What to Cook This Weekend

Ease Into Weekend Mode With These 11 Recipes

Recharge and unwind while you simmer a big pot of soup and get some cookie dough into the freezer.
Skillet full of red tomato sauce eggs herbs and dollops of yogurt
Photograph by Emma Fishman, food styling by Kendra Vaculin

Let's call it a recovery weekend. Whether you hosted an epic Thanksgiving meal or braved airports or trains last weekend, it's time to rest. It's time to invite over only friends who you'd greet in fuzzy slippers for a bowl of soup or an eggy brunch. And if you do feel like a meditative baking project, consider a hands-off panettone from famed baker Jim Lahey or a few batches of cookie dough to shape into balls, freeze, and bake later in the month.

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    Photograph by Isa Zapata.  Food styling by Susan Ottaviano.  Prop Styling by Maeve Sheridan
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    Chickpea Noodle Soup

    This comforting bowl of soup is chock-full of chickpeas: some fried until they’re crispy, others simmered until ultra-tender. Broccolini brings the green you’ve been missing. 

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    2/11

    Clams With Sherry and Olives

    For a secretly easy but impressive dish, let these briny clams simmer in a mix of white wine and sherry just until they open. Serve with a baguette for a mellow dinner party.

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  • Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton
    3/11

    Mulled Wine

    This fruity mulled wine is all about balance. It’s not too sweet, not too spicy, and not too boozy, either.

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    4/11

    Baked Eggs and Greens in Harissa Tomato Sauce

    These saucy baked eggs work equally well for brunch, lunch, or dinner.

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    5/11

    Red Lentil Soup With Preserved Lemon and Crispy Garlic

    Got lentils in your pantry? Give them a little love with this cumin- and ginger-spiced soup that's brightened with preserved lemon. If you don't have enough energy for the crispy garlic chip topper, just garnish with a little store-bought chili crisp.

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    6/11

    Panettone

    This hands-off recipe from Gourmet is a reader favorite for a reason. Two long, slow periods of rising mean the notoriously tricky dough requires very little fussing.

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  • Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne
    7/11

    Peking-Style Chicken

    Banish any memories of dry Thanksgiving poultry with this easy, exceptionally moist and crispy-skinned chicken, served with Chinese pancakes, sliced scallions, cucumber, and hoisin sauce.

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    8/11

    Molasses Cookies

    December is prime cookie-baking season, and these molasses cookies will perfume your home while you trim the Christmas tree—or sit on the couch with a good book.

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    9/11

    Adjaran Khachapuri

    Sometimes you just want to dive into a gooey egg yolk wrapped in tender bread and cheese. Top with an extra cube of butter right when it comes out of the oven.

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    10/11

    Sesame Noodles

    Make a big batch of this chili oil so that you can whip up these sesame noodles at a moment's notice later in the week.

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    11/11

    Oatmeal Date Cookies

    If you want to share an assortment of cookies with friends and family throughout the month, mix a batch of these superlative date and oatmeal cookies and stash the dough balls in your freezer for baking just before you assemble cookie boxes—or whenever you're ready to eat a fresh cookie.

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