Tacos, sliders and more: Quick go-to dinners for busy parents

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HEADLINE: Sliding Toward Summer
CAPTION: Cheeseburger Sliders. End-of-school year chaos has arrived. These 20-minute (or less) meals will get you cooking through it. Food styled by Monica Pierini. Prop styled by Megan Hedgpeth.
CREDIT: (Ryan Liebe/The New York Times)

Cheap and delicious, these dishes are easy to cook and will please everyone.

PHOTO: RYAN LIEBE/NYTIMES

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UNITED STATES – With the onset of the school holidays, there are plenty of things families have lined up for the vacation.

Then there is dinner. How can you meal-plan and cook when time and energy levels are abysmally low?

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