Easy Weeknight Dinner Ideas for Two
on Oct 03, 2022, Updated Apr 24, 2025
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These are the most amazing and simple Easy Weeknight Dinner Ideas for Two. Included below are great weeknight dinner ideas. They consist of dinners ranging from steak to lamb, mussels, salmon, pasta, and vegetarian ideas, including all different types of ingredients.
You can make a 15-minute dinner, all the way to a 3-hour plus dinner, all of which are below. Enjoy!
Our Top Dinner Recipes
These dinner recipes can be served for any occasion! There is nothing like a good meal to end the night.
- We love our Best Steak Frites Recipe and it continues to be a go-to for an easy dinner.
- For our favorite vegetarian recipes, we love Rigatoni Alla Vodka and Brothy Beans and Greens.
- Another top recipe is our Seared Scallops in Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce which can be made in under 15 minutes.
Chicken Recipes For Dinner
We are living for this simple; yet packed with juiciness and flavor, garlic herb roasted chicken. The herb roast chicken spice blend is simple: a mix of parsley, thyme, rosemary, garlic lemon, and of course, unsalted butter, all tossed and roasted to perfection.
Crispy Chicken Schnitzel Recipe
This crispy chicken schnitzel recipe is EPIC. A panko blend with fresh parsley and basil with dried herbs like oregano, garlic powder, ginger powder, and paprika makes this chicken super crispy. This is hands down one of my favorite dishes filled with so much flavor, and lots of crunch.
Chicken Bulgogi Bowls with Gochujang Spicy Mayo
Feeling all the feels for these shredded chicken bulgogi bowls with gochujang spicy mayo. Paired with a super spicy, and super easy Gochujang spicy mayo. These would be great wrapped in lettuce wraps as well but I am living for it in a bowl with shredded carrots, Persian cucumbers, and jasmine rice.
Steak and Lamb Recipes
Now, this is the BEST steak frites recipe! Tender, medium-rare steak tossed with homemade crispy fries and a Horseradish Cream Sauce. This is quite easy to come together, although it may seem intimidating at first. It is so impressive, and filled with so much flavor!
This Poblano Beef and Bean Chili is the ultimate cozy, comfort food. Combining smoky poblano peppers, two kinds of beans, and ground beef with loads of spices. Make this a perfect dish to prep for the colder months, or for any game days coming up! Simmered low and slow, this chili gives the ingredients time to get to know each other, imparting the most flavor possible.
Grilled Lamb Chops with Charred Jalapeño Chimichurri
These grilled lamb chops with charred jalapeño chimichurri are the perfect dinner! Served with grilled zucchini, the heat of the chimichurri complements the fresh vegetables for a delicious summer meal. For more grilling recipes, try our Adobo Grilled Steak with Chimichurri, and Lemongrass Grilled Chicken Skewers next.
Italian Pecorino Meatballs in Marinara Sauce
These Italian pecorino meatballs in marinara sauce will be on your weeknight dinner rotation! This dish is packed with flavor that we just can’t get enough of. This recipe is so easy and the tenderness of these meatballs is made perfect from the milk and panko.
Fish and Seafood Dinner Ideas
Steamed Mussels in White Wine & Lemon
Let’s make: steamed mussels in white wine and lemon juice! This steamed mussels recipe is everything. Seriously on heavy rotation as an appetizer for dinner on the weeknights for us. It’s super easy to make and very impressive, too!
Saffron Salmon with Shirazi Salad
This Saffron Salmon with Shirazi Salad is a perfect, simple entree to make for dinner. The salmon is slow-roasted in olive oil and bloomed saffron, and paired with a cherry tomato and sumac, cucumber salad. The bright, lemony tang of sumac in the salad complements the richness of the salmon for a deliciously balanced meal.
Honey ginger glazed salmon! This honey-glazed salmon is a blend of sweet, savory, and slightly spicy and is a wonderful and quick dinner. This honey garlic and ginger mixture is just so beautiful and flavorful! I love how easy this is to put together, served alongside some fluffy rice and scallions. You can also serve alongside broccoli or avocado.
Seared Scallops in Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
These Seared Scallops in Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce will be on your weeknight dinner rotation! You’ll start by searing your scallops and then making your lemon garlic butter sauce topped with chopped parsley. This recipe has less than 10 ingredients, and the flavors come together simply.
Vegetarian Main Dishes
Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta with Spinach & Mushrooms
This sun-dried tomato pasta with spinach and mushrooms is set to be in your weekly rotation! This spinach and sundried tomato pasta comes together all in one pot and it just has SO much flavor going on. The perfect weeknight meal!
Now, these brothy beans and greens are absolutely my everything! I made a big pot of them and saved them for the week and it keeps SO well. This is such an amazing vegetarian recipe and is easily adaptable to be vegan or to add protein as well. Top with parmesan cheese.
This black pepper tofu and celery recipe is a super simple and delicious stir fry! The sauce is a mixture of soy sauce, vinegar, and sugar, and it goes wonderfully with fluffy white rice! Black peppercorns in a pestle and mortar start off your sauce, and then crunchy and crispy celery is tossed with crispy tofu! Topped with a little bit of lemon juice to finish, this is the most epic 1-pan meal.
This Rigatoni Alla Vodka is a delicious and cozy pasta dinner to prepare for any occasion! It’s the perfect balance of creamy, rich, and deep flavors. This is a pasta recipe that we return to most often due to its accessibility by using pantry staples, and quick prep.
Easy Dinner Ideas FAQs
Some easy dinners to prepare are grilled or roasted salmon, stir fry, and fried rice, as well as pasta like shrimp scampi, to name a few.
Sunday night or Monday night, do your main prep! For example, marinating meat, making sauces, pickled onions, cubing squash, soaking beans, and whatever you can prep ahead. Also, blend up any sauces and clean up as you go, so when it’s time for dinner in the week, you can just cook and it is more seamless and streamlined!
Easy skillet salmon and salad, and ground beef bowls are some quick dinners you can prepare.
Even More Dinner Recipes
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