Weeknight Recipes for Fast Dinners
Recipes with minimal prep for relaxing weeknights.
Pasta with Sardines (pasta Con Le Sarde): A Sicilian Recipe
italiankitchenconfessions.com
A classic Mediterranean dish that brings together quintessential Sicilian flavors with distinct Arabic ingredients. Pasta with Sardines is a balanced meal, rich in Omega 3 and packed with proteins.
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Master Recipe Lemon & Dill Chicken Cakes
notentirelyaverage.com
Master Recipe Lemon & Dill Chicken Cakes are super flavorful, can be air fried or pan fried, and are incredibly moist and juicy!
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Cajun Steak with Grilled Patatas Bravas
notentirelyaverage.com
Grilled patatas bravas may not be as authentic as their fried counterparts, but absolutely 'rival in the spectacular category,' and are most definitely lightened up!
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Paprika Chicken with Potatoes
twobittart.com
Chicken, potatoes and sweet onions are tossed in spices before roasting in the oven. Add a salad and you have a great weeknight meal.
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Chicken Schnitzel
fastfoodbistro.com
Chicken schnitzel is another bistro classic recipe. These are way faster to prepare compared to a regular schnitzel. On the table within less than 15 minutes. So if you are stressed for time try it!
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Creamy Pasta with Bacon
fastfoodbistro.com
Creamy pasta with bacon is another classic bistro recipe that is fast and easy to make! Super delicious and on the table in 15 minutes. Try it!
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Pasta with Sausage, Caramelized Cabbage and Goat Cheese
cooking.nytimes.com
Pasta with cabbage is a common combination across much of Central and Eastern Europe. In this quick weeknight meal, an entire head of cabbage is cooked in the fat left behind by sweet Italian sausage.
submitted by Tim Murtaugh
Skillet Turkey Chili
smittenkitchen.com
Right around the time quarantine cookies and tacos became a habit this spring, I also realized that that none of my existing chili recipes exactly fit the bill of what I wanted for dinner.
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Baked Italian Sausage Pasta
theperksofbeingus.com
Cheesy goodness will be on the table with just a few dishes to wash! This pasta bake is made with just a pot to boil the pasta and a cast iron skillet! It finishes in the oven!
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Chicken Enchiladas with Salsa Verde
cooking.nytimes.com
Don’t let the one-hour prep time on these enchiladas scare you. Use some leftover roast chicken, and you’ll save at least 20 minutes, making the dish a great weeknight feed, alongside a green salad.
submitted by Mike Pick
Lentil Soup with Sausage, Chard and Garlic
smittenkitchen.com
This soup is hearty and intense and the absolutely best remedy for a brittle, cold winter day.
submitted by Cook A Thing
Corn and Black Bean Weeknight Nachos
smittenkitchen.com
I’ve been trying to figure out how to pass nachos off for dinner for most of my adult life and two vegetables and a lot of fresh, salad-y toppings does the trick.
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Chicken Curry
smittenkitchen.com
Cooking the base flavors deeply and layered helps build a foundation that makes even a 6-pack of chicken thigh cutlets from the grocery store taste like something you’ve toiled over all day.
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Middle Eastern Herb and Garlic Chicken
cooking.nytimes.com
This recipe was inspired by the Middle Eastern dried seasoning mix called za’atar, a combination of herbs (usually thyme, oregano and marjoram), sesame seeds and sumac, often spiked with salt.
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Beef Stew with Prunes
cooking.nytimes.com
Braised dishes like this beef stew may feature green, orange, yellow or red vegetables but their most appetizing color is brown, the shade of brown whose glossy darkness shouts intensity and richness.
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Crusty Baked Cauliflower and Farro
smittenkitchen.com
I have been thinking about how it might be cool to do a bake pasta dish in which we swap the noodles for farro but leave all the great parts like cheese, so much cheese, chunks of vegetable and, most hopefully, a crunchy lid for years.
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Creamy Pasta with Smoked Bacon and Peas
cooking.nytimes.com
This elegant riff on a childhood favorite came to The Times in 2009 by way of Jamie Oliver, the British chef and cookbook author.
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