Dinner Ideas to Suit Your Evening

Guide

Schedule dinner as part of the day

Dinner is not just about choosing a recipe. Even the daily routine, cooking time and existing ingredients play a role. After a long day perhaps a fast pan dish fits, on a quiet evening a casserole or curry can cook longer.

This category of meals helps you to plan: what should be freshly cooked today, what can be prepared and which dish delivers a portion for the next day? For the large thematic recipe selection you will also find all Dinner recipes in the main category.

Choose dinner by time and appetite

Quick and easy

If there is little time, pasta, pan dishes, omelet, bowls and One-pot dishes practical. Pay attention not only to the total time, but also to few work steps and manageable cutting work. Fast Dinner you will find specific recipes for such days.

Light and fresh

Salads, soups, fish, oven vegetables, bowls and sandwiches can be adapted to smaller or later appetites. To make them work as a meal, you add bread, potatoes, rice, legumes, egg, tofu, cheese or any other satisfying component.

Warm and cosy

Chests, curries, stews, creamy pasta and dishes from the tin match evenings, where the food may have a little more time. Long cooking time does not automatically mean a lot of work: Many oven and stew dishes need above all patience, but only little active preparation.

Create a simple weekly schedule for dinner

A weekly schedule does not have to be precise every day. Often enough, a selection of flexible dishes and ingredients that can be used several times. Plan after the days on which little time remains and leave room for leftovers or spontaneous changes.

• Keep in mind fast days: Get ready for full dates pasta, eggs, frozen vegetables, rice or legumes.
• Multiple use of ingredients: Oven vegetables fit the next day in bowl, wrap, salad or omelette.
• Plan a larger portion: Curry, soup, casserole or sauce can deliver lunch directly for the following day.
• Add fresh components: Herbs, salad, yoghurt, lemon or a crisp topping change prepared basics.

Prepare dinner and reuse leftovers

Soups, stews, curries, lasagne, casseroles and many sauces can be cooked well. Rice, potatoes and vegetables can be prepared as individual building blocks and later combined differently. Dressings, herbs and crispy ingredients can be stored separately until served.

Remains do not have to return to the plate the same way. Boiled potatoes become fried potatoes or frittata, rice becomes a vegetable pan and oven vegetables for filling wraps. Recipes by ingredients you will find more ideas for existing food.

Dinner for the family

For families, dishes that can be adapted at the table are helpful. For bowls, pasta, wraps, oven potatoes or mild curries, heat, cheese, herbs and sauces can be offered separately. This creates a common basis without cooking several main dishes.

The quantity can also be planned more easily if inserts and toppings remain separate. Other components can be combined the next day, instead of being repeated as a complete plate.

Preparing dinner for guests relaxed

For guests, dishes that do not have to be ready for the minute are suitable. Oven dishes, curries, soups, stews and large salads can be prepared in advance or kept warm. Sensitive ingredients, crispy toppings and fresh herbs are only added shortly before serving.

Choose a few ingredients that complement each other: a main course, a fresh side dish and some bread or a prepared dessert are often enough for a relaxed evening.