12 Easy Gourmet Dinners That Will Make You Feel Like a Chef!
Ready to impress without the stress? These 12 easy gourmet dinner recipes will make you feel like a professional chef, even on a busy weeknight. From simple yet sophisticated flavors to dishes that look as amazing as they taste, these recipes are perfect for elevating any meal. Whether you’re cooking for family, friends, or just treating yourself, these easy-to-follow meals will bring a touch of elegance to your table!
Creamy Beef and Shells in the Instant Pot
This Creamy Beef and Shells in the Instant Pot is a perfect 20 minute dinner. The pasta is cooked in a tomato and cream sauce that mixes deliciously with the beef in the recipe! It is thickened up with parmesan cheese and ready to serve so quickly. You’re going to love it!
Shrimp Scampi in the Instant Pot
The ever elegant restaurant entree that you love to order just became so much easier to make at home! This recipe for Instant Pot Shrimp Scampi cooks in– get this– 3 minutes! This is a one pot meal that you’ll love to serve up, either for a quick meal for yourself or to impress at a dinner party!
Lemon Chicken Piccata
Lemon Chicken Piccata is made with perfectly seared chicken breasts in a bright pan sauce made with fresh lemon juice, rich butter, and briny capers. This five-star Italian dish is ready in under 30 minutes and tastes better than any restaurant version for a fraction of the cost!
Creamy Mushroom Truffle Risotto Recipe
This truffle mushroom risotto is perfect for your next dinner party or date night! It’s incredibly flavorful, decadent, with a lot of truffle infused into every level.
Easy Instant Pot Baked Ziti with Meat
This quick and easy dinner is packed with Italian flavor and can be made right in your pressure cooker. Enjoy Instant Pot Baked Ziti With Meat as a weeknight meal or for a Sunday feast!
Steak Alfredo (Olive Garden Copycat)
This easy Steak Alfredo recipe is a copycat version of the Olive Garden favorite with perfectly seared steak served over a bed of creamy fettuccine pasta topped with a homemade gorgonzola alfredo sauce. It’s incredible and restaurant-quality, but easy enough to make on a weeknight in just about 30 minutes.
Instant Pot Salmon with Lemon and Dill
This recipe for Instant Pot Salmon means that dinner has never been quicker! You can make this recipe in just ten minutes. The salmon is paired with a lemon and dill yogurt sauce that adds the perfect level of zest to the seafood dish. Enjoy!
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken
Delicate, hearty, and wonderfully savory, prosciutto wrapped chicken is an entree that looks and tastes gourmet. Made with simple ingredients, you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to cook at home. A quick and easy weeknight dinner that is delicious enough to serve for special occasions.
Steak and Scallops with Champagne Butter Sauce
This Steak and Scallops with Champagne Butter recipe is an easy rendition of surf & turf that is just as delicious as you’ll get at any steak house. Perfectly pan-seared filet mignon and buttery, tender scallops are brought to the gourmet level with a simple but rich champagne butter sauce. And it’s all made on the stovetop in one pan!
Easy Air Fryer Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce
Air Fryer Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce is quick, easy, flavorful and comes out perfect every time. The air fryer creates a beautiful, slightly crispy outside while the inside stays tender, juicy and succulent. Drizzle with lemon butter sauce, flavored with garlic and rosemary, for the perfect weeknight dinner that’s delicious enough for special occasions. Air fry with asparagus for a meal that is ready in less than 15 minutes with little cleanup needed.
Easy Beef Stroganoff Recipe
This classic Beef Stroganoff recipe is a slightly lighter version using Greek yogurt instead of cream. The same wholesome comfort food with the tang of yogurt. Add in peas and spinach for color and some vegetables and it brings life to is classic comfort food.
Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin
Air Fryer Pork Tenderloin is perfectly seasoned tenderloin that’s juicy and tender on the inside… crispy and delicious on the outside! Savory weekday recipe, in less than 30 minutes all in the convince of your air fryer. Life doesn’t get much simpler!