Weeknight Meals
Quinoa-Bean Salad With Lots of Dill
Stable enough to last days in the fridge (and hearty enough to sate a breastfeeding mom).
By Rebecca Belenky and Annah Feinberg
Lemon-Chile Calamari Pasta
A handful of pantry staples and fresh calamari pieces make this quick weeknight dinner taste like a sunny, seaside Italian vacation—any time of year.
By Kendra Vaculin
Chicken Meatballs With Sesame Green Beans
Baking meatballs and green beans on two sides of the same sheet pan streamlines the cooking process for this saucy, savory dinner.
By Kendra Vaculin
Creamy Cider-Braised Chicken and Leeks
A combination of creamy sauce and tender cider-braised chicken makes this a comforting dish equally ideal for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion meal.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Beef and Barley Stew
This hearty, comforting stew comes together in just one pot and in a fraction of the time as most traditional beef and barley soup recipes.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Cheesy Buldak (Fire Chicken) With Rice Cakes
Bouncy rice cakes turn this spicy Korean classic into a perfect weeknight dinner.
By Kendra Vaculin
Sheet-Pan Gnocchi With Spicy Sausage and Broccoli Rabe
The epitome of low effort, high reward.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Green Curry Coconut Cod
Curry paste, coconut milk, and fresh spinach yield a vibrant sauce for tender fish.
By Alaina Chou
Turkey Cranberry Sliders
A melty layer of chopped leftover turkey and cheese centers these post-Thanksgiving sandwiches.
By Adam Mesnick
Pasta With Beets, Sausage, and Fried Sage
Golden beets, hot Italian sausage, and sage come together to make a quick and comforting pasta that’s far greater than the sum of its parts.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Miso-Mayo Chicken Bowl
This sheet pan dinner taps savory miso mayo for richness and flavor—as a coating for roast chicken and a finishing drizzle.
By Kendra Vaculin
Maple-and-Bacon Fall Chopped Salad
This seasonal chopped salad features roasted squash, bacon, walnuts, hard-boiled eggs, cheddar, apple, and kale tossed in a sweet maple vinaigrette.
By Hana Asbrink
Pastrami Salmon With Fennel Slaw
Salmon is given the weeknight-friendly pastrami treatment with a sugar-and-spice blend that creates a smoky crust reminiscent of the cured meat.
By Kendra Vaculin
Yuzu Chicken Piccata
Yuzu juice is a heavy-hitting pantry ingredient, imbuing even the simplest chicken cutlet dishes with intense fragrant-sour citrus character.
By Hana Asbrink
Cá Kho (Fish With Coconut Caramel)
Deeply savory with a slight sweetness from coconut water, this dish of seared salmon fillets in caramel sauce is weeknight-fancy cooking at its best.
By Anthony Nguyen
Black Vinegar Chicken With Radishes
This gingery stir-fry comes together in under 30 minutes.
By Kate Kassin
Mapo Chili Mac
Tingly mapo tofu meets cozy Midwestern chili mac in this one-pot dinner.
By Kendra Vaculin
Cocoa-Blackened Chicken Thighs With Stone Fruit
Dusted in a blend of cocoa powder and Old Bay and cooked until blackened and charred, these quick chicken thighs make an ideal weeknight dinner.
By Jesse Szewczyk
Pumpkin Lasagna Roll-Ups
That can of pumpkin purée in your cabinet is for more than just pie.
By Inés Anguiano