Skip to content
☞

Subscribe to my FREE newsletter!

☜
  • Recipes
    • Round-Ups
  • Mother’s Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Articles
    • Essays
    • How To & What Is
  • Videos
  • Meet David
    • My Publications & Published Works
    • Why You Can Trust our Recipes
    • Press, TV & Radio Appearances for David Leite
    • Masthead
    • Contact
  • Login

Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 27

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.
Four cilantro-jalapeño latkes on a plate, with sliced jalapeño on top and sour cream on the side.

Cilantro-Jalapeño Latkes

1 hr 10 mins

A wooden bowl filled with mashed potatoes and topped with a melted square of butter.

Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

45 mins

A cast-iron skillet filled with a cooked sweet potato cornbread with two pats of butter on top and a dish of butter pats beside it.

Sweet Potato Cornbread

50 mins

A stainless steel pot, filled with steaming, bubbling easy béchamel sauce with a large spoon and a whisk.

Easy Béchamel Sauce

25 mins

Three homemade Larabars.

Homemade Larabars

45 mins

A pork loin roast, tied and seasoned with salt and pepper, on a foil-lined sheet pan with a wire rack.

Pork Loin Roast

1 hr 35 mins

Three okra cornmeal cakes--with rings of green okra in it--in a black cast iron skillet

Okra Cornmeal Cakes

35 mins

A white plate topped with a piece of cooked salmon with blistered cherry tomatoes, shallots, and fresh basil.

Salmon with Cherry Tomatoes

20 mins

A carved wooden bowl filled with barbecue potato chips.

Barbecue Potato Chips

20 mins

Skillet steak peperonata and two slices of toasted baguette in a cast-iron pan.

Skillet Steak Peperonata

45 mins

A few pieces of grilled kale stacked on a white plate.

Grilled Kale

15 mins

A sliced grilled flank steak with a bowl of seasoning mix and a knife on the side.

Grilled Flank Steak with Chile Rub

1 hr 40 mins

A dozen pieces of double fried Japanese chicken on a paper towel.

Chicken Karaage ~ Japanese Fried Chicken

1 hr 40 mins

A yellow Dutch oven filled with white bean and chicken chili, topped with pieces of bacon.

White Chicken Chili with Beans and Bacon

1 hr

A halved fancy tuna melt with tomato and cucumber on a baguette on a piece of parchment.

Fancy Tuna Melt

25 mins

A stack of four ground turkey sliders plus one resting on its side with lemon wedges on a cutting board.

Ground Turkey Sliders

1 hr 30 mins

A parchment lined deep baking pan filled with baked ricotta.

Baked Ricotta

35 mins

A white plate of pan-fried bananas with brandy that have been drizzle with coconut cream with a fork resting on either side.

Pan-Fried Bananas with Brandy

25 mins

A wooden bowl filled with tom yum goong soup with mushrooms, lemongrass, shrimp, and cilantro in a broth.

Tom Yum Goong Soup

25 mins

Two grey plates topped with stir-fried cauliflower, and garnished with fresh cilantro on a wooden board.

Stir-Fried Cauliflower ~ Bong Cai Xao

15 mins

Posts navigation

  • 26
  • 27
  • …
  • 31

As Seen In

New York Times Logo.
The Today Show logo.
NBC logo.
The Splendid Table logo.
Martha Stewart logo.
Bon Appetit logo.
NPR logo.
Saveur logo.
ABC logo.
Back to top
Leite's Culinariafooter logo
  • Recipes
  • Articles
  • My Books
  • Meet David
  • Contact

© 1999-2026 Leite's Culinaria, Inc. Terms • Editorial Policy • Privacy • Accessibility • Powered by CultivateWP.