499 quick easy recipes

Great for camping trips!! or just weekend fun with the kids!!

Creamy pasta with pine nuts builds a quick roux-based cream sauce with white wine, fresh dill, and toasted pine nuts. A 20-minute alternative to Alfredo with brighter, herbier character.

Like muffins but they're called puffins. So quick and easy to make using Bisquick or similar biscuit baking mix. Lightly sweetened and enriched with cottage cheese and brightened with lemon, they're a puffin delight.

A succulent dish made with Hito fish that's simmered to perfection in a tasty sauce.

Crunchy coleslaw, chicken, and crushed pineapple tossed in low-fat dressing and rolled in whole wheat tortillas. A no-cook lunch wrap ready in 30 minutes with tropical crunch.

Serves a large group and can be prepared the morning of the party and is assembled at the site of the party, 10 minutes before serving.

Easy 10 minute chicken chili recipe uses ground chicken, packaged chili seasoning, and tomato sauce for a weeknight bowl that's on the table fast. Three ingredients, big flavor.

Puff pastry rolled with pressed-dry spinach, sautéed mushrooms, and nutty Gruyere, sliced into golden pinwheels for elegant 30-minute appetizers.

Creamy Tex-Mex chicken soup loaded with shredded chicken, corn, hominy, salsa, and taco seasoning, made velvety with melted cream cheese. A cozy taco soup that simmers up in about 30 minutes.

Crushed rice krispies and cheddar cheese adorn this healthy and easy main dish.

Cherry tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella are always a delicious combination, here by spinning out the juice from cherry tomatoes to make the salad tasty but not watery. You can use this technique in all the tomato salads. And the reduction of the tomato juice adds the tangy flavor to the dressing.

Crispy Goldfish cracker coating transforms plain chicken tenders into crunchy kid-approved finger food. Baked, not fried, ready in 30 minutes.

Submitted by VP Allison Del Plato, discussed at "Make Your Own Butter" on 10/27/2011

A bread machine chocolate date-nut loaf made with whole wheat flour, cocoa, instant coffee, chopped dates, chocolate chips, and walnuts. Dump the ingredients in and press start. Five minutes of hands-on work for a fragrant, hearty loaf.

Cheeseburger macaroni from scratch in 30 minutes: ground beef, onion, stewed tomatoes, and ketchup tossed with elbow macaroni and topped with melted cheddar. The homemade answer to the boxed Hamburger Helper everyone grew up on.

A quick and easy marinated fish that can use any type of fish.