50 Easy Vacation Meals for Stress-Free Travel

Walking Tacos are the perfect quick and fun dinner for vacation!

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!

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 for the day.

Serve it as sandwiches, nachos, or over rice!

This easy lunch or 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

Everyone loves a great taco salad 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 delicious!

These viral Tik Tok Italian grinder sandwiches are made with crusty bread and packed with deli meat, cheese, and other delicious ingredients for a truly delicious sandwich.

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 while we're off enjoying our vacation!

These Easy Homemade Calzones are like a mini pizza pockets and they're super easy to make, and everyone can add their favorite toppings and fillings!

Basically a pizza dough crust is filled to the brim with cheese and toppings is baked until golden, these are always a crowd-pleaser.

This Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas recipe promises a deliciously satisfying meal and is ready in under 30 minutes.

It combines juicy, seasoned chicken breast and fresh vegetables, all cooked together in one pan for restaurant quality flavor without the dining out price tag.

For a fun and inexpensive way to feed a crowd, set up a Baked Potato Bar loaded with all the best toppings.

Super delicious 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.

Let the crockpot do the work with this 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.

This Hawaiian Huli Huli Chicken kebab recipe features chunks of chicken marinated in a sweet and tangy huli huli sauce with peppers, onion, and pineapple.

It's an easy flavorful dish that's perfect for summer vacation grilling.

Layers of savory meat sauce, spaghetti, ricotta, and both mozzarella and parmesan cheese come together to make this bubbly, Million Dollar Spaghetti Casserole that feeds a crowd.

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

Whether for breakfast-for-dinner or actual breakfast, this Easy Breakfast Casserole is filled with fluffy eggs, bacon, garlicky greens, hearty hash browns and cheese.

If you need a quick and easy recipe that feeds a crowd, look no further than these Shrimp Fajitas!

With juicy shrimp and a flavorful fajita filling, you can also add more or different proteins to change it up for everyone's tastes.

The perfect marriage of cheeseburgers and tater tot casserole, this dish is perfect for feeding kids and adults alike.

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

Slow cooker BBQ Hawaiian Roll Chicken Sliders are the ultimate delicious bite!

Perfect for a crowd, the combination of sweet BBQ sauce mixed with pineapple on a sweet Hawaiian roll makes these sliders the perfect vacation meal.

Yep, 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 that tastes better than takeout.

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.

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

The perfect way to feed kids and adults!

This souvlaki chicken kebab recipe uses a simple marinade that is bright and tangy from the lemon juice and savory from the garlic and herbs.

It packs a ton of flavor and it's super easy to prepare.

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.

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 juicy Mediterranean Beef Kebabs are packed with flavor and one of our favorite dinners during grilling season.

Serve them with a big salad, rice, or Naan bread for a satisfying meal you’ll make again and again.

This Philly Cheesesteak Casserole is 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!

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 vacation days 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.!

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!

With fresh veggies, deli meat, and cheese tightly wrapped in a cream cheese and ranch coated tortilla, these quick and easy club-style Pinwheel Sandwiches are so tasty!

They're the perfect lunch, light dinner, or fun appetizer for your trip.

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.

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.

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 that can make delicious sandwiches for a crowd.

Oven-Baked Sheet Pan Nachos have layers of tortilla chips, cheese, and ground beef and are loaded with your favorite nacho toppings!

This easy appetizer meal or appetizer is sure to be a crowd favorite!

Crockpot Mac and Cheese comes together beautifully in your slow cooker!

Not your ordinary macaroni and cheese though, because it’s extra creamy and full of flavor thanks to an amazing combo of milk, seasonings, plus cheddar and Velveeta cheese.

Homemade or frozen meatballs get 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.

Fast and easy Tortellini Pasta Salad with cheese tortellini, pepperoni, salami, mozzarella, olives, peppers, parmesan and Italian dressing.

It’s truly pasta salad on a whole new level!

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.

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 on vacation!

Packed with shredded chicken drenched in spicy buffalo sauce and topped with a mix of Mozzarella and Blue Cheese, these Buffalo Chicken Sliders are crowd-pleasing and full of flavor.

This delicious Chicken Enchilada recipe has flavorful hredded chicken rolled up in a soft, flour tortilla with cheese and all of your favorite fillings and toppings and smothered with enchilada sauce!

For an easy way to host a crowd, try a Pasta Bar!

Everyone loves pasta, especially when they can mix and match their desired pasta shape, sauce and toppings.

If you love Eggs Benedict but dislike the fuss, this easy eggs Benedict casserole is the answer.

It’s loaded with all the classic Benedict flavors like Canadian bacon, English muffins, eggs, and homemade Hollandaise sauce.

This Easy Taco Pasta Salad is loaded with Mexican-inspired flavors.

It tastes great when made in advance, and is hearty enough for a meal.