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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 17

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 bowl filled with spaghetti topped with bread crumbs and a chunk of pecorino beside the bowl.

Spaghetti with Bread Crumbs

20 mins

A black skillet filled with summer tomato pasta, sprinkled with fresh Parmesan cheese.

Summer Tomato Pasta

30 mins

A white serving bowl filled with sauteed spinach and bread crumbs.

Sautéed Spinach with Bread Crumbs

20 mins

A rimmed sheet pan with roast pork chops with peaches and cooked red onion.

Roast Pork Chops with Peaches

35 mins

A white oval serving platter topped with three skewers of chicken yakitori with honey sauce.

Chicken Yakitori with Honey Sauce

30 mins

Grilled chicken thighs on a platter with a sprig of rosemary on top.

Grilled Rosemary-Garlic Chicken

1 hr 30 mins

A white plate filled with charred corn salad and a halved lime and bowl of dressing on the side.

Charred Corn Salad

30 mins

A grey plate topped with steak and quinoa salad with shaved carrots and mustard vinaigrette.

Steak and Quinoa Salad

1 hr

A white oval platter filled with couscous that is topped with Middle Eastern chicken thighs, lemon slices, and chopped parsley.

Middle Eastern Chicken Thighs

45 mins

Four plates topped with broccoli with peanut sauce and a small dish of sesame seeds on the side.

Broccoli with Peanut Sauce

20 mins

2 chicken gyros filled with romaine, chicken, tomatoes, red onion, pepperoncinis, and tzatziki, with a bowl of tzatziki next to it.

Chicken Gyros

2 hrs 45 mins

Two pieces of Korean style steak on a cutting board with a knife.

Korean Style Steak

35 mins

A grilled cowboy steak with coffee rub on a wooden cutting board.

Cowboy Steak with Coffee Rub

1 hr 15 mins

A plate of spaghetti with olives, broccoli, and feta with two serving spoons nestled in the pasta.

Spaghetti with Olives, Broccoli, and Feta

30 mins

A white plate topped with a pile of lemony salmon pasta, sprinkled with chives.

Lemony Salmon Pasta

40 mins

A white baking dish filled with zucchini strata

Zucchini Strata

1 hr 30 mins

A fried mortadella sandwich cut in half on a piece of parchment paper.

Fried Mortadella Sandwich

15 mins

Homemade hummus sprinkled with paprika and drizzled with oil swirled on a grey plate.

Homemade Hummus

1 hr

A cast-iron skillet filled with easy skillet meatballs, and a plate of meatballs with some sauce and mashed potatoes

Easy Skillet Meatballs

45 mins

Two loaves of no-knead artisan bread, one with two slices cut from it and a dish of butter nearby.

No Knead Artisan Bread

5 hrs

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