10-minute recipes to de-stress your holiday-season meals

TYLER, TX (KLTV) - As much fun as the holidays are, it can also be tiring to do all the shopping, baking, visiting, and partying that comes along with them.

Who has time to cook? You do! In an attempt to keep you from depending on greasy drive through food, here’s a list of dinner ideas that can be made quickly in your own kitchen, even when you’re tired from shopping all day.

1. Pepperoni pizza-stuffed zucchini boats - Mama Steph made this sneakily delicious meal that will help get more vegetables into your family! Super easy and quick to assemble, as well.

2. Chicken-fajita pasta salad - The delicious flavors of chicken fajitas come together in a salad that you can enjoy anytime.

3. Easy ravioli casserole - A kid-friendly recipe that takes advantage of some pre-prepared foods (like frozen ravioli) to get dinner on the table in a hurry. It’s deliciously cheesy!

4. One-pan Italian lemon chicken thighs and rice - This is a simple dish that is quick for you to prepare on busy nights, but it’s delicious enough to serve to guests, too. Fresh lemon and Italian herbs cook with the chicken and rice, and it’s ready in 25 minutes, in only one pan on your stovetop!

5. One-pan stovetop chicken Parmesan - This lightened-up one-pan dinner can be served over pasta, rice, or if eating low-carb, served over zucchini “noodles” which have been steamed, or sautéed in just a touch of olive oil coconut oil. Easy, good for you, and delicious, too.

6. Korean beef and rice stir-fry - a quick, economical and easy stir-fry meal you will want to keep on hand. It uses lean ground beef, but ground chicken or turkey could be substituted.

7. Eat your veggies bacon-bowtie pasta - If you have trouble getting someone in your house to eat their veggies, try putting them in a creamy, bacon-y pasta meal. It’s so delicious that they’re sure to let a few vegetables slip in!

8. Chicken-taco French bread pizzas - Ok, this one is not even pretending to be healthy, but if you’re craving pizza and need a super-fast meal, you’ll love it!

9. One-pan pepperoni pizza-pasta bake - This recipe is easy to customize with your family’s favorite pizza toppings, and it’s ready in 15 minutes! No boiling pasta separate, either. It’s all done in one pan.

10. 20-minute stovetop lasagna - This simple recipe is from a great food blog called I Sing in the Kitchen, and as soon as I saw it, I knew that this was our kind of recipe! I only made minor changes, for instance, the addition of fennel seed; it’s a must-have for me.

There you have it; ten recipes that you can make in 10 minutes to 25 minutes, depending upon the recipe, and that will nourish you through chilly nights, not just at the holidays, but all winter long.

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