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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 5

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 large rectangle casserole pan, filled with tater tot nachos topped with sour cream, tomatoes, sour cream, and jalapeños. A wooden serving spoon lays beside the dish.

Tater Tot Nachos ~ Totchos

45 mins

A blue bowl filled with kale, pecans, green apple, and cilantro on a wooden table. A serving spoon, jar of pecans, and bowl of dressing sit next to it.

Cilantro Kale Salad

20 mins

A white platter filled with slices of tofu covered in a dark sauce, sesame seeds, and chives, beside a plate of dumplings, a spoon filled with sesame seeds, and a pair of chopsticks.

Char Siu Tofu

40 mins

A metal sheet pan with 4 salmon fillets covered with gremolata, beside a pile of cherry tomatoes and diced red onions.

Sheet Pan Salmon with Tomatoes and Red Onion

45 mins

A soft green casserole dish filed with lightly charred broccolini, kale, and green beans, sprinkled with chile flakes and garlic.

Charred Greens with Garlic

40 mins

A close-up of a white baking dish filled with small pasta, chopped broccoli, red peppers, zucchini, and chunks of halloumi cheese.

Roasted Summer Vegetable Pasta with Halloumi

1 hr

A sheet pan filled with roasted chicken thighs, apples, bacon, Brussels sprouts, and sweet potatoes.

Sheet Pan Chicken with Apples, Bacon, and Brussels Sprouts

1 hr

A pink bowl of short pasta with mushrooms, prosciutto, and Parmesan cheese on a placemat with a fork.

Pasta with Caramelized Mushrooms and Crispy Prosciutto

30 mins

A pale blue bowl filled with farfalle, tuna, capers, tomatoes, and topped with bread crumbs and a slice of lemon, sitting on a red and white dish cloth.

Pasta with Tuna and Crispy Bread Crumbs

30 mins

2 white plates with mussels in sauce, with tomatoes, chorizo, and parsley. A piece of buttery toasted bread to the side.

Steamed Mussels with Chorizo and Tomatoes

30 mins

A white plate with a lettuce, cherry tomato, and onion salad, beside a chicken breast coated in crisp breading. A knife and fork lay on the edge of the plate.

Everything Bagel Chicken Cutlets

1 hr 5 mins

A pale blue platter, filled with fried shrimp in a deep orange sauce flecked with spices and garnished with fresh cilantro leaves.

Indian-Style Shrimp with Garlic Pepper Butter

30 mins

A white plate filled with slices of roasted zucchini, olive oil, dark roasted cloves of garlic, and mint.

Roast Zucchini with Vinegar

45 mins

A blue bowl filled with chickpeas, diced tomatoes, ditalini pasta, and parmesan, flanked with a crueset of olive oil and a bowl of Parmesan.

Pasta with Chickpeas and Tomatoes

45 mins

A large rib eye steak with a pat of butter on top, in a cast iron pan.

Seared Rib-Eye Steak with Cinnamon

30 mins

Five irregular shaped cheddar biscuits with golden edges, on a wooden cutting board.

Cheddar Biscuits

35 mins

Floral pasta bowl, filled with crab pasta, sprinkled with parsley and Parmesan. A cheese grater and larger bowl in the background.

Buttery Crab Pasta

30 mins

A sheet pan with 9 chicken thighs covered in a deep reddish sauce, blackened in spots.

Pomegranate Sumac Chicken

4 hrs

A weathered wood table with a white plate, filled with 2 honey-soy covered trout, green beans, lime quarters, a pot of glaze and a large spoon.

Trout with Honey-Soy Glaze

30 mins

A cast iron pan filled with chicken curry on a trivet, on a purple background with a linen napkin.

Malvani-Style Chicken Curry

45 mins

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