Weeknight Meals

Pillowy baked Dutch baby pancakes can be topped with countless combinations of your favorite savory brunch ingredients.

A honey-soy glaze and a turn under the broiler give this salmon a sweet and savory char.

Our vegetarian play on the classic chicken salad swaps in creamy, protein-packed chickpeas.

This hearty meal of spiced sausages and earthy lentils is infused with sweet fennel flavor.

The classic pairing of pork and apples gets enhanced by a hint of sage for a simple and delicious dinner.

Green juice provides a fresh sauce for this light and healthy fish dish.

These mussels get their depth of flavor from store-bought pesto—a great convenience product available at most grocery stores.

You won't believe this hearty, flavorful lasagna was cooked in just 15 minutes using a microwave.

An elegant Mediterranean-inspired fish dinner with green beans, tomatoes, and olives is just a push of the microwave button away.

On an afternoon in May, a favorite Provençal bistro served us this utterly delicious and totally beautiful spring salad of blanched asparagus, a perfect poached egg draped with a shiny, fragrant slice of ham from the French Basque region, and a tangle of soft greens.

With the crunch of the iceberg and onions, the soft richness of the avocado, the saltiness of the bacon, the sweetness of the tomato, and the bite of the blue cheese, this salad has it all! And it is beautiful to boot.

Tart kiwi and sweet blueberries make a unique salsa to dress your basic pork loin. This is a leaner cut of pork, so be sure not to overcook it; you can test the meat by slicing it with a paring knife or using an instant-read thermometer, which should register 145ºF.

Wild salmon tops the list of fish that are high in omega-3 and low in mercury. So swap out farmed salmon, which contains food dyes, for the real thing. Frozen sides of wild salmon offer the best value. Garlic scapes are the young, soft stems and unopened flower buds of hardneck garlic. This variety of garlic tends to be prevalent at farmer's markets. The season for scapes is short, so if you can't find them you can substitute scallions or baby leeks.

This classic pasta has only a few ingredients, but they transform into a surprisingly velvety, flavorful dish.

De Laurentiis uses Peroni, an Italian beer, for this 20-minute dish, but any light-bodied lager will work and make a perfect drink pairing as well.

When things in the crisper drawer aren’t looking so crisp anymore, make this soup.

It truly doesn’t get any easier than this one-pot sensation.

Stuffing halibut fillets with zesty pesto is faster than marinating, but just as flavorful.

This fresh salad was inspired by the elements of a Passover Seder plate.

When kale started to take over the food world, I noticed it was juiced, made into chips, put into smoothies, and even sneaked into chocolate bars. So why not put it in a pasta dish? The nuts in this recipe give the dish another layer of flavor and a nice crunchy texture. The bitter, citrus, crunch, and chili all combine for a unique pasta.