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Back to School Recipes

Back to school season hits and suddenly nothing feels easy anymore. There are quick weeknight dinners, lunchbox ideas, after school snacks, and breakfasts you can put together half asleep. Most use simple ingredients and come together while the kids are doing homework.

These are what I cook on the nights when dinner needs to happen yesterday and nobody is in the mood to wait!

Completed Cheesy hamburger potato casserole in a white baking dish.

Cheesy Hamburger Potato Casserole

Stir fry on a serving spoon lifted above the cast iron pan.

Ground Beef Stir Fry

Baked green beans on a serving plate with a large serving fork.

Baked Green Beans

Closeup of the chicken meatloaf with half sliced.

Chicken Meatloaf

Completed peach smoothie in a glass mug.

Peach Smoothie Recipe

Overhead view of the ranch dip surrounded with veggies and a chip inside the dip in the middle.

Ranch Dip

Cooked pork chops in a skillet.

Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops

Cream cheese stuffed peppers on a white serving platter.

Cream Cheese Stuffed Peppers

Completed BBQ chicken thighs on a white platter.

Baked BBQ Chicken Thighs

Hot dog cooking on a charcoal grill.

Grilled Hot Dogs

Chicken sliders stacked in a pyramid on a wooden cutting board.

BBQ Chicken Sliders

Pineapple ice cream in a stack of yellow bowls. A spoon is sticking out of one of the scoops of ice cream.

Pineapple Ice Cream

Sliced garlic cheese bread on a plate

Garlic Cheese Bread

Overhead view of tater tot casserole with green beans with a serving spoon inside and a scoop missing.

Tater Tot Casserole with Green Beans

Completed oven nachos on an aluminum foil covered baking sheet surrounded by nacho toppings in bowls.

Oven Nachos

A bowl of completed cookie dough dip with sprinkled chocolate chips on top.

Cookie Dough Dip

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