10 "Cheater" Ways to Get Dinner on the Table in Under 30 Minutes

Pictured Recipe: Stir-Fried Carrots, Corn & Peppers

Cook a delicious healthy dinner when you're pressed for time with these 10 tips.

Dinner becomes much easier to achieve on a nightly basis if you don't let it become a full-scale production. Instead, cut a few corners each night to keep the process manageable. Maybe one night limit yourself to a super-stripped-down list of ingredients. Another, use pre-prepped veggies. Another night, opt for a recipe that requires no cooking. By the end of the week, you'll discover that you cooked a whole range of tasty meals and barely broke a sweat doing it.

Here are 10 cheater ways to get dinner on the table in under 30 minutes:

—Matthew Thompson, Associate Food Editor

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