30 Minutes or Less

Haute cuisine in half an hour? Yes! Serve these delicious Normandy-style mussels in cider sauce with lots of crusty bread for dipping.

Farmers' Market Chicken Pasta Salad is an easy, delicious summer dinner. It's loaded with all kinds of fresh veggies (and a fruit) easily found at your local farmers market. Welcome to Farmers Market Week! I participated last year, and was excited to participate again this year. This week, many bloggers will share recipes using ingredients …

Looking for a seasonal dinner recipe that is quick enough for a busy weeknight? Try these delicious cranberry balsamic chicken thighs. 

Chicken piccata, ready in under 30 minutes! This dish uses quick-cooking chicken thighs instead of pounded-thin breasts, and skips the flour coating.

Pumpkin gnocchi and spinach with sage brown butter sauce is a hearty vegetarian meal full of flavor. You won't miss the meat! 

This apple, squash and chicken skillet meal is perfect for busy weeknights: ready in under 30 minutes, and only one pan to wash! 

Can dinner be both easy AND healthy? Yes! Serve lemon shrimp over a salad of corn, red onion and basil with a red wine vinaigrette.

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Mahi mahi tacos with mango salsa and avocado crema are a delicious, easy weeknight meal with lots of spice and summer flavor. 

Tomato tortellini salad is my new favorite summer dinner! It combines lots of fresh, healthy vegetables, and comes together in under 30 minutes! 

Greek Panzanella Salad is a perfect summer weeknight meal that combines tomato, red onion, cucumber, chicken and toasted bread with a homemade vinaigrette.

Lamb burgers are flavored with herbs and spices of Greece, then topped with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes tossed with lemon, and a sprinkle of feta. 

This versatile pasta salad combines roasted asparagus and tomatoes with penne and spinach, dressed in a low-calorie lemon vinaigrette. Serve as a side, or add grilled pork or chicken for a healthy lunch or light dinner. 

When the temperature rises, you need a meal that is filling, flavorful, and doesn't heat up your kitchen. This salad combines healthy veggies, beans, and a spicy dressing — no cooking required! We've been having crazy heat waves in Philadelphia this summer. The most recent one lasted for 8 days! High heat and high humidity …

Smoky-sweet barbecue sauce made from local New Jersey peaches, sits atop balsamic burgers. This meal tastes like summer on a plate! I've read differing opinions on whether it's better to vacation alone, or with a large group. There's no one right way to do it, as it depends on your personality, and the dynamics of …

Chicken verde enchiladas are a fast, delicious way to use up leftover chicken or a rotisserie chicken. Add a little fiesta to your weekday supper!  This is another recipe that I've been meaning to share with you for quite some time. It's one that I found in a cooking magazine, and saved it, because (A) …

Spring leeks star in this quick and easy pasta dish. Mushrooms and sauteed bacon add contrasting flavors and textures. Weeknight meals make life so much easier. Recipes that I can prep on the weekend and dive into cooking on a weeknight are ever better. This particular recipe is a family favorite. I've made it several times, …

Originally published Feb. 11, 2015. Photos updated 7/18/2017. Chicken tacos are spiced with ancho chile powder and topped with cilantro slaw and avocado cream. This delicious meal is ready in under 30 minutes! We're finally getting settled into our new apartment, and getting into a routine. I have finally started meal-planning again. Even though I'm …

Take salad from a side dish to the main dish! Baby spinach is topped with sauteed chicken, roasted butternut squash, and a warm bacon-maple vinaigrette. You won't believe that this gourmet salad can be ready in just under 30 minutes! One of my favorite memories growing up was sitting down to a meal together with …

Eating tasty food at home doesn't have to be expensive! This homemade shrimp fried rice costs just $2.30 per serving! Today's #SundaySupper is all about eating on a budget. Even though the economy is (slowly) rebounding, many people (myself included) need watch their finances carefully. But eating inexpensively doesn't have to mean instant ramen. This homemade …

These corn and mild cherry pepper quesadillas are a take on elotes — a Mexican street food of corn on the cob, rubbed with chili, a squeeze of lime, and coated in cheese.  Earlier this month, I threw a Mexican fiesta in honor of Dave's birthday. We had a taco bar (seasoned ground beef; chipotle honey …

When it's too hot to cook, these California-style turkey ciabatta sandwiches will fill you up without heating up your kitchen! It's hard to believe that just six months ago, we were buried in snow. But summer is finally here, and making itself known. Now, I'm in NO WAY wishing for cold weather again, but with temps …

Did you know April is Grilled Cheese month? Before the month is over, I wanted to bring you a "fancy" grilled cheese sandwich. Grilled cheese is one of those foods that always takes me back to my childhood. I can remember going out to play in the snow, in thermal underwear over my snowpants, two …

I had debated sharing this recipe with you all. To be perfectly honest, I wasn't crazy about it. It's not that it tasted bad. I just wasn't wowed by the flavor. Maybe it needed more salt. Maybe my tomatoes weren't the freshest. I couldn't really tell you what it needed to make it better. But …

Have I mentioned that I don't like pineapple? I've tried. I've eaten it quite a few times, thinking maybe I didn't get a "good" one the last time. But sadly, I don't like pineapple. Not on its own. When pineapple is not the dominant flavor, however, I've really enjoyed recipes that include it, like the jerk …

Before I get to the food, I want to express my sincerest thanks to everyone who commented on Monday's post. We're still trying to make sense of our loss, and I'm still a crying mess more often than not, but having people reach out, even just to say, "I'm sorry," or "we're thinking about you" …

With me back at a full-time, in-office job, our home life has basically been turned upside-down. When I worked at part-time at home, I was able to prep dinner during the day and pretty much have it ready to eat when Dave got home. Now, I have an hour commute each way. I leave first …

Considering the blog is named "The Redhead Baker," you're not surprised that I'm a little bit Irish, are you? Only about 50% (the other half is Scottish). I love celebrating Saint Patrick's Day. I bake Irish soda bread. I love to have a slice fresh out of the oven with a smear of Kerrygold Irish …

I love taking a typical fattening comfort food and making it healthier. Take fried chicken, for example. I love a good dark meat drumstick, coated in crispy breading. But at 17 grams of fat per drumstick, it's not healthy to eat it often. By subbing white meat chicken breasts, soaking in low-fat buttermilk, and baking …

Happy Mardi Gras! Happy Day to Indulge in All Your Favorite Fattening Foods! How did this day come about? Well, tomorrow marks the first day of Lent, a season of 40 days observed by most denominations of Christians, when they repent and atone for their sins. When I was growing up, my parents asked my …

With our cold, dreary weather lately, I was really looking forward to the bright flavors in this recipe. So simple, so few ingredients, so quick to prepare. So, you know something had to go wrong, right? What should have been a 20-minute recipe turned into 2 hours, and ended with a smoky apartment and a soaking …

I'm forever trying to find new and interesting ways to cook pork. It may be my selective memory, but it seems like every time I cook pork, I use sage. Now, it's not that I don't like sage—I actually love it—but I don't want to get tired of it. Earlier this year, I planned to …

Time for another Blogger's Choice swap, hosted by A Taste of Home Cooking. Blogger's Choice is when I'm assigned another cooking blog and I can choose any recipe I want to make. I received Kate's Recipe Box, which in the past has brought you tasty recipes like Peanut Butter Pudding Cookies and Cranberry Apple Chutney. …

With Liam getting especially clingy in the late afternoon, and me being adamant that we eat dinner as a family, I've been choosing most of our week's meals from the "Weeknight Meals" or "30 Minute Meals" sections of the magazines that I buy. I found it a bit funny that this dish caught my eye …

The weather has cooled down a little here in Philadelphia. We've had several days in a row of mid- to high-70-degree temperatures. I love it! I thought the best way to welcome the cooler temperatures was with a savory pumpkin dish. Now, The Mister isn't as pumpkin-crazy as I am, so I chose this dish …

The Mister and I are omnivores — we eat animal-based proteins for dinner most days of the week. Occasionally, I find a recipe for a vegetarian dish that sounds good. Sometimes I add meat to it; other times, I don't. In this instance, I chose not to add any meat. I knew the fiber from the …

The Mister and I eat a lot of chicken. He recently had a physical and his cholesterol was on the high end of normal, so we try keep the red meat to once a week or less. The problem is, we eat chicken so often, I feel like I'm running out of new and interesting ways …

Happy Labor Day, DNCWWO fans! Continuing on with my mission to waste less food, I had several packages of fresh herbs in my fridge that I wanted to use before they went bad. On a side note, I've heard that you can freeze fresh herbs, but even following the directions, I've never been successful at …

The Natural Resources Defense Council recently published a study that Americans waste 40% of the country's food supply every year. That 40% is spread across food that is thrown out at the source (the farm, plant, etc.), at home and in restaurants, but the average family throws away 20 pounds of food per person, per …

I went on a seafood strike when I was young, maybe 8 years old. My parents took me to a seafood restaurant at a New Jersey beach town, and the smell made me feel sick. I refused to touch seafood for a long time.It wasn't until my cousins wedding in 2003 that I consented to …