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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 19

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 serving bowl and smaller white bowl partially filled with rigatoni with vegan vodka sauce and a glass of water on the side.

Rigatoni with Vegan Vodka Sauce

30 mins

A glass jar filled with apple cider vinaigrette with a spoon resting in it.

Apple Cider Vinaigrette

5 mins

A white plate topped with roasted cauliflower with jalapeño and capers.

Roasted Cauliflower with Jalapeño and Capers

50 mins

Glass bowl filled with garlic shrimp, sautéed with oil, butter, chiles pepper, and garlic.

Garlic Shrimp

20 mins

Three salmon filets on an oval platter in a soy caramel sauce, topped with cilantro and scallions.

Pressure Cooker Vietnamese Caramel Salmon

15 mins

A tangle of Japanese cucumber salad, made with cucumbers, mint, cilantro, and an rice vinegar dressing.

Japanese-Style Cucumber Salad

10 mins

A black bowl filled with green beans, peas, and butter lettuce.

Green Bean and Pea Salad with Buttermilk Ranch Dressing

35 mins

A white plate of zucchini linguine--with pasta, zucchini, garlic, capers, mint, dill, and cheese with a fork

Zucchini Linguine

30 mins

A cast-iron griddle filled with cooked broccolini and a bowl of red paste on the side.

Grilled Broccoli or Broccolini

30 mins

Big glass bowl of layers of vanilla wafer banana pudding topped with sliced bananas, Nilla wafers, and whipped cream

Vanilla Wafer Banana Pudding

30 mins

A bowl of sesame-peanut noodles coated in peanut sauce, topped with sesame seeds, chopsticks on the side.

Sesame-Peanut Noodles

20 mins

Blue tray filled with cacio e pepe potato chips--chips topped with cheese, black pepper, and parsley.

Cacio e Pepe Potato Chips

15 mins

Bowl of rigatoni with artichokes, garlic, and olives, with lemon zest on a textured table

Rigatoni with Artichokes, Garlic, and Olives

30 mins

A cheese crusted grilled cheese sandwich in a skillet.

Cheese-Crusted Grilled Cheese

15 mins

Spring salad with shallot vinaigrette with sliced radishes, avocados, and chives on three plates.

Spring Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette

20 mins

Four fillets of maple glazed salmon of a white square platter

Maple Glazed Salmon

9 hrs 15 mins

Slow Cooker Shredded Pork

Slow Cooker Shredded Pork

12 hrs

Plastic container or North African chicken soup with shredded chicken, ras el hanout, couscous, and preserved lemon

North African Chicken Soup

30 mins

A white plate topped with endive, blue cheese, pears, and walnuts

Endive, Blue Cheese, and Pear Salad

20 mins

Two bowls filled with tortellini, peas, and spinach.

Easy Tortellini Soup

15 mins

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