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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 11

Weeknight Winners®

These recipes aren’t all 30-or-fewer-minute meals, although many of them take no time at all. But these are all recipes that REAL home cooks make with REAL ingredients. None of those dump ‘n stir ditties that use 90% packaged ingredients with unpronounceable ingredients. They’re just as quick but infinitely more satisfying.

A metal skillet filled with easy skillet lasagna and garnished with basil leaves.
A white plate filled with orange ginger chicken thighs and orange wedges.

Orange Ginger Chicken

2 hrs 10 mins

Four ancho pork and potato tacos topped with cubed pork and potatoes, sliced radish, sour cream, and cilantro.

Ancho Pork and Potato Tacos

45 mins

A scoop of big batch caramelized onions on a wooden spoon.

Big Batch Caramelized Onions

7 hrs

A casserole dish of macaroni and cheese with a spoon inside.

Baked Macaroni and Cheese

1 hr

A patty melt sandwich filled with ground beef, caramelized onions and cheese.

Classic Patty Melt

35 mins

An oval platter filled with cubed roasted potatoes, garnished with fresh dill.

Roasted Potatoes with Dill

1 hr 5 mins

Three slow cooker French dip sandwiches on a cutting board

Slow Cooker French Dip

8 hrs

An oval serving dish filled with caramelized onion pasta and two large serving spoons nestled into it.

Caramelized Onion Pasta

45 mins

A steak and arugula salad with pesto vinaigrette in a white bowl, with a wooden board and sliced steak next to it.

Steak and Arugula Salad with Pesto Vinaigrette

25 mins

A metal skillet filled with easy skillet lasagna and garnished with basil leaves.

Easy Skillet Lasagna

1 hr

Five spoons each topped with a dollop of sambal oelek.

Sambal Oelek ~ Indonesian Chile Paste

10 mins

A platter of roasted carrots with a serving fork on the side.

Easy Roasted Carrots

55 mins

A white plate filled with horta, or boiled greens with garlic.

Horta ~ Boiled Greens with Garlic

30 mins

A white bowl filled with blue cheese, sausage, and walnut pasta with a fork resting on the side of the bowl.

Blue Cheese, Sausage, and Walnut Pasta

30 mins

A toasted classic tuna melt on a wooden board with a dish of ketchup next to it.

Classic Tuna Melt

20 mins

Four roast chicken thighs with lemon in a cast-iron skillet set on a wooden board with a meat fork resting beside it.

Roast Chicken Thighs with Lemon

40 mins

A round white plate topped with sautéed green beans and spinach with bread crumbs sprinkled over the top.

Sautéed Green Beans and Spinach with Bread Crumbs

20 mins

Grilled peaches with honey and black pepper scattered on a piece of parchment paper.

Grilled Peaches with Honey and Black Pepper

15 mins

Two whole roasted branzino with lemon and shaved fennel salad on a blue plate with a fork, two glasses, and two grey plates beside it.

Whole Roasted Branzino with Lemon and Shaved Fennel Salad

40 mins

A serving of cucumber and onion salad being lifted from a serving bowl with silver salad tongs.

Cucumber and Onion Salad

1 hr 25 mins

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