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Emily Nabose Hall / Recipes with Jen Cause-like styling by Lindsay Lower / Photo
I have nothing for pasta. In fact, I love it. But when you don’t have much time to cook, it’s often too easy to go back to pasta. To switch things up, here are 14 non-pasta recipes, which will be added to your lightning meal repertoire.
Shrimp bee rice

Simply recipe/Elyse Bauer
Get the recipe: A cup of shrimp rice
If you have leftover rice, turn it into what one reader calls “the best Evian fried rice ever!” “This is a very easy to customize one-pot dinner and entertains the crowd.
Italian greens and beans

Simply recipes/Laurel Randolph
Get the recipe: This 30 minute meal is a weekly staple for my Italian family
Using canned white beans makes this speedy meal taste like it’s simmering all day long. No one needs to know that it only took 30 minutes!
Chop cheese

Simply recipe /Nick Evans
Get the recipe: Chop Cheese
Turn the ground beef into a delicious sandwich with an atmosphere somewhere between a cheesesteak and a burger. This is a New York City Bodega Classic that can be easily made at home.
Chicken, green beans and tomatris

Simply recipe/Mark Beam
Get the recipe: This 30-minute chicken and rice tastes like it’s been simmered all day long
Contributor Stephanie Burt said, “To save time, use shredded remaining chicken or rotisserie chicken. The tomato snagged chicken is added to the recipe, adding the tomato raisins to the tug chicken. ”
Tortilla Española (Spanish tortilla)

Simply recipe/Elyse Bauer
Get the recipe: Tortilla española (Spanish tortilla)
We’ll liven up this potato and egg dish and eat just like you’re at a Spanish tapas bar. It requires only four ingredients and gives a workout to a cast iron pan. Serve with a simple salad for a complete meal.
Fried beef and broccoli

Emily Nabose Hall / Recipes with Jen Cause-like styling by Lindsay Lower / Photo
Get the recipe: Fried beef and broccoli
What’s better than beef and broccoli? Beef and broccoli for 30 minutes, made entirely in one pot.
Unpacked peppers

Emily Nabose Hall / Recipes with Jen Cause-like styling by Lindsay Lower / Photo
Get the recipe: Unpacked peppers
Enjoy all the flavors of the filling. This is a complete one-pot meal that the whole family loves.
Creamy Tuscan Chicken

Simply recipe / ciara kehoe
Get the recipe: Creamy Tuscan Chicken
In record time, we will liven up restaurant-quality dinners with Stubétop. This creamy, cheesy and flavorful chicken will certainly be a hit.
Microwave Shakushka

Simply recipe / ciara kehoe
Get the recipe: Make Shakshuka faster and easier in the microwave
For flavorful shakshuka with fully poached eggs in just a short time, turn to the microwave. Add some unfriendly bread and dinner is served.
Baked beef tacos

Simply recipes/Sarahaas, Rd
Get the recipe: Baked beef tacos
When the oven preheats, you can assemble the ground beef, then assemble the tacos, then slide the oven baking sheet to make many tacos at once. You will be given enough time to set up toppings at the dinner table.
Creamy Chicken Florence

Simply recipe/Sali Valgas
Get the recipe: Creamy Chicken Florence
You can make creamy, dreamy chicken with spinach and mushrooms within 30 minutes. How cool is it? Enjoy it on its own as a protein-packed meal, or cook rice like chicken.
Sheet bread shrimp and asparagus

Get the recipe: Sheet Pan Shrimp and Asparagus
This versatile meal, where asparagus and shrimp can be cooked while roasted in the oven, takes 30 minutes.
Copy Cat Long Trap

Simply recipes/Coco Morante
Get the recipe: copycat ronto wraps
This recipe is inspired by Disneyland’s iconic dishes, but it’s very easy to whip at home, making it a delicious weekday meal.
Balsamic chicken and mushrooms

Simply recipe / Mihera Kozaric Severek
Get the recipe: 30-minute chicken dinner made once a week
Contributor Stephanie A. Gantz said, “If your chicken breast is particularly thick, consider giving it a light pounding with meat mallets and cooking it more evenly and quickly.” It states.