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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 12

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.
Three breaded chicken thighs on a plate with slices of roasted lemon.

Breaded Oven Fried Chicken Thighs

35 mins

A sliced steak chimichurri with a gravy boat filled with chimichurri on the side.

Steak Chimichurri

2 hrs 50 mins

Fish fillets on a sheet pan with roasted tomatoes and black olives.

Baked Fish with Tomatoes and Olives

45 mins

Six coffee-crusted grilled pork chops on a speckled platter.

Coffee Crusted Grilled Pork Chops

25 mins

A challah grilled cheese sandwich with pastrami jam torn in half, still connected by melted cheese.

Challah Grilled Cheese with Pastrami Jam

1 hr 30 mins

A bowl of spaghetti all'Aglio e Olio topped with olive oil and flakes of Parmesan cheese.

Spaghetti all’Aglio e Olio

20 mins

Skewers of thinly sliced Thai-style grilled pork skewers on a metal tray in a street food vendor's cart

Thai-Style Grilled Pork Skewers ~ Moo Yang

1 hr 40 mins

A white plate topped with beet salad with goat cheese and honey and watercress leaves.

Beet Salad with Goat Cheese and Honey

1 hr 30 mins

A dish filled with Vietnamese grilled pork patties with rice noodles and an crunchy vegetables.

Vietnamese Grilled Pork Patties with Rice Noodles ~ Bun Cha

1 hr

Three lamb burgers with arugula and feta on a wooden surface with two jars of beer beside them.

Lamb Burger with Arugula, Feta, and Cucumbers

40 mins

A bowl of sweet whipped ricotta cream, a halved lemon, two vanilla beans, a knife, and a small glass on a marble surface.

Sweet Whipped Ricotta Cream

30 mins

A ball of burrata for burrata with grilled bread sitting in a few tablespoons of oil in a white bowl.

Burrata with Grilled Bread

15 mins

Two bone-in grilled Cambodian pork chops on a plate.

Cambodian Pork Chops

3 hrs

Four grilled vegetable skewers with harissa-marinated halloumi.

Grilled Vegetable Skewers

30 mins

A pastrami burger with Russian dressing and iceberg lettuce.

Pastrami Burgers with Russian Dressing

30 mins

A person sitting in front of a plate of blackened grouper with peach jalapeño salsa.

Blackened Grouper with Peach Jalapeño Salsa

45 mins

Seven pieces of gluten-free fried chicken on a paper towel-lined rimmed baking sheet.

Gluten-Free Fried Chicken

45 mins

Pieces of bayou fried shrimp in a paper towel-lined bowl.

Bayou Fried Shrimp

1 hr

A piece of sea bass topped with soy glaze and cucumber salsa on a square shaped white plate.

Sea Bass with Soy Glaze and Cucumber Salsa

35 mins

Two pouches of baked mushrooms in foil packets with a bowl of greens and another bowl of quinoa on the side.

Baked Mushrooms in Foil Packets

40 mins

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