Weeknight Meals

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This casserole is a delicious meatless dish. Serve it with salsa and sour cream.

A quick low-fat, no-cholesterol side dish.

Constant basting with this lively sauce ensures moist chops and plenty of flavor. Warm potato salad with tarragon and white wine is the natural accompaniment.

Sunset salad originated at the '21' Club early in the restaurant's history. The name comes from the colors of its ingredients. The salad is most often served with Lorenzo dressing, which was invented by one of the waiters, whose first name, not surprisingly, was Lorenzo.

Sophisticated and satisfying, this can be offered as a vegetarian main course or as a hearty side dish.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Accompany this robust salad with crusty bread and serve grapes for dessert.

Can be prepared in less than 45 minutes.

Simple, appealing and perfect with the polenta. Pour a Barbera or Pinot Bianco.

The microwave makes this dish a snap to prepare.

Frying tenderloins is like frying chicken: All recipes are fundamentally alike, but each has a twist, ranging from how the flour coating is seasoned to what the cooked meat ought to be drained on (paper towel? brown paper bags?).

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.