Weeknight Winners®

Think there's nothing for supper? Pull out this recipe. Then look in your pantry again. You just have to know where to look.

This gratin is a great way to hide your veggies. Even from the kids. The hero? Cheese, natch. It'll have your whole family chowing down.

The perfect base for so many dishes, Italian or otherwise. Sprinkle with cheese, top with sauce or meat, drizzle with honey or maple syrup, let it cool and fry it...shall we go on?

This loosely defined "lasagna" is an easy little cheat of a recipe that relies on store-bought ravioli, jarred sauce, and shredded cheese. Shhhhhh.

Elegance was never achieved with such ease. Simply stack cooked lasagna noodles with sautéed 'shrooms and smother with a luxurious cream sauce. Everyday extravagance.

This anything-but-boring bird borrows its Peruvian accent from a technicolor dream coat of paprika, lemon, garlic, and cumin.

Everyday carrots turn shyly sophisticated when infused with flavor and coaxed to tenderness in this no-hassle side dish.

Some consider this Catalan classic to be the great Spanish acquisition considering how it's so very versatile (and vegetarian).

Made with both almonds and brown butter, this little number from Dorie Greenspan is the love child of sole amandine and sole meunière.

No wallflower, this outstanding salad teams sweet grilled radicchio with boldly pungent Gorgonzola and a familiar tangy balsamic vinaigrette.

Don't you love a dish that can be tossed together at the last second yet tastes like someone's Italian grandmother slaved over it for hours? Us, too.

No more helplessly watching as the chops you toss on the grill toughen into leathery dryness. This flawless technique cooks the pork loin whole and slices it AFTER grilling.

Never give zucchini away again with these equally tempting yet uniquely different slaws. You get to choose—rich and creamy or tart and sweet.

Summer at its simplest, not to mention its most splendid. Five minutes of effort yield a meal that rivals round-trip tickets to Italy.

A swift stovetop version of classic pommes Anna, these sliced spuds are swaddled in butter, garlic, and Julia Child's enthusiastic approval.

Classic bistro cooking at its best. Rustic simplicity that's still so very elegant, sole à la meunière is complex only in taste. French cuisine at home.

These lamb chops have a nifty marinade that doubles as a finishing sauce. It's your newest trick at putting dinner on the table pronto.

When it's half past when you'd wanted to eat and you're too exhausted to think, turn to this kid-friendly, adult-approved fix.

Lemon, ricotta cheese, peas, and pappardelle pasta. The name sorta says it all. But we'll add that it can be made in no time.

Forget that wedge of iceberg beneath a glob of bottled blue cheese dressing. This lovely little salad is creamy yet sharp, rich yet acidic, classic yet blissfully unconventional.