetarian. Great for serving at dinner parties or summer barbecues.


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Potato Salad With Greek Yogurt

You will love how easy this potato salad with Greek yogurt is to make. Made with no mayo, this salad a lighter and healthier than traditional recipes, and still has flavour and creaminess. Perfect for summer BBQ’s, potlucks, tailgating and holiday dinners.


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Creamy Sweet Potato Soup With Bacon and Chives

This sweet potato soup with bacon and chives is perfect for chilly days. Easy to make, freezer friendly and can be piled with any number of toppings. Have a big bowl of this soup for dinner or lunch with a simple salad or sandwiches. It would also make a lovely starter for a winter dinner party.


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Easy Vegetarian Nachos Recipe For The Slow Cooker

You wanted an easy vegetarian nachos recipe! Well, here it is! With less than 10 minutes prep time, I promise you that you won’t find anything easier than this. No, heating up the oven or waiting as it cooks on the stove. This healthy slow cooker nachos recipe is made with beans and chickpeas.


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Making Paneer At Home

How to Make Paneer at home – an easy step by step recipe. Making paneer at home is easy, and much cheaper than anything you would buy. It’s preservative free and made with natural ingredients. Plus, homemade paneer is fresh, soft, creamy and smooth in texture.


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Crescent Roll Dough

Try this homemade recipe for crescent roll dough! Its light and fluffy and looks great on the dinner table. These can be made ahead of time, kept in the fridge or frozen. This dough is versatile and can be used to make both sweet and savoury recipes.


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Easy Chicken With Pesto Pasta Recipe

This easy chicken with pesto pasta recipe can be made fast! It’s not a colourful dish, but it makes up for it with flavour. A quick and easy pasta recipe made with a few ingredients and its budget friendly too. This quick pasta recipe can be made in just 30 minutes.


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Simple Beef Madras Curry

Busting with flavour, this beef madras curry is easy to make with a homemade curry paste. This dish is simple to put together, then all you need to do is let it simmer on the stove. The end result is tender meaty chunks of beef in a flavour rich sauce.


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Indian Tomato Rice Recipe

This Indian tomato rice recipe is a one pot dish that can be enjoyed as a simple light meal or, as a side to curries. Tomato rice is a South Indian recipe, it’s full of flavour and easy to make. Many recipes will use just puréed tomatoes and onions but, this recipe includes other vegetables too.  


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Easy Pork Chop Recipes

If you’re looking for new ways to cook pork chops, you’ve come to the right place. Here you will find, a collection of delicious pork chop recipes, that will add variety to any dinner table. These are quick and delicious for both bone-in and boneless pork chops. Grilled, air fried, breaded or baked and instant pot too, you’ll never get bored with these.


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How To Boil Potatoes

If you are a beginner cook, learning how to boil potatoes is a basic skill you will need. It’s a simple process, and one that you can master quite quickly. We’ll show you how to prepare and cook your potatoes so that you get them perfect every time.

Plain boiled potatoes are not only great as a side dish, they can also be turned into mashed potatoes, potato salads, potato croquettes, gnocchi, pie toppings and so much more.


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20 Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipes [You’ll Love]

If you love chicken, you’ll love these easy stuffed chicken breast recipes. Packed with flavour these are quick to make for your next dinner party or a special family meal.

Whether you are looking for something cheesy, spicy, crumbed, or healthy, you will find it here. Be sure to save this page, for the next time you are looking for easy boneless chicken breast recipes.


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Indian Cabbage Recipe With Split Peas

This Indian cabbage recipe with yellow split peas is a quick and healthy side dish. Delicious with rice and curries or eat it as a healthy snack.

Cabbage is a wonderful underrated vegetable. It’s not only healthy, it is relatively inexpensive and can be prepared in so many different ways. It can be made into soups, stir fried, sautéed, made into rolls and so much more.


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How to Cook Basmati Rice

Learn how to cook basmati rice using the absorption method.  So, it won’t be sticky and gluggy. The absorption method is easy to follow and makes perfectly cooked rice every time.


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Healthy Stuffed Tomatoes With Mince and Rice

Tomatoes aren’t just for salads, you can cook them in so many different ways. Try this recipe for stuffed tomatoes with mince, you’ll love it! It’s healthy and easy to make. Serve this as a side dish or eat it as a light main meal. Made with lean ground beef and left-over rice this is a cheap and healthy dish to make. Not only that, this stuffed tomato recipe can be made ahead of time.


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Healthy and Easy Carrot Salad Recipe

This easy carrot salad recipe is simple to make. With an olive oil and red wine vinegar salad dressing, this cooked carrot salad has Mediterranean flavours. It’s quick to make. Add it to your list of vegetable side dishes.


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Easy Chickpea Stew With Kale

This easy chickpea stew is great for a meatless Monday dinner. It’s healthy and cheap too, and an excellent source of vegetable protein. This dried chickpea recipe cooks on the stove top in 35 minutes. Made with onion, tomatoes and kale this Spanish chickpea stew is gluten free, vegan and vegetarian.


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