Save your sanity with these eighteen 30 Minute Mexican Recipes – perfect for weeknights, busy schedules, and lazy dinners!

If you’re anything like me, this time of year you find yourself with about six million things to do and simply not enough time in the day. Can you BELIEVE Thanksgiving is next week? Yesterday, my sister and I talked about “getting a head start on holiday shopping.” <— this is the domestic life I have built for myself.

We’re so busy working on the new house that we’ve decided not to decorate the house for Christmas this year.

It kinda breaks my  heart, but at the same time I know that I would really regret putting up all of those decorations when we are trying to pack up the house and move in early January.

We are not even getting a tree! I feel like the house is going to be so sad. I am such a Grinch.

Anyway, the point of all of this sad narrative is that we are all super busy this time of year and could use some quick and easy meals.

You’re probably going to get sick of the turkey-cookie-gravy-pie diet that is traditional for this time of year, so I thought you’d love to add some quick and easy 30-minute Mexican recipes to your meal plan!

These recipes aren’t necessarily traditional Mexican fare – many of them are fun twists on authentic recipes, or totally new fusion ideas!

Alright, without further adieu, here are eighteen 30 minute Mexican Recipes:

(Click on the titles to get the recipes!)

1. Burrito Bowls from I Heart Naptime

2. Mexican Beefy Nacho Casserole from Real Food Dad

3. One Pot Mexican Pasta Skillet from Damn Delicious

4. Chicken Posole Soup from The Kitchn

5. Simple Mexican Lasagna from The Slow Roasted Italian

6. Saucy Mexican Chicken Skillet from The Wanderlust Kitchen (ahem, yours truly)

7. Chicken Enchilada Bowls from Lauren’s Latest (fellow Portland chick!)

8. Easy Taco Pie from Damn Delicious

9. Smothered Chile Colorado Burritos from Le Creme de la Crumb

10. Creamy Chicken Enchilada Soup from The Wanderlust Kitchen

11. One Pot Cheesy Chicken Taco Rice from Host the Toast

12. Tex-Mex Sweet Potato Skillet from iFoodReal

13. Spicy Fish Taco Bowls from Pinch of Yum

14. Tortilla Crusted Tilapia from The Wanderlust Kitchen

15. Chopped Chicken Taco Salads from How Sweet Eats

16. Chicken Enchilada Skillet from Damn Delicious

17. Fajita Burgers from The Marvelous Misadventures of a Foodie

18. Steak Burrito Bowls from Handle the Heat

November 24, 2014 | Last Updated on September 9, 2019 by Linda