Weeknight Meals

For a different take on onion soup, a traditional beef-broth base is here spiked with beer and fortified with garlic. Rye-bread croutons top this simple soup, which, with the addition of a salad, makes a fine fall supper.

A main-dish salad that's perfect for a casual summer dinner. Using purchased roasted chicken or leftover cooked chicken makes it even easier.

A quick yet elegant pasta dish.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

The secret to this dish is to trim the okra very carefully at the top, cutting the stem without cutting open the okra at all.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Begin the meal with this crisp and colorful salad. Jicama, avocado and red onion take it beyond the ordinary.

Here is our adaptation of aigo bouido, the restorative Provençal garlic soup. Simmering the garlic tames its bite. A green salad and crusty bread round out the meal.