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Quick and Easy 30 Minute Meals

Our 30-minute meals are a specialty of The Feathered Nester. With over 80 quick and easy 30 minute meals, we are your  go-to resource! We can help you feed your family on the busiest of days with our oven baked chicken tenders or sheet pan chicken thighs dinner recipes.

Below, you’ll find quick classic skillet meals and popular kid-friendly dinner ideas for everyone. 

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Spicy Rigatoni Vodka Pasta

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spicy vodka sauce with rigatoni in a casserole dish.
Wooden spoon in a white bowl of cucumber slaw.

Cucumber Slaw
Stacked pancakes with butter and syrup poured on top and fruits on the side.

Sourdough Discard Pancakes
Weeknight dinner of chicken and gravy on a white dinner plate with sides of green beans and mashed potatoes with homemade pan gravy.

Chicken Breasts with Gravy
Green bowl of salad with a blend of kale and romaine salad with a jar of tahini dressing in the background.

Kale Crunch Salad
a white platter with slices of sourdough bread French toast, a small bowl of berries and whipped cream over a red and white napkin.

Sourdough French Toast
Two plated servings of lazy lasagna in front of an electric pressure cooker.

Instant Pot Lazy Lasagna
Penne alla Pomodoro in a stainless steel skillet.

Penne Al Pomodoro
Bowl of Instant Pot steamed broccoli with cheese sauce, and one floret on a fork.

Instant Pot Broccoli
Italian dinner plated with pan seared fish on a bed of long, flat noodles.

Salmon Pesto Pasta
Serving pan of chicken street tacos garnished with fresh Pico de Gallo, chopped cilantro, and avocado cream sauce.

Chicken Street Tacos Recipe
perfectly seared boneless skinless chicken breast on a serving plate with a fork.

Cast Iron Chicken Breast
two white bowls of pesto gnocchi asparagus with small bowls of grated parmesan cheese in the background.

Gnocchi with Pesto Sauce
light summer meal of pasta with peas on a wood serving board with silverware and dish of pine nuts.

Pasta with Peas
Jalapeno biscuits in a white serving bowl lined with a green kitchen towel.

Jalapeño Cheddar Biscuits
platter of Cajun spiced food.

Blackened Chicken Tenders
Buttermilk biscuits with strawberry jam.

Old Fashioned Buttermilk Biscuits
chicken tenderloins on a white platter over a green and white napkin.

Favorite Chicken Tenderloin Recipes
Skillet of green bean casserole with tater tots and hamburger.

Tater Tot Casserole with Green Beans
Oven baked BBQ chicken tenders on a baking sheet with roasted vegetables.

Baked BBQ Chicken Tenders
a bowl of Instant Pot Tortellini Soup with a little bowl of shredded cheese at the side.

Instant Pot Tortellini Soup
Baked walking taco casserole with corn chips.

Walking Taco Casserole
Juicy baked pork steak on a round dinner plate with serving of chopped vegetable salad.

Juicy Baked Pork Steak
White baking dish filled with Italian sliders.

Italian Sliders
Plated slice of savory cheeseburger pie garnished with fresh parsley.

Bisquick Cheeseburger Pie
Table set with romantic breakfast of pancakes for 2.

Heart Shaped Pancakes
pouring fresh strawberry syrup onto strawberry French toast.

French Toast with Strawberries
bisquick dairy free cornbread.

Bisquick Cornbread without Cornmeal
overhead: Ladle in a pot of keto cheeseburger soup.

Beefy Velveeta Cheese Soup
hand holding a Bisquick rolled biscuit.

Buttermilk Biscuits with Bisquick
a hand holding a piece of Pepperoni Calzones and a plate full of it at the back.

Pepperoni Calzones
a white plate with cast iron skillet chicken thighs and hash brown placed on top of a wooden board.

Cast Iron Chicken Thighs
buffalo chicken wonton cups placed in a wooden serving tray and white serving plate.

Buffalo Chicken Wontons
A white plate with a slice of Jiffy cornbread with creamed corn with butter on top, and a casserole with cornbread, knife, and a small bowl with butter in the back.

Jiffy Cornbread with Creamed Corn
a white tray of taco wonton cups on top of a red and white napkin with bowls of cilantro, sour cream, and salsa.

Taco Wonton Cups
a cast iron skillet of gravy sausage with a pan of biscuits in the background.

How to Make Gravy for Biscuits
Hand holding filled wonton appetizer in chopsticks.

Mushroom Dumplings
a large green bowl of Instant Pot Jasmine Rice with a golden serving spoon and a small bowl of Jasmine rice, a striped cloth, and a bottle of soy sauce in the background.

How to Cook Jasmine Rice in Instant Pot
a casserole dish with Jiffy cornbread with buttermilk and a plate with slice of jiffy cornbread in it.

Jiffy Cornbread with Buttermilk
Oven baked marinated chicken tenders with a fork poking it and baked asparagus and potatoes beside it.

Oven Baked Marinated Chicken Tenders
a white plate with a slice of cornbread with self rising flour with butter on top and a skillet with cornbread, striped red kitchen towel, bowls of sliced butter and honey at the back.

Self Rising Cornmeal Cornbread