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6-photo picture collage of minestrone soup, manicotti, teriyaki chicken kabobs with rice, roast beef with mashed potatoes and gravy and peas and carrots, pesto pork chop on top of fettuccine, and meatloaf. Centered in the middle are the words "30+ Sunday Dinner Ideas" overlaid on the photo collage.

30+ Sunday Dinner Ideas

Rice topped with green curry with chicken and potatoes in a dark blue bowl with white polka dots with a blue dot in the middle. A spoon is on the left of the bowl.

Slow Cooker Green Curry with Chicken and Potatoes

White chicken chili with hominy in soup bowl and topped with shredded Colby Jack cheese, chopped avocado and chopped cilantro with tortilla chips on the upper left.

White Chicken Chili with Hominy

A dinner bowl plate with three baby potatoes, chopped chicken and green beans with bacon bits.

Slow Cooker Country Chicken and Veggies

A crockpot of shredded honey garlic chicken with two forks inserted into the chicken on the left.

Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken

Three fajita stuffed sweet potatoes sitting in a glass 9x13 baking dish topped with melted cheese and sliced green onions with melted cheese surrounding the bottoms of the sweet potatoes.

Fajita Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

A slow cooker full of copycat cafe rio shredded chicken.

Copycat Cafe Rio Shredded Chicken

A partial picture of lemon chicken pasta in a black skillet.

Lemon Chicken Pasta

A serving of chicken buffalo pasta topped with sliced green onions in a white polka dotted and dark blue Polish pottery bowl. Faded on the right is a metal fork.

Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Pasta

A serving of green salad with slice tomatoes and cucumbers with a scoop of Mexican chili chicken casserole, all on a dinner plate.

Mexican Chili Chicken Casserole

A bowl filled with quinoa, diced chicken taco meat, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, black beans and topped with shredded cheese. On the left is a partial photo of chicken taco meat and a grey kitchen towel. On the right are two small glass bowls, one with chopped cucumber and the other with pico de Gallo.

Chicken Quinoa Burrito Bowls

Bite-size chicken taco meat in a nonstick skillet with a wooden spatula inserted on the right.

Easy Skillet Chicken Taco Meat

A bowl of Thai basil chicken with rice and a spoon lying on a cloth napkin on the left of the bowl.

Amazing Thai Basil Chicken

A peacock patterned Polish pottery dinner plate with a serving of chicken tetrazzini, broccoli, and a roll.

The Best Chicken Tetrazzini Recipe

A blue bowl filled with creamy chicken and dumplings. A white and blue striped checked kitchen towel is wrapped around the bowl from the bottom left to the upper right of the bowl. A spoon is on top of the towel on the left side of the bowl.

Creamy Chicken and Dumplings Soup

Cheesy Chicken and broccoli rice skillet on a blue plate with garlic bread and purple grapes

Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli and Rice Skillet

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