With August more than halfway over, easy, delicious dinners are top of mind for the Allrecipes community. Four of the recipes are comforting and hearty enough to serve for dinner as weeknight staples.

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This simple cooking hack will insure that you keep the chicken crispy and the cheese gooey for your next chicken parmesan dinner. In this video, Natalie shows you how preparing the chicken separately ...