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Dinner Recipes for Real Life

Dinner has to fit the day you’re actually having. Start with chicken chili, crispy drumsticks, a vegetable stir fry, or an easy rice bake, then explore the slower comfort-food meals for nights when you have more time.

Dinner for a busy day

Choose a dump-and-go pot, an air fryer meal, a stir fry, or a rice bake. Making the crispy drumsticks? Dry-brine 8–24 hours ahead.

  • A close-up of a bowl of chili with shredded chicken, kidney beans, and black beans in a rich tomato sauce. A spoon is visible in the blurred background.
    Dump-and-Go Instant Pot Chicken Chili
  • Air fryer chicken drumsticks finished three ways--Nashville hot, lemon-pepper honey, and garlic-Parmesan--on a gray plate.
    Air Fryer Drumsticks (Dry-Brined, Extra Crispy)
  • Tofu stir fry with vegetables in white bowl on wood table with chopsticks.
    Tofu Stir Fry with Vegetables in Peanut Sauce
  • Close-up of rice bake with diced ham and baby lima beans on a dark plate.
    Easy Rice Bake with Baby Lima Beans and Ham

Comfort-food dinners

Pot roast, lasagna, chicken and rice, and red beans for a satisfying family meal.

  • Oven pot roast from top view showing shredded beef and tender vegetables
    Oven Pot Roast with Red Wine Gravy
  • Slice of pot roast lasagna on a white plate with the pan in the background, showing stacked noodles, shredded roast, and melted cheese.
    Pot Roast Lasagna
  • Close-up of yellow rice with shredded chicken and green olives.
    Instant Pot Arroz con Pollo
  • Top-down view of a bowl of Instant Pot red beans and rice garnished with green onions and parsley, with a spoon on a striped cloth.
    Instant Pot Red Beans and Rice

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