65 Fun Friday Night Dinner Ideas to Kick Off the Weekend Right

One Pot Taco Spaghetti is an easy 30-minute dinner recipe that combines the delicious flavors of tacos and spaghetti.

The perfect alternative to traditional Taco Tuesday!

This easy dinner recipe for Bubble Up Pizza Casserole only needs 6 ingredients!

The biscuits ‘bubble up’ while baking to make a perfectly fluffy, soft, and pizza flavored filled casserole with two types of cheese, pizza sauce, and pepperoni.

Baked chili cheese dogs are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser! When you bake chili dogs in the oven, magic happens—they taste warm, fresh, and extra delicious.

Everyone will love customizing their chili cheese dogs with their own favorite toppings, and you’ll love how easy it was to put it together.

If your family loves tacos and pizza, try this easy Mexican fiestada pizza recipe for a match made in heaven!

It’s easy to customize with your favorite taco-style fixings for an easy weeknight meal the whole family will devour.

Made with bone-in or boneless pork chops and seared until golden, then simmered in the most delicious 5-ingredient honey garlic sauce.

These are an incredibly easy weeknight or weekend dinner recipe that takes about 15 minutes to make.

These pizza sliders are a great way to enjoy everybody’s favorite food in a new and delicious way.

Mini buns are piled with rich pizza sauce, spicy pepperoni, and melted cheese for this tasty twist with the same classic pizza flavors we all know and love.

This mouthwatering dish combines juicy chicken, crispy bacon, and golden tater tots, all smothered in a rich and creamy ranch sauce.

It’ll become a new favorite with its irresistible blend of savory flavors and textures.

Giant pasta shells stuffed with three kinds of cheese, on top of rich marinara and doused in creamy alfredo sauce.

It’s amazing enough for special occasions, but simple enough for a Friday night.

This tasty and juicy burger has a savory, sweet and smoky flavor that is sure to please, thanks to the cola and french dressing.

It’s a wildly addicting twist on the regular ol’ burger.

When you can’t decide between tacos or pizza, make Chicken Taco Pizza!

It’s assembled and served like a pizza topped with everything you love about tacos. The best of both worlds!

These viral Tik Tok Italian grinder sandwiches are made with crusty bread and packed with deli meat, cheese, for a truly delicious hoagie, sub, hero, or whatever they’re called in your region.

This healthy, easy stovetop chili recipe is hearty, warming, and insanely delicious.

Packed with flavor and perfect for the entire family, the prep work is simple, and everything cooks in one big pot on the stove in less than an hour.

The delicious quesadilla taste the whole family loves, made in baked form right in the oven.

Everyone will get such a kick out of this giant quesadilla concept!

This rich and creamy chicken alfredo tortellini tastes just like (or even better than!) the now discontinued Panera Bread version.

Made with a homemade alfredo sauce, this easy copycat recipe is kid-friendly comfort food done right.

All you need to make this budget-friendly dinner are tortillas, shredded cheese, pizza sauce, and your favorite toppings.

You can easily keep these ingredients on hand for a quick meal any night of the week.

Asian Steak Bites and Potatoes comes together in under 30 minutes, with everything cooked in just one pan.

Seared beef cubes and potatoes in a garlicky butter and soy-based sauce might actually please everyone.

This recipe takes everything you love about tacos and combines it into a classic grilled cheese.

Use classic taco ingredients like seasoned ground beef, tomatoes, lettuce and of course, a lot of cheddar cheese, or swap in your personal favorites!

This crock pot spaghetti recipe is perfect for those Fridays when you know you aren’t going to have time to prepare dinner.

Put everything in the slow cooker and leave it simmering all day.

Then, stir in the pasta before dinner and enjoy with an Italian salad and Texas toast or garlic bread.

A fun spin on the classic dinner dish, these Mini Meatloaves are as tasty as they are adorable!

With the sweet, tangy glaze and tender meat, this quick recipe is a great go-to option for busy nights.

This 30 minute Loaded Potato Naan Pizza recipe has it all - creamy garlic herb spread and tender potatoes, plus cheddar, bacon bits, & green onions.

It’s a loaded potato; it’s a pizza; it’s the best of both worlds!

Made with pizza dough, mozzarella, and pepperoni, then baked to bubbling, ooey-gooey perfection, these Easy Pepperoni Rolls taste just like something you’d order at a restaurant.

Cheesy Dorito Chicken Casserole is an easy dinner for any night of the week.

This cheesy casserole is full of chicken, tomatoes, corn, black beans, and Doritos. Kids and picky people alike gobble this down!

American Goulash is an easy, one-pot, classic comfort food made with ground beef, tomatoes, and macaroni noodles.

It’s an easy year-round dinner that’s delicious as leftovers, and is guaranteed to win over even the pickiest eaters!

Make better-than-restaurant chicken tenders right in your air fryer. Kids will gobble these down, with their favorite dipping sauce of course.

The parents can eat them on a salad or wrap, if you’re not into dipping.

An amazingly tasty pile of spaghetti, cheese and meaty goodness!

Spaghetti Pie Recipe is one of those easy dinner recipes that you’ll fall back on time and again when you need a delicious, fun meal everyone loves.

Honey Chicken is tender chicken tossed in a skillet with butter, honey, garlic, fresh lemon juice, spices, and soy sauce, and makes for a quick and easy 15-minute chicken dish.

Make a takeout-worthy dinner in less time than it takes to wait for delivery!

This easy Chicken Rigatoni recipe serves up tender, bite sized chicken morsels in a rich and creamy tomato sauce.

Loaded with Italian flavors and comes together so easily, it’s cheesy, hearty and guaranteed to satisfy kids and adults alike!

Gooey cheese and pizza toppings make a super fun twist on the classic sandwich.

This just might be the ultimate pizza grilled cheese.

Indulge in the ultimate comfort food with this crock pot garlic parmesan chicken pasta recipe.

Slow-cooked to perfection, tender chicken is shredded in a flavorful garlic parmesan sauce, creating a mouthwatering dish that will leave you craving more.

This crazy easy Mexican Chicken Casserole is a super simple weeknight meal that packs in the flavor and leaves you craving more.

Made with tender shredded chicken, salsa, black beans, corn, and a special blend of spices, it takes all the best flavors and combines them into a quick and easy one-dish dinner.

These Texas toast pizzas make pizza night at home easy! Loved by kids and adults alike, it’s perfect for busy weeknights.

Using frozen garlic bread, you can then put your favorite pizza topics on, bake for 5 minutes and enjoy!

Taco Gnocchi Skillet has it all going on in one pan!

Taco-seasoned ground beef, plenty of vegetables, tender bites of gnocchi, melty cheese, and crushed tortilla chips.

It’s bold and flavorful with a variety of fun textures in every bite.

A little sweet and a little spicy, this Air Fryer Orange Chicken is so incredibly tasty!

Serve it with rice and you are ready to enjoy a hearty dinner that is better than takeout.

Homemade Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes are easy to make and quick to throw together.

The sauce and the meat slow cook to become a wonderful sweet and tangy mixture.

Ground beef burrito skillet has all of the flavors of a ground beef burrito in an easy, one-skillet dinner that’s ready in just 30 minutes.

Juicy, tender homemade meatballs (or frozen ones in a pinch) are simmered in a flavorful tomato sauce, then placed in a roll and topped with cheese.

The sandwiches are broiled until golden and the cheese is bubbly for a truly perfect bite.

Hearty and flavorful, this is a dish all ages can enjoy.

Layers of cornbread, taco seasoned ground beef, cheese, and your favorite toppings come together to create this easy to make and budget friendly dinner.

If your family loves tacos or quesadillas, they’re really going to love the Taco Bell dupe.

A soft tortilla packed with layers of beef & cheese and a crispy tostada shell is folded and pan-fried until crisp.

It’s so fun to recreate your favorite fast food at home!

This easy recipe might just become a new staple in your dinner rotation!

Tender chicken thighs, coated in a sweet and salty sauce is so good with just a simple bowl of plain white rice or other easy side.

With just 3 ingredients, this “lazy lasagna” recipe is made using frozen ravioli for an incredibly easy hands-off dinner in the slow cooker!

If you love lasagna, you’ll love this recipe.

Chicken topped with a fresh marinara sauce topped with fresh mozzarella cheese and baked on Hawaiian sweet rolls and slathered with garlic butter.

It's a more fun version of your favorite Italian dish!

This cheesy, gooey, and easy Pepperoni Pasta Bake is a great dish for the whole family.

Such a great twist for pizza night, and you can’t argue with only 4 ingredients!

These quick and simple Slow Cooker Chicken Enchiladas are made with fewer than 10 ingredients and just a few minutes of active prep time.

Skillet lasagna with cottage cheese is a game changer if you're a fan of lasagna but dread the tedious process of putting it together.

You'll skip all the difficult steps of a traditional lasagna and still end up with a totally delicious one pan meal.

Made with ground beef, sweet onion, green bell pepper, Bisquick and lots of melty cheese, you can have all the delicious flavors of a Philly cheesesteak, in a casserole!

Walking Tacos are the perfect quick and fun dinner, perfect for movie nights, bonfire, or watching the big game.

Easy to prep and totally portable, they’re a creative take on traditional tacos using seasoned ground beef mixed into bags of Fritos or Doritos, with all the taco fixings!

The tangy and spicy flavors you love about buffalo wings, combined with enchilada staples like corn tortillas and shredded chicken and the cheesy goodness (and ease) of a casserole.

These Buffalo Chicken Enchiladas are so fun and tasty.

The perfect marriage of cheeseburgers and tater tot casserole, this dish might make you nostalgic for childhood.

It’s savory and comforting, and uses simple, easy-to-find ingredients.

Taco Stuffed Shells are a great twist on classic Italian stuffed shells.

Jumbo pasta shells are filled with a creamy taco-flavored ground beef & vegetable mixture, topped with cheese, and baked.

Million Dollar Chicken casserole is the definition of easy comfort food.

Made with just a few simple ingredients, it comes together super quickly.

The chicken breast is topped with a creamy mixture of cheese, and crispy bacon, then baked until juicy and creamy.

Layers of savory meat sauce, spaghetti, ricotta, and both mozzarella and parmesan cheese come together to make this bubbly, Million dollar Spaghetti Casserole.

The cream cheese added to the ricotta gives the dish its signature “million dollar” creaminess.

Believe it or not, a handful of ingredients tossed into the slow cooker makes the most tender flavorful chicken for tacos.

We do love a dinner that cooks itself!

Pizza Sloppy Joes are a blissfully easy dinner your whole family will love! Filled with classic pizza flavors and layers of melty cheese, they’re ready in just 15 minutes.

And you can even make them ahead for meal prep or freezer meals.

Enjoy all the flavors of pizza, but on a chicken breast! It’s protein-packed, lower carb, and heartier for big eaters.

Such a fun twist on traditional pizza!

Freezer friendly Cheesy Bean Burritos are the perfect way to fill up your family using budget-friendly pantry staples.

Soft flour tortillas filled with seasoned rice, veggies, beans and cheese are full of protein for a tasty and quick meatless main dish.

This simple one pot Sloppy Joe Pasta is just like the classic sandwich except instead of using hamburger buns, pasta gets stirred into a tangy tomato meat sauce.

It’s family-friendly comfort food for sure at its finest!

This Pork, Veggie, and Rice bowl is both nutritionally balanced and totally delicious.

The balance of flavors and textures just might get your kids to eat more vegetables. Best of all, it cooks in just one pot!

Crockpot Chicken Spaghetti is a hearty slow cooker dinner recipe made with chicken breasts cooked in a cream soup and cream cheese sauce, and loaded with cheddar cheese.

This is definitely a family favorite dinner that everyone will devour.

Everyone loves a great taco salad recipe and this Dorito version is a definitely a crowd favorite!

Seasoned ground beef, fresh lettuce, pinto beans, veggies and of course Doritos all sauced up with a zingy dressing that makes it extra deliciousl

If you need a quick and easy recipe, look no further than these shrimp fajitas!

With juicy shrimp and a flavorful fajita filling, this dish is sure to become a favorite on your regular rotation.

A Easy Homemade Calzones are like a mini pizza pocket and they're super easy to make at home by adding your favorite toppings and fillings!

A pizza dough crust is filled to the brim with cheese and toppings is baked until golden.

Caramelized onions and melty cheese atop a toasty bun are the epitome of deliciousness.

Even the picky eaters can get behind this recipe!

Did you know that ground beef can be transformed into a quick and delicious stir fry?

This easy Ground Beef Stir Fry recipe is made with seasoned ground beef and fresh vegetables in a quick sesame sauce.

Indulge in creamy, cheesy Slow Cooker Crack Chicken and effortlessly create a simple, addictive, and flavor-packed meal!

A flavorful blend of shredded chicken, cream cheese, ranch seasoning, and bacon, it tastes amazing on slider buns or as a dip.

Dr. Pepper Crock Pot Pulled Pork is easy, tender, delicious and everyone always loves it!

With just 5 minutes of prep, this pulled pork crockpot recipe is ready to go before heading off to work.