Top 10 dinner recipes of 2025! Easy, family-friendly meals including one-pot dinners, slow cooker favorites, and cozy comfort food ideas.
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Easy Dinner Recipes
If you’re ever stuck wondering what’s for dinner, you’re not alone. As we wrap up 2025, I’m sharing the top 10 dinner recipes of the year, based on what you cooked, shared, and loved the most. These are the tried-and-true meals that showed up on family tables again and again.
They are easy enough for busy weeknights, cozy enough for weekends, and always full of flavor. If you’re building your meal plan or looking for new go-to recipes, these are the best of the best from 2025.
Italian Sausage Soup
This Italian sausage soup is made with juicy Italian sausage, loads of veggies, plenty of seasoning, and ditalini pasta in a tomato-based broth. A cozy soup for winter weather!
Homemade Meatballs
This easy meatball recipe is so easy to make and come out juicy and flavorful every time. They’re perfect for appetizers, subs or on top of spaghetti!
One Pot Chicken and Rice
This one-pot chicken and rice is easy to make, easy to clean up, and full of comforting flavors. It’s one of those recipes families request again and again.
Steak in the Oven
No grill? No problem. This oven-baked steak recipe surprised so many readers with how tender and flavorful it turns out. It’s perfect for date nights at home or when you want a special dinner without going out.
One Pot Burrito Bowls
Easy and delicious Mexican burrito bowls made in just one pot in 30 minutes…making cleanup a breeze. Perfect for busy weeknights!
Lasagna Soup
This easy lasagna soup recipe simmers in one pot with tender noodles, sausage, garlic, onion, an Italian seasoned marinara sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan and creamy ricotta.
Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
This slow cooker dinner makes takeout-style flavors possible at home. Tender beef, a savory sauce, and minimal prep make this a go-to for busy days.
Green Chile Chicken Enchiladas
These green chile chicken enchiladas are creamy, cheesy, and full of flavor. This Mexican food recipe is a family favorite for weeknight meals!
PF Chang’s Lettuce Wraps
Copycat PF Chang’s lettuce wraps taste like the restaurant version but made at home in 20 minutes. These chicken lettuce wraps are an easy weeknight meal that taste so good!
Slow Cooker Honey Chicken
Slow cooker honey garlic chicken is one of my favorite crockpot chicken recipes that’s quick, flavorful, and absolutely delicious. It comes out perfectly tender every time!
These recipes were made, shared, and loved by so many of you in 2025. Whether you’re meal planning for the week or looking for a new favorite to add to your rotation, I hope this list gives you plenty of dinner inspiration.
Thank you for cooking along with me this year and for welcoming I Heart Naptime into your kitchens. 💕 Here’s to many more delicious family dinners ahead!
