5 Weeknight Winners Recipes

5 weeknight winners recipes that are quick, easy, affordable, kid-friendly, and relatively healthy. About the only thing they don’t do is clean up after themselves.

A blue-rimmed porcelain bowl filled with carrot soup topped with chicken and thyme and a lemon wheel.
This carrot soup with leftover chicken and thyme is as delicious to eat as it is stunning to behold. It’s also incredibly simple to make. Adding leftover chicken (or turkey) at the very last moment turns a simple bowl of soup into a satiating supper.
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A white bowl filled with blue cheese, sausage, and walnut pasta with a fork resting on the side of the bowl.
This blue cheese, sausage, and walnut pasta is rich, creamy comfort food made with walnuts, sweet Italian sausage, pasta, and blue cheese. It's an easy-peasy way to have dinner on the table when you're getting antsy for a quick yet ultra-satisfying meal.
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A white rectangular platter filled with keto beef and broccoli and sprinkled with sesame seeds with a pair of chopsticks resting on the edge of the platter.
This keto beef and broccoli is an easy, healthy riff on your fave takeout dish, made with flank steak and tender broccoli florets, and finished with a special mixture of soy sauce, fish sauce, and sesame oil to keep it low carb.
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Two bowls of rice and curried chickpeas (chana masala) with two forks and a yellow cloth on the side.
You can use other canned beans here—try lima or red kidney beans. The curry sauce can also be cooked with firm vegetables, such as potatoes, cauliflower, or broccoli—these will go into the pan first, then the ground spices along with a splash of water, and lastly, the curry sauce can be poured on top and cooked until the vegetables are tender. The blended sauce has a creamy consistency without the need to add any cream.
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A brown ceramic bowl filled with mapo tofu.
Mapo tofu is a spicy comfort food that combines stir-fried tofu and ground beef with ginger and garlic in a Sichuan pepper sauce. A classic that defies description. Just gotta taste it.
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