Weeknight Meals
Spicy Sausage Patty Melt
Any ground meat can be a patty melt if it dreams big enough. This twist on the diner classic touts spiced chorizo, pickled jalapeños, and creamy Oaxaca cheese.
By Kendra Vaculin
Creamy Lemon Pappardelle With Crispy Prosciutto
This easy garlicky cream sauce comes together faster than your pasta takes to cook.
By Hana Asbrink
Shrimp Pasta With Preserved Lemon
Need an excuse to use up some preserved lemons? Let this simple lemony, buttery, and shrimpy pasta prove once again just how delicious and versatile they can be.
By Rachel Gurjar
Gyoza and Greens With Chile Butter
Transform store-bought dumplings into a restaurant-worthy meal using wilted greens, creamy garlicky yogurt, and plenty of chile butter.
By Zaynab Issa
Fresh Fettuccine With Vegemite and Aged Cheddar
This easy 5-ingredient pasta uses Vegemite to achieve phenomenally rich and savory flavor, with plenty of aged cheddar along for the ride as well.
By Shaina Loew-Banayan
Pork Chops With Frisée-Apple Salad
The classic pairing of pork and apples, reimagined as a weeknight meal. A salad packed with sliced apples and pickled chiles balances simple, saucy pork chops.
By Kendra Vaculin
Laotian-Style Chicken and Rice Salad
This Laotian-style rice salad is crunchy, spicy, sour, and bright. Store-bought red curry paste and skillet-crisped rice keep it fast and weeknight friendly.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Cheese-Stuffed Pork Katsu
Everything you love about katsu (the crispy breading, the juicy meat) with a molten, cheesy center.
By Kiera Wright-Ruiz
Spiced Beef and Refried Bean Tostadas
Weeknight dinner can't get much easier—or tastier—thanks to these spiced beef tostadas.
By Kendra Vaculin
No-Fail Roast Chicken With Lemon and Garlic
Only 6 ingredients, and you'll always know when it's done.
By Claire Saffitz
Grated Tomato and Miso-Butter Pasta
This (almost) no-cook pasta is an ardent love letter to summer’s ripest tomatoes (and your box grater).
By Kendra Vaculin
Elote Corn Pasta
This golden pasta inspired by the zesty, spicy flavors of Mexican street corn is luxuriously creamy—but doesn’t have a drop of cream.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Yuba Salad With Hot Mustard and Honey Dressing
This is the make-ahead salad of our dreams, with ribbons of creamy tofu skin, crunchy summer vegetables, and a finger-licking-good hot mustard and honey dressing.
By Susan Kim
Citrus-Glazed Pork Chops With Watercress
Quick-cooking pork chops get a leg up thanks to a speedy, sweet-and-salty pan sauce that feels a lot more dressed-up than it is.
By Rachel Gurjar
Spicy Green Bean Ditalini With Caramelized Lemon
With lots of crunchy green beans, caramelized lemon, toasted nuts, and creamy cheese, this is somewhere between a great pasta and a delicious salad.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Eggplant Tortas Milanesa
Torta milanesa usually features chicken or pork; this vegetarian version swaps in thin-sliced eggplant, which goes crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside.
By Kendra Vaculin
Broken Meatball Lasagna
Free yourself from the notion that lasagna is a weekend-only affair! This version is lighter, brighter, and faster than the baked casserole you’re used to.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Caramelized Tofu With Soy-Braised Eggplant
Crisp, almost crunchy, tofu owes its caramelized exterior to one secret ingredient (*whispers* It’s sugar!).
By Sarah Jampel
Everything-Spice Fish With Tomato Salad
Hit all the notes of a fully loaded bagel—complete with tangy yogurt taking the place of cream cheese—with this crispy fish cutlet.
By Asha Loupy