Weeknight Meals

For this lamb burgers recipe, you'll want to splurge on good sturdy bakery buns that can absorb the extra liquid from the slaw and burger without disintegrating.

This refreshing Thai-inspired salad pairs a summery mix of charred green and yellow wax beans with chiles, fresh lime juice, and loads of cilantro. The zesty grilled tofu and creamy avocado add filling protein and healthy fats, rounding out the meal for a delicious weeknight vegetarian dinner.

When you're craving those childhood favorite Tex-Mex flavors, nothing but seasoned ground beef in a hard shell will do.

Everything for this simple, Spanish-inspired dish gets tossed in the same lemon, garlic, and smoked paprika marinade, then cooked in a grill basket for an easier, faster way to grill dinner.

Cool romaine lettuce and barbecue-flavored chickpeas combine to create great flavor and texture in this hearty pita sandwich. This pairs well with many simple companions—potatoes or sweet potatoes, fresh corn, a simple quinoa salad or pilaf, or a light soup. And steamed green veggies are always welcome, too.

Make this salad ahead of time to allow the flavors to become bolder. This is delicious in a bowl as a refreshing summer meal. Or serve this on top of a plate of assorted greens or bowl of cooked grains, rolled up in a tortilla, or as a topping for baked potatoes.

Don’t trust anyone who doesn’t love a chicken cutlet.

Make this salad with whatever produce you’d like (such as blanched fava beans and asparagus in the spring); just make sure everything is cut to roughly the same size.

Brush thin cuts of meat with a sweet and spicy marinade for a powerfully flavorful grilled dinner that's ready in less than 30 minutes.

If there is one time we’d want to cheat and cook something indoors, it would be to make a pot of rice to soak up the extra dressing in this snapper recipe.

A kicky chile-lime dressing wakes up your weeknight salmon.

If you’re going to go the distance gathering all the spices for this multipurpose dry rub recipe (and you should), go ahead and triple the batch.

In this easy-but-impressive summer entrée, shrimp are tossed in a fiery chile-lime oil before being skewered and thrown on the grill. They’re served with lime wedges dipped in chili powder.

Summer tomatoes and briny olives turn saucy as they cook underneath roast chicken in this simple weeknight dinner.

Don’t feel like cooking indoors? Toss a cast-iron pan right on the grill for a saucy dish of clams and chickpeas, and char some bread alongside for dipping.

Freshly cut corn kernels and a quick blender egg custard are all that goes into a store-bought pie shell for this unbelievably easy and delicious summer brunch all-star.

This simple pasta delivers big on bright summer flavor, and gives you a good excuse to work through some of that zucchini surplus.

Served with a side of plain jasmine rice, chicken kebat is Burmese home cooking at its simplest.

Mix chopped grilled scallions and jalapeño with fresh basil for a zesty, spicy, smoky sauce to spoon over charred lamb chops and store-bought polenta. Bonus: stir in a little yogurt and that sauce becomes a dressing for the accompanying salad.

This sandwich combines the classic combo of pork and fennel, some heat from the red pepper flakes, and a gorgeous golden sunny-side-up egg. Perfect with English Muffins and a giant cup of joe.