This is not the insipid, gloppy, cloying sauce you’re using to getting takeout. This is, quite simply, sweet and sour and lovely.

• Quick Glance
• 10 M
• 20 M
• 2

Sufficiently creamy and indulgent to feel worthy of a special occasion. Yet made from pantry staples and completely doable on a weeknight.

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• 25 M
• 30 M
• 0

We seriously cannot get enough of this easy roast chicken and pan gravy that’s got our heads spinning…and everyone clamoring for more.

• (3)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 16

Cook couscous. Press the seasoned little roly polies onto salmon fillets. Sauté until crisp yet tender. Sizzle spring veggies in butter. Accept accolades.

• (1)
• 40 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 9

There’s a lot to be said for a diner-style dish like this one, though we prefer it made at home, minus the wobbly seats, the sticky laminated menu, and sometimes surly service.

• (2)
• 20 M
• 20 M
• 16

Permeated with an enticing and sorta (but not intimidatingly) exotic blend of spices, these chicken thighs and tender roasted onions and couldn’t be easier.

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• 25 M
• 3 H, 5 M
• 2

This simple, one-pot stovetop braise melds the intoxicating aromas of soy, citrus, ginger, and star anise. But don’t take our word for it…

• (5)
• 15 M
• 40 M
• 24

Spaetzle is like homemade pasta but without all that fussy rolling out, which makes it as easy as it is satisfying. Not to mention cheap as can be.

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• 10 M
• 25 M
• 4

So what if salmon isn’t from Italy? Cookbook author Giuliano Hazan is and he says to toss chunks of the rich fish with pasta, tomatoes, and cream. We’ll happily oblige.

• (4)
• 15 M
• 25 M
• 12

This five-ingredient fix, a restaurant classic as well as a simple weeknight supper, will have you practicing your acceptance speech.

• (7)
• 15 M
• 25 M
• 16