recipes / weeknight
Looking for a weeknight recipe under 30 minutes
Real-life recipes for nights you barely care, but you'd like to eat well anyway.
- Sheet-pan chicken thighs — Smitten Kitchen 30 minOlive oil, lemon, salt. Done.
- Spaghetti aglio e olio — Bon Appétit 15 minGarlic, oil, parsley. Pantry dinner.
- Black bean tostadas — NYT Cooking 20 minOpen can. Heat. Fry tortilla. Top.
- Pasta with broccoli & sausage — Smitten Kitchen 25 minOne pot.
- Cacio e pepe — Bon Appétit 15 minThree ingredients. Hard to do well; worth learning.
- Sheet-pan salmon + asparagus — NYT Cooking 20 min400°F, twelve minutes.
- Tacos al pastor (cheating version) — Half Baked Harvest 30 minPork tenderloin + pineapple.
- Stir-fried green beans — Made With Lau 10 minGarlic, soy, sesame oil.
- Egg fried rice — Kenji's at Serious Eats 10 min if rice is coldThe trick is high heat.
- BLT — yourself 5 minDon't overthink dinner sometimes.