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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 2

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 and brown plate filled with beef and leek stir fry, topped with peanuts.

Buttery Beef and Peanut Stir-Fry

50 mins

Three plates topped with pistachio-crusted chicken cutlets, arugula salad, and lemon wedges, with forks and knives on the side.

Air Fryer Pistachio-Crusted Chicken Cutlets

23 mins

A red bowl filled with creamy sun-dried tomato and spinach pasta with a red cloth napkin on the side.

Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

30 mins

A pink bowl filled with lemon garlic shrimp pasta with a fork resting inside.

Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta

30 mins

Two Parmesan-crusted grilled cheese with jalapeños on a white cutting board, one cut in half, with a knife lying beside them.

Parmesan-Crusted Grilled Cheese with Jalapeños

25 mins

A blue and white bowl filled with San Francisco-style Vietnamese garlic noodles with a pair of chopsticks resting on the side of the bowl.

San Francisco-Style Vietnamese Garlic Noodles

30 mins

Six fillets of quick baked fish with bread crumbs and herbs on top on an oval platter.

Quick Baked Fish with Bread Crumbs and Herbs

20 mins

An Indian spiced chicken burger, with chutney and red onions on top and a bowl of chutney on the side.

Indian Spiced Chicken Burgers

30 mins

A white plate topped with vermicelli noodles, chicken, and raw vegetables with chopsticks and lime wedges on the side.

Vermicelli Noodle Bowls with Chicken

35 mins

Several seared salt and pepper pork chops topped with a scallion and pepper mixture on a platter with a spoon resting on the side.

Salt and Pepper Pork Chops

40 mins

Three easy marinated chicken skewers on a blue plate and a fourth one on top of a piece of flatbread.

Easy Marinated Chicken Skewers

2 hrs 45 mins

A platter of grilled boneless chicken thighs topped with pickled red onion, mint, lemon, and pita on the side.

Spiced Grilled Boneless Chicken Thighs

1 hr 15 mins

A large white plate full of turmeric shrimp linguine with a serving spoon resting in it.

Turmeric Shrimp Linguine

35 mins

A white bowl filled with sun-dried tomato pasta and pine nuts with a fork resting inside and a block of parmesan on a plate beside it.

Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

30 mins

A cooked sausage, halved lengthwise on a bun topped with chimichurri.

Air Fryer Sausage Sandwich

30 mins

Two halves of a toasted asparagus and cheese sandwich stacked on top of each other on a sheet of parchment with a bowl of Romesco sauce on the side.

Asparagus and Cheese Sandwich

50 mins

Two bowls filled with creamy asparagus pasta with a pot of pasta on the side

Creamy Asparagus Pasta

25 mins

A crispy chicken schnitzel cutlet on a plate with sweet potato wedges and a herb vinaigrette

Crispy Chicken Schnitzel with Panko

1 hr

A plate of pasta with pancetta and Brussels sprouts with a couple spoons resting in it and a bowl of Parmesan and dill on the side.

Pasta with Pancetta & Brussels Sprouts

50 mins

An enamel baking tray filled with sliced peppers, steak strips, onions, lime wedges, cilantro, and a foil packet of tortillas on the side.

Sheet Pan Steak Fajitas

29 mins

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