Back-to-School Time Is Easy With These 4 No-Stress Dinners

These four dinners can be assembled in a half-hour or less.

This spicy chicken tortilla soup flavored with chipotles in adobo cooks all day in a slow cooker. Fried tortilla strips add crunch. Gretchen McKay/The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

“Back to school” can release a floodgate of emotions for parents.

We feel all the positive anticipation that goes with embarking on new adventures—it’s thrilling to see a child begin kindergarten or enter the senior year of high school—but starting a new academic year also brings a lot of anxiety.