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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 18

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 grilled cheese sandwich cut into cubes of grilled cheese croutons.

Ina Garten’s Grilled Cheese Croutons

10 mins

A bowl of chicken soup with carrots and noodles on a white table.

Leftover Roast Chicken Soup

10 hrs

Cutting board and knife with a salt and pepper rib eye steak

Salt and Pepper Rib Eye Steak

1 hr 50 mins

A serving of chicken and preserved lemon salad on a blue plate.

Chicken and Preserved Lemon Salad

1 hr 50 mins

Two seared duck breasts, one sliced, the other whole on a wood cutting board

Seared Duck Breast

1 hr 40 mins

Skillet mac and cheese in a grey bowl with a spoon, garnished with extra shredded cheese.

Skillet Mac and Cheese

35 mins

A blue Dutch oven with a potato and chickpea stew and some spinach with a wooden spoon resting inside.

Potato and Chickpea Stew

1 hr 15 mins

Three round casserole dishes filled with baked pasta with tomatoes and eggplant.

Baked Pasta with Tomatoes & Eggplant

1 hr 30 mins

Salmon burgers in a cast-iron skillet, beside a plate with a salmon patty on a bun, topped with Sriracha mayo, avocado, and diced red onion.

Salmon Burgers

30 mins

Two fillets of lemon sole oreganata topped with a Parmigiano-Reggiano breadcrumb mixture on a baking sheet

Lemon Sole Oreganata

30 mins

A bowl of roasted curried cauliflower mixed with onions and topped with cilantro.

Roasted Curried Cauliflower

1 hr

White plate of sliced pork tenderloin with paprika drizzled with a garlic butter sauce

Roast Pork Tenderloin with Paprika

50 mins

A glass jar filled with a layered Vietnamese chicken salad.

Vietnamese-Style Chicken Salad

1 hr 30 mins

A plate with a bacon wrapped pork roast, rubbed with paprika, garlic, and cayenne, and topped with fresh thyme

Bacon Wrapped Pork Roast

1 hr 25 mins

A dark purple plate with pork scallopini with apples and sage in a sauce

Pork Scallopini with Apples and Sage

30 mins

A bowl of apple cider steamed mussels topped with parsley, fries on the side

Apple Cider Steamed Mussels

50 mins

A white plate filled with sliced grilled porcini mushrooms with mint and garlic, garnished with a sprig of thyme.

Grilled Porcini Mushrooms with Mint and Garlic

25 mins

A white plate with cavatelli past topped with a roasted tomato sauce, fork on the side

Roasted Tomato Sauce and Pasta

35 mins

A white bowl filled with peach, burrata, and basil salad.

Peach, Burrata, and Basil Salad

15 mins

A tray of chicken thighs with balsamic barbecue sauce, corn on the cob, glasses of beer, forks, and plates

Chicken Thighs with Balsamic Barbecue Sauce

50 mins

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