All my favorite recipes for Sunday Dinner Ideas gathered together with options for side dishes and desserts as well. Sunday dinners have always been something I’ve looked forward to, and I know you’ll enjoy my family’s favorite traditional recipes, plus some new, fun, fresh flavors I’ve come to love as well.
I love the slowness of the Sunday afternoon with a roast slow cooking in the oven for dinner. There’s just something nostalgic about making something a little extra special on the weekends that makes me feel like life is slowing down for a moment in time.
I was lucky to grow up with family dinners around the table most days of the week. But on Sunday, my mom often put a pork or beef roast in the oven for a late afternoon lunch/dinner.
When we would walk back through the door hours later, you were always greeted with the most wonderful aromas filling the house. And, of course, I always looked forward to pouring a large amount of gravy over everything on my plate.
While I still love making a roast on Sundays, I have lots of new dinners added to my collection of special Sunday dinner options. You’ll find all of our favorites below from pasta options ranging from 30 minute recipes the whole family will love, to cheesy lasagna.
I’ve also included my favorite sheet pan dinners for ‘lazy’ Sunday dinners and some slow cooker options too. Pair these recipes with simple side dishes and/or salads and desserts for entertaining.
- All Side Dish Recipes
- Salad Recipes
- Dessert Recipes
For the easiest ‘pre-dinner’ munching, try my Antipasto Platter . There’s no cooking involved; you just have to assemble a lovely selection to snack on for guests.
Sunday Roasts
- Roast Chicken and Vegetables
- Slow Cooker Pork Roast
- Slow Cooker Pot Roast
- Pork Sirloin Roast
- Roast Pork Tenderloin
- Roast Beef Tenderloin
- Ribeye Roast
- Oven Baked Pork Ribs
For everything you need to make these roasts a meal, my Side Dish Recipes will give you lots of inspiration. The slow cooker roasts are a full meal, but a fresh salad is nice to add sometimes. Use my Gluten Free Gravy Recipe for the traditional Sunday dinner.
One of my favorite side dish recipes is my Cheesy Mashed Potatoes because they have a make-ahead option and go perfectly with all the above recipes (except the 1st 3 with potatoes).
Favorite Comfort Food
- Baked Pizza Chicken
- Gluten Free Chicken Parmesan
- French Onion Chicken
- Creamy Garlic Chicken
- Instant Pot Pork Ragu
- Tuscan Chicken
- Ground Beef Stroganoff
- Skillet Lemon Chicken Thighs
- Baked Turkey Meatballs
These are some of our favorite (mostly cheesy) recipes to make, and most of them take less time to cook than a roast. My Side Dish Recipes make these a full meal.
One of my favorites to make with these recipes is my Roast Potatoes and Carrots recipe because it’s super simple and pairs with just about everything.
Sunday Pasta Recipes
- Tuscan Sausage Pasta
- Gluten Free Lasagna
- Chicken Broccoli Alfredo
- Gluten Free Mac and Cheese
- Chorizo Pasta
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta
- Sausage Broccoli Pasta
- Chicken Pot Pie Pasta
- Vegetable Pasta Bake
- Marry Me Chicken Pasta
- Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
We love a good pasta dinner, and it’s one of my favorite things to make when we’re entertaining because it’s so easy. It makes a great Sunday supper paired with a salad or simple vegetable side dishes .
My tip for entertaining with pasta is to choose a recipe like my Tuscan Sausage Pasta, Chicken Pot Pie Pasta, or Marry Me Chicken Pasta, where you can prep the sauce ahead of time.
Super Easy Sunday Dinner Ideas
- Garlic Butter Chicken Thighs, Potatoes, & Green Beans
- Italian Sausage and Peppers Sheet Pan Dinner
- Sheet Pan Salmon & Asparagus
- Easy Chicken Curry
- Taco Casserole
- Coconut Lime Chicken
- Ranch Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner
- Instant Pot Chicken and Rice
- Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
- Bacon Ranch Meatloaf
- Burger Bowls
These recipes are my go-to’s for easy/lazy Sunday dinner ideas. There’s no need to spend too much time in the kitchen, and these are perfect for when you’re gone all day but still want something a little special.
I really love a roast cooking for 4 hours in the oven, but we make quicker meals the most often.
Sunday Soup
- Dutch Oven Beef Stew
- Creamy Taco Soup
- Chicken Broccoli Soup
- Sausage Butternut Soup
- Healthy Zuppa Toscana
- Lasagna Soup
- Slow Cooker Ham & Potato
- Thai Curry Noodle Soup
Make any soup dinner a full meal by adding a veggie side dish , fresh salad , biscuits, or sourdough bread. Finish with dessert and my Winter Fruit Salad for a satisfying but super simple way to have Sunday supper.
Soup is one of my favorite Sunday recipes because it’s easy to make yet cozy and inviting. I have wonderful memories of potato soup and popcorn for Sunday dinner at my friends’ house. For dessert, we would take turns turning the crank on the old ice cream churn on the back porch.
These are some of my favorite Sunday supper memories growing up. And it just proves nothing needs to be too ‘fancy’ or time-consuming to gather around the table!
My mom liked the simplicity of this dinner and adopted their potato soup tradition. So we often had our main meal (like a roast) at lunchtime, then a simple soup and popcorn dinner.
Mexican Inspired Sunday Dinners
- Barbacoa Burrito Bowls
- Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl
- Taco Bowls
- Carnitas Burrito Bowl
- Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
- Shrimp Fajitas
- Fish Taco Bowls
- Blackstone Fajitas
A Mexican-inspired Sunday dinner is one of my favorites because it’s so easy to make all the different components of a bowl, and everyone can customize what they want.
Easy of my burrito bowls listed above will give you lots of inspiration to create endless combinations for different seasons. And you might find it’s one of your favorite ways to entertain as well.
In the United States, a traditional roast is a roast meat, potatoes, vegetables, and usually gravy as well. Sometimes, the roast meat comes with mashed potatoes instead of potatoes cooked with the roast.
My favorite lazy Sunday dinners are pasta dishes, sheet pan dinners, and soup recipes with easy side dishes.
Tips & Tricks
- Start simple and small, don’t overcomplicate it! I’m always reminding myself it doesn’t have to be an ‘all out’ incredible meal to enjoy gathering together. Easy, flavorful recipes are the quickest way to get started with Sunday dinners. Save the longer roast recipes for Sundays when you know you’ll be around the house all afternoon.
- Find your favorites and make them on repeat! Once you make a recipe several times, it becomes faster and easier. I’ve made my slow cooker roasts and roast chicken so many times I rarely look at the recipe anymore. At some point, I memorized my Lasagna recipe, which made it even easier to make.
- If you’re entertaining and making side dishes and dessert, consider choosing recipes that can be made ahead. My Cheesy Mashed Potatoes have a make-ahead option; you just need to bake them before serving. My Death by Chocolate is always a crowd-pleaser and is best made the morning before your dinner party, so it has time for the flavors to develop.
Get inspired with over 50 simple weeknight recipes or weekend entertaining Gluten-Free Dinner Ideas. These recipes are easy to make, emphasizing real food ingredients that are naturally gluten-free. You’ll find extra-easy recipes like sheet-pan dinners and soups. But you’ll also find our favorite family dinner recipes for the weekends. From classics like Pot Roast with Gluten-Free Gravy to my Pizza Chicken inspired by pizza flavors, there’s something everyone will love.
When I first went gluten-free… I was lost, to say the least! I had just started this blog and was working on a cinnamon roll recipe when I realized I would need to make some drastic dietary changes.
Fast forward 12 years, and I have so many incredibly delicious favorites to share with you today. You’ll also find a few of my tips below for certain gluten-free ingredients I’ve found that make your dinners even better.
So, whether you’re new to gluten-free or you’ve ‘been around the block,’ I know you’ll find some ‘keepers’ listed below.
Gluten Free Pasta Dinners
- Creamy Tuscan Sausage Pasta
- Garlic Parmesan Pasta
- Marry Me Chicken Pasta
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta
- Sausage & Broccoli Pasta
- Creamy Tomato Pasta
- Chorizo Pasta
- Chicken Pot Pie Pasta
- One Pot Mac & Cheese
- Chicken Broccoli Alfredo (one pot)
We are huge pasta fans, so finding a great gluten-free pasta was a priority. We’ve tried many brands over the years, but Jovial 100% brown rice gluten-free pasta has consistently been our favorite.
Delallo also makes a really good brown rice pasta that is almost as good as Jovial. For Lasagna noodles, we use Jovial or Tinkyada. If you can find Tinkyada lasagna noodles, they come perfectly flat and are a good size to fit into your baking dish.
Easy Gluten Free Sheet Pan Dinner Recipes
- Garlic Butter Chicken, Potatoes, & Green Beans
- Sausage & Peppers
- Lemon Chicken & Asparagus
- Honey Mustard Chicken & Potatoes
- Sheet Pan Stir Fry
- Ranch Pork Chop Sheet Pan Dinner
- Sheet Pan Salmon & Asparagus
- Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
- Healthy Teriyaki Salmon Sheet Pan
- Italian Chicken & Veggies Sheet Pan
Sheet pan dinners are a staple in our house because they’re both flavorful and easy! I like to use parchment paper to make the cleanup even easier.
My favorite fast way to get dinner on the table on extra busy days is to skip making a recipe. Instead, I add small cubed potatoes, thinly sliced carrots, and 1.5 pounds of sausages and chicken breasts to a sheet pan.
Drizzle with olive oil, season with sea salt, and bake it at 425ºF until done, and serve it. It’s plain, but still so good, and you can add a sauce if you have anything on hand.
Gluten Free Family Dinner Ideas
- Roast Chicken and Vegetables
- Slow Cooker Pork Roast
- Creamy Tuscan Chicken
- Slow Cooker Pot Roast
- French Onion Chicken
- Creamy Garlic Chicken
- Roast Pork Tenderloin
- Baked Pizza Chicken
- Gluten Free Chicken Parmesan
- Oven Baked Pork Ribs
- Gluten Free Lasagana
- Dutch Oven Beef Stew
These recipes are classic flavors perfect for family dinner or Sunday dinner. They’re still easy to make, but some take a lot more time to cook, like the crock pot roasts.
That makes them great for the weekends. We love making the Pizza Chicken for Friday ‘pizza nights’
And the French Onion Chicken, Creamy Garlic, & Tuscan are favorites for entertaining or date nights. Each individual recipe will have a ‘ways to serve this’ section with the perfect side dishes to go along with them.
Gluten Free Weeknight Dinner Ideas
- Easy Chicken Curry
- Taco Casserole
- Lemon Chicken Thighs
- Burger Bowls
- Smash Burger Tacos
- Instant Pot BBQ Chicken
- Instant Pot Salsa Chicken
- Ground Beef Stroganoff
- Taco Bowls
- Pineapple Curry
- Ground Beef Stir Fry
- Thai Yellow Curry
There are easy weeknight dinners that everyone will love. The taco casserole, taco bowls (a fun take on tacos), and stroganoff are family-friendly favorites.
My burger bowls are all your favorite burger flavors piled into a bowl with a good amount of greens. They have been a consistent hit for me whenever I have company as well as the Instant Pot options which are a nice ‘hand’s off’ option.
The Easy Chicken Curry is mild and gives you all those Indian curry flavors in a 30-minute recipe with minimal ingredients. It’s also been a huge hit for everyone I’ve made it for, along with the other curries listed.
Spice mixes, soy sauce, oats, deli meat, salad dressings & sauces, and so many more packaged items have hidden gluten in them. Look for labels that state that what you are purchasing is certified gluten-free. For instance, oats are not suitable for celiacs unless they are labeled certified gluten-free like Bob’s Red Mill.
Yes, a roast dinner is great for someone who is gluten-free or celiac as long as no gluten or flour is added to the recipe. My roast recipes call specifically for gluten-free flour from Bob’s Red Mill, which is certified gluten-free, for a gluten-free gravy roast dinner.
Gluten Free Soup Suppers
- Thai Curry Noodle Soup
- Sausage Butternut Soup
- Lasagna Soup
- Creamy Chicken & Broccoli Soup
- Healthy Zuppa Toscana
- Creamy Taco Soup
- Dairy Free Clam Chowder
- Slow Cooker Ham & Potato Soup
- Turmeric Chicken Soup
- Salmon Chowder
Soup is the perfect go-to for easy gluten-free dinners. These recipes are thickened with potatoes and gluten-free thickeners like cornstarch and tapioca starch.
Each recipe has specific gluten-free options to look for, like taco seasoning or gluten-free mini lasagna noodles. Add one of my salad recipes to make these soups a ‘bigger’ meal.
Tips & Tricks
- Gluten-Free Pasta Options – we use Jovial 100% brown rice pasta or Jovial as well as Tinkyada lasagna noodles. Brown rice pasta has the best texture overall, and any brand I’ve tried with a blend of gluten-free ingredients hasn’t been as good.
- Gluten-Free Thickeners – I use Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 gluten-free blend for recipes like my Dutch Oven Beef Stew or Creamy Garlic Chicken . For other recipes, I use cornstarch or tapioca starch.
- I like to make dinner recipes with naturally gluten-free ingredients as much as possible for the best results and texture. We don’t have recipes for gluten-free pizza crusts, etc., because I’ve never made one I wanted to repeat! However, we make my Pizza Chicken all the time, and it’s so good. So, if you’re looking for recipes that will be a hit with everyone at the dinner table, my personal recommendation is to stay away from gluten-free substitutes that often fall short.
- Cooking from scratch is the easiest way to avoid hidden gluten you’ll find in all sorts of packaged foods, from soups to broth, salad dressings, spices, and sauces. If you make your own from scratch, you can use your own gluten-free ingredients, thickeners, etc.
- And my final tip is to find brands for some of your favorites you can rely on, like a good source for sausage, gluten-free broth, and dressings/sauces like Primal Kitchen if you need something extra fast and don’t have time to make things from scratch.
Bonus Recipes: I love to prep some parts of burrito bowls ahead and serve these during the week for the ultimate weeknight dinner. Burrito bowls are the perfect way to enjoy your favorite Mexican flavors made gluten free. My Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowls , Carnitas Burrito Bowls , and Beef Barbacoa Burrito Bowls have lots of make ahead tips.
I really hope you enjoy these Gluten-Free Dinner Recipes! If you do get a chance to make these recipes, I’d love to hear from you.
