Weeknight Meals

Roasting the chicken and making the peanut sauce ahead of time gets dinner on the table even faster.

A little meat-mallet action transforms this tough cut of beef into a quick-grilling all-star.

The best part? The Caesar-ish Dressing, which is egg- and-dairy-free, but still creamy and flavorful enough to make you think you’re eating a salad with a Caesar dressing.

This recipe harnesses the goodness of schmaltz while adding great flavor to the vegetables. Plus, it cooks quite quickly compared to roasting a whole chicken.

The chicken, sauce, and pasta for this dish all cook in the same pan. You can add broccoli, mushrooms, herbs, or a little chipotle at the same time that you stir in the Parmesan.

A couple tablespoons of yogurt miraculously transform a basic vinaigrette recipe into a new creamy dressing.

This panfried version of this classic sweet-and-tangy Chinese-American dish can be cooked in 22 minutes or less.

Onigiri is a quintessential Japanese food: made by moms for breakfast, lunch boxes, and picnics. It is the ideal handheld food (the nori wrapper keeps the sticky rice from getting all over your hand).

A hard sear on the first side of the chicken ensures that it will get nicely browned without getting dry.

For perfectly cooked halibut, all you need is a kiss of high heat from a grill or cast iron pan and a simple vinaigrette. This version is served with a juicy tomato salad.

An accompaniment to Herb Salad Spring Rolls. Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Serve this dish as a side at a pot-luck gathering or for a quick-and-easy one-pot dinner.

For a super summery dinner, top supremely crunchy cutlets with a shaved zucchini salad studded with mint, cashews, and ricotta salata.

Filled with black beans, avocado, and raw corn marinated in bright lime juice along with jalapeño, cilantro, and toasted nuts and seeds, these hearty tacos make an easy-to-cook, easy-to-eat weeknight dinner.

Serve this one-pot baked chicken dish with steamed rice and broccoli.

This garden wrap is stuffed to the brim with fresh, seasonal vegetables and herbs.

A marinade of lime and tequila takes this Mexican-inspired salad to the next level.

Serve this versatile grilled steak over rice or set it out with tortillas and all the toppings for an easy Sunday-night taco bar.

Consider this larb-esque sauté your all-purpose weeknight protein: stuff it into lettuce wraps and burritos or scatter it over grain bowls and pizzas.

Walnuts can get bitter if toasted too long, so remove them from the oven as soon as they turn golden brown.