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Weeknight Dinners

Inspired weeknight cooking does exist. This collection of recipes features all of my best quick and easy dinner recipes. Here are 7 Weeknight Meals to Make Year-round, 18 Favorite Chicken Recipes, 9 Favorite Pasta Recipes, and 12 Favorite Vegetarian Weeknight Meals.

Two hard shell tacos filled with taco meat, cheese, and salsa on a plate.

Taco Night, Simplified (Like, Really Really Simplified)

A bowl of curried Thai chickpeas with rice.

One-Pot Curried Chickpeas

A bowl of vegan, one-pot lentil soup.

Favorite Lentil Soup: One-Pot, Vegan, Completely Delicious

A bowl of peanut noodles with cucumbers, scallions and peanuts.

Cold Peanut Noodle Salad with Cucumbers

Chickpea Tagine with “Tomato Jam” and Roasted Delicata Squash

A plate of ginger-soy broiled salmon.

Broiled Ginger-Soy Salmon

A bowl of pasta tossed with cherry tomato sauce, pine nuts, basil and mozzarella.

Pasta with Simple Cherry Tomato Sauce

A plate of chicken souvlaki.

Super-Easy Greek Chicken Souvlaki

A plate of crispy potatoes, egg, and cheese on tortillas.

Crispy Potato, Egg & Cheese Taco

A plate of pasta carbonara with leeks and lemon on a plate.

Pasta Carbonara — Easiest Weeknight Dinner

A bowl of pasta with brown butter, swiss chard and walnuts.

Pasta with Swiss Chard, Brown Butter & Walnuts

This pasta with spinach, walnuts, and lemon includes fresh greens tossed with a garlicky, white wine sauce made slightly creamy with crème fraîche. Yum. // alexandracooks.com

Spring Pasta with Spinach, Walnuts & Lemon

Curried lentils with kale and coconut

Curried Lentils with Kale and Coconut Milk (Masoor Dal)

A bowl of oven-roasted polenta.

Creamy Oven-Baked Polenta Recipe

A bowl of pasta tossed with puttanesca sauce.

The Simplest Puttanesca Sauce

A bowl of tomato soup.

Super Easy Pantry Tomato Soup

A bowl of warm tofu topped with sesame scallion sauce.

Warm Tofu with Spicy Garlic Sauce

A bowl of potato leek soup.

Simple Homemade Potato Leek Soup

A bowl of broccoli-cheddar soup with olive oil toasted croutons and a spoon.

Vegetarian Broccoli-Cheddar Soup

This prosciutto pizza is baked with a smear of crème fraîche and a layer of mozzarella, then topped with prosciutto and arugula out of the oven. It's very simple and very delicious. // alexandracooks.com

Arugula & Prosciutto Pizza {Video}

A bowl filled with the best one-pan baked ziti with a fork and napkin.

One-Pot Baked Ziti

Overhead shot of halved sweet potato and black bean burrito.

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Burritos

Leftover Grain Bowl with Teriyaki Sauce, Quick-Pickled Carrots & Daikon and Soft-Boiled Eggs

quick and easy Sichuan noodles with cabbage

Lightning Fast Sichuan Noodles with Chilies and Scallions