Christopher Kimball

This caramelized pork is sweet, salty, savory, and a little spicy. It's every bit as good as what you'll find in your local Vietnamese restaurant and completely doable on a weeknight.

These spicy Cantonese-inspired salt and pepper pork chops are so easy to make that they're securing a permanent spot in our weeknight rotation.

If regular green beans aren't cutting it anymore, give this elegant yet easy side dish a try. They're full of flavor and look impressive, too.

Juicy meatballs in a subtly spiced tomato sauce that comes together quickly thanks to your Instant Pot. Another weeknight saved!

Crisp celery aligns with mildly bitter, frilly frisée for an unexpected yet surprisingly satisfying salad that's certain to cure your salad ennui.

An Italian tradition that, in true form, transforms simple ingredients into something sublime.

Folks are literally receiving high fives from people at the table for these braised beans. Yes, high fives. For braised beans. THAT'S how damn good they are.

This is sooooo not the gloppy orange chicken that’s an Americanized riff on Chinese food that comes in a white box. Sooooo not.

Short on time but long on taco craving? These ancho pork and potato tacos take little fuss and even less time yet make a satisfying solution.

A simple yet surprisingly flavorful pork recipe that's eminently doable on a weeknight, not too spicy for the kids, and with enough oomph for the adults. Did we mention there's just one pan to clean?

A surprising and stunningly persuasive reason to eat your veggies. Leafy greens, baked sweet potatoes, and walnuts all come together amazingly with an umami-rich miso dressing.

Miso ginger dressing is a creamy, easy, rich, healthy, lovely dressing for vegetables, salads, fish, chicken, or just about anything else you can think to smother with it.

Mushroom miso soup. Quick. Easy. Healthy. Vegan. And yes, it tastes spectacular.