11 Easy 20-Minute Dinners For the Busy Mama

These beef noodles are a perfect midweek meal featuring noodles, beef, a killer sauce, and whatever veggies you have lying around (that you're desperately trying to get your kids to eat) all stir-fried together.

Not only does this chili recipe take a mere 20 minutes to make, it's healthy and contains inexpensive ingredients. Throw it over rice to fill hungry little bellies.

This warm and hearty chicken and veggie soup is perfect for a cold Winter day (or an air-conditioned Summer one!).

Break out your veggie spiralizer for this sweet potato noodle dish that can be served as a full meal or as a side dish.

One pot. Twenty minutes. Juicy chicken and moist veggies (that they'll actually want second helpings of). Boom.

This simple tortellini soup is a healthy, hearty, and delicious dinner option that your family — and you — will love.

This chicken salad is a light take on creamy chicken salad that can be piled into a sandwich (with the crust cut off, probably). Leave out the pecans if you live in a nut-free house!

Kids love pasta, and you'll love this parmesan garlic spaghetti dish when you witness it going from raw ingredients to cooked and eaten in less than 30 minutes.

Bright green veggies, chicken, and ranch seasoning are all you need to make this easy ranch chicken skillet. Yummmm.

OK, so this one isn't for the nut-free house, but if you have the green light, this is a must make! Chicken, noodles, and peanuts (and a few other things) join forces to make a noodle dish that will replace your favorite takeout meal.

Using naan bread as a base — or your favorite premade pizza dough — whip up a quick and easy BLT pizza that will get grabbed by little hands in no time!