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Home | Recipes | Weeknight Winners® | Page 8

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.
Two seared ribeye steaks in a Guinness beer sauce in a cast iron skillet.

Cowboy Steaks with Guinness Sauce

1 hr

A small skillet full with corned beef hash on a dish towel.

Corned Beef Hash

45 mins

A person making baked tilapia with chile and lime by brushing tilapia fillets with a spice mixture.

Baked Tilapia with Chile and Lime

25 mins

Two halves of a leftover meatloaf sandwich stacked on top of each other and held together with a wooden skewer.

Leftover Meatloaf Sandwich

15 mins

A brown bowl of Instant Pot pork stew with hominy with a spoon resting inside and a dish of cilantro and a blue napkin on the side.

Instant Pot Pork Stew with Hominy

1 hr 15 mins

A baking tray with three slices of fromage fort.

Fromage Fort by Jacques Pépin

10 mins

Sliced skirt steak topped with salsa with a bowl of salsa and charred lime halves on the side.

Seared Skirt Steak with Salsa

50 mins

A floral-patterned plate topped with a piece of roast chicken with onion gravy around it and a fork, knife, and napkin on the side.

Roast Chicken with Onion Gravy

1 hr 5 mins

A black bowl filled with roasted delicata squash and kale salad with salad servers resting in it.

Roasted Delicata Squash and Kale Salad

45 mins

Sheet pan beef skewers piled on a foil-lined baking sheet with a dish of white sauce and lemon wedges.

Sheet Pan Beef Skewers

1 hr

A creamy pot of three-ingredient macaroni and cheese in a yellow Dutch oven, garnished with chives. A wooden spoon rests nearby with a bit of cheesy pasta on it.

3 Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese

20 mins

A white oval plate topped with broccoli with walnuts, raisins, and ricotta salata with a fork and spoon on the side.

Roasted Broccoli With Walnuts, Raisins, and Ricotta Salata

45 mins

Two white plates topped with lemon basil pasta with lemon slices on the side and a gold fork resting on the side of each plate.

Jessie James Decker’s Lemon Basil Pasta

25 mins

A rimmed baking sheet with fish in parchment and a fish spatula resting beside it.

Fish in Parchment

30 mins

A nonstick skillet filled with scrambled eggs topped with chopped chives.

Scrambled Eggs

10 mins

Two individual servings of chocolate mouse in glass tumblers served on a small plate with a silver spoon resting beside.

Chocolate Mousse for One

20 mins

Two plates with burrata topped with asparagus, pine nuts, raisins, and prosciutto.

Burrata Cheese with Asparagus

30 mins

Homemade chicken strips piled on a white plate with dishes of barbecue sauce and ranch nearby.

Homemade Chicken Strips

25 mins

Two waffle iron grilled cheese sandwiches on a wooden cutting board with a knife and a waffle iron nearby.

Waffle Iron Grilled Cheese Sandwich

10 mins

A bucket of maple syrup in the snow with streaks of maple syrup snow nearby

Maple Syrup Snow

45 mins

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