1 Hour of Lazy Recipes for When You’re Too Tired to Cook | Allrecipes
Need dinner on the table with minimal effort? In this ultimate lazy recipe roundup, Nicole shares over an hour of easy dinners, sheet pan meals, casseroles, comfort food classics, and simple desserts that are perfect for those days when you’re just too tired to cook. These low-effort recipes deliver big flavor with minimal prep, helping you get a satisfying meal on the table without spending hours in the kitchen.
You’ll learn how to make everything from skillet lasagna, chicken Caesar bake, and lazy wonton soup to hearty casseroles, sheet pan favorites, and crowd-pleasing desserts. Whether you’re looking for a quick weeknight dinner, an easy family meal, or an stress-free sweet treat, this collection is packed with comforting recipes that make cooking feel effortless. Get inspired and discover new go-to favorites for your busiest days
Timestamps:
0:00 – 1 Hour of Lazy Dinners
0:08 – Lazy Skillet Lasagna
3:32 – Chicken Caesar Bake
4:48 – Lazy Wonton Soup
8:55 – Big Mac Casserole
11:57 – Lazy Chicken and Dumplings
15:01 – Meatball Sub Casserole
18:38 – Turkey Taco Casserole
22:05 – Japanese Curry Chicken Pot Pie
26:29 – French Onion Mac and Cheese
31:31 – Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole
34:13 – Sheet Pan Chicken Pot Pie
38:22 – Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Steak Bites
42:11 – Pierogi Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner
43:22 – Sheet Pan BLT Salad
49:41 – Sheet Pan Quesadillas
53:14 – No-Bake Chocolate Éclair Cake
56:40 – Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler
59:49 – Lemon Crème Brûlée Cheesecake “Donuts”
1:05:10 – Brickle Dip
1:07:31 – Better Than You-Know-What Cake
Get the recipes here:
Lazy Skillet Lasagna: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/275344/quick-and-easy-skillet-lasagna/
Chicken Caesar Bake: https://www.allrecipes.com/baked-caesar-chicken-recipe-7499125
Lazy Wonton Soup: https://www.allrecipes.com/lazy-wonton-soup-recipe-8604015
Big Mac Casserole: https://www.allrecipes.com/big-mac-casserole-recipe-7965584
Lazy Chicken and Dumplings: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/218562/super-easy-chicken-and-dumplings/
Meatball Sub Casserole: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/230994/meatball-sub-casserole/
Turkey Taco Casserole: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20680/easy-mexican-casserole/
Japanese Curry Chicken Pot Pie: https://www.allrecipes.com/japanese-curry-chicken-pot-pie-casserole-recipe-11833532
French Onion Mac and Cheese: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/8380543/nicoles-french-onion-mac-and-cheese/
Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole: https://www.allrecipes.com/lemon-chicken-and-rice-casserole-recipe-8635802
Sheet Pan Chicken Pot Pie: https://www.allrecipes.com/sheet-pan-chicken-pot-pie-recipe-11796924
Sheet Pan Garlic Butter Steak Bites: https://www.allrecipes.com/sheet-pan-garlic-butter-steak-bites-with-veggies-recipe-8606412
Pierogi Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner: https://www.allrecipes.com/pierogi-sausage-sheet-pan-dinner-recipe-11834101
Sheet Pan BLT Salad: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/285645/sheet-pan-blt-salad/
Sheet Pan Quesadillas: https://www.allrecipes.com/sheet-pan-quesadillas-recipe-8642141
No Bake Chocolate Eclair Cake: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/19009/chocolate-eclair-dessert/
(if you don’t have chocolate frosting, make your own with 1 ½ cups chocolate chips and 1 cup heavy cream)
Peach Crockpot Cobbler: https://www.allrecipes.com/4-ingredient-slow-cooker-peach-cobbler-recipe-8645989
Lemon Creme Brûlée Cheesecake Donuts
https://www.allrecipes.com/easy-lemon-cheesecake-creme-brulee-donuts-recipe-8599097
Brickle Dip:
https://www.allrecipes.com/we-tried-the-viral-apple-brickle-dip-11848981
Better than You-Know-What Cake: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7515/better-than-sex-cake-ii/
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27 Comments
Your won ton soup is so amazing thank you so easy and sounds delicious
You make everything so easy helps at 79 be 80 this year widow
OMG I’m sitting here with a stomach virus watching you make all these delicious food & desserts items and I want them so bad! Subscribed and clicked the bell so I get all your videos.
I just love your channel. Thank you for all that you do.
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38:22 JUST made this for dinner for hubby and I…. OMYLANTA!! Absolutely magical! ✨️🪄 Only minor adjustment was used Montreal Steak Seasoning instead of salt/pepper for both veggies and steak…oh, and also marinated the bites in a bag in the fridge all day…def made a difference! Brava Miss Nicole! Another 🏆! ❤
Looks marvelous but who cooks red sauce in a white shirt..lol
Does she really say yuk and need to correct???
I love when you kick the oven door shut lol. It's something I do, too. There are definitely several of these that I will try, ie. the lazy lasagna and the meatball sub casserole. mmm! Also, the taco bake is brilliant, but I'll likely use beef instead. I'm so glad I discovered your channel!
The one pan lasagna is a total keeper. Goes straight into the rotation.
I’m done. Kept going till the Cajun perogies with honey mustard sauce.😫😬😁🤔🤔🤔 don’t get me wrong, people, I like her, I just had to express I just can’t now. I love many of her other videos, though, ok???😏😂😂😂😂
No avacado on MY blt salad 🤣. Might be ok , I guess, maybe😅. But hey, the real way I know my fellow Appalachians would do, probably would involve baking the bacon on the sheet, then tossing CHOPPED FRESH tomatoes with toasted bread into that pan, then only cool slightly , and pour straight OVER FRESH GARDEN LETTUCE!! (Just like kilt lettuce with tomato n bread) 🥰🥰🥰🥰👍👍👍👍👍perfection
Wow, these are great, love the lasagna and the wonton soup!❤
Oh my goodness, the garlic steak bites were amazing. I was hoping they would be good but I was concerned. 2 Walmart NY Strip steaks for 3 people, cooked in the broiler… i kept saying trust the process, Nicole never steers us wrong. It was so delicious! It was a huge hit. So much flavor and so tender. Thank you! Also thank you from saving us the ordeal of grilling in 100 degree heat indexes.
Some good ideas for easy but good meals. Thank you!
Do you have some dessert recipes that are non-dairy I have a friend that cannot eat dairy
I was taught that if you have nothing nice to say… say nothing at all. My personal 'lazy meals' must be bottom of the barrel.
What no cinnamon or anything?
I made the Big Mac casserole, and it was great! Even my picky husband liked it.
I like to do the sheet pan quesadillas on pizza pans! The holes on the pans makes them EXTRA CRISPY!
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Answer to your question: Does everybody drain their ground beef like this? My answer: Absolutely!
Thank you for so many great ideas. I make easy meals for my daughter and her hubby. She has a new job, on site, 40 minute drive both ways, so less time & energy to make dinner after work. I will make a couple of these for her that are prepped and ready to just pop into the oven! I love the terrific variety, too. Not just the same old same old.
Hi l have just found you and l love your recipes….. the only thing is l live in England and some of your ingredients l cant get here …… trying to think what l could use as a replacement 😮❤
Does anyone else add English peas to their dumplings? I always add a splash of milk and I use bisquick for wet drop dumplings. I season mine with black pepper garlic and onion powder and Badia seasoning and garlic herb seasoning. I also season my dumplings. My family doesn’t like badia but I add it to my food and it goes on everything. And i use garlic And onion powder on nearly everything I often use lemon pepper instead of black pepper
I cooked a green ham last week and I have a ton of leftover pork in freezer. I plan on using it for pork and peas dumplings.
I never have used soup in chicken and dumplings and mama didn’t.
This channel is exactly what I needed I learned a lot from it.
This 1-hour video is an absolute lifesaver for those exhausted days when I just don't want to cook! 🥱🍳 Every recipe is so quick and effortless, yet the results look straight out of a restaurant. I’m incredibly impressed by the one-pan lazy lasagna 🍝, the genius Big Mac casserole 🍔, and especially that viral crème brûlée donut dessert made from Hawaiian rolls—pure brilliance! 🍩✨ Your energy and step-by-step guidance are so engaging. I’m definitely saving this playlist to cook for my family. Thank you, Allrecipes, for these amazing shortcuts! ❤ Big thumbs up for your creativity! 👍