Weeknight Dinner Planner: Quick Dinners That'll Impress Any Guest
Five recipes that make entertaining on a weeknight totally possible.
Monday: Tortellini in Brodo with Swiss Chard
This is the recipe you've been saving your Parmesan rind for.
Recipe: Try our Tortellini in Brodo with Swiss Chard
Tuesday: Honey-Orange Lamb Chops
Every day can be a lamb chops kinda day.
Recipe: Try our Honey-Orange Lamb Chops
Wednesday: Sriracha Chicken Noodle Bowls
If you like adding Sriracha to anything and everything, go for this bowl.
Recipe: Try our Sriracha Chicken Noodle Bowls
Thursday: Seared Ribeye with Wilted Bok Choy
A one-skillet dinner that takes less than 30 minutes? That's what we like to hear!
Recipe: Try our Seared Ribeye with Wilted Bok Choy
Friday: Spaghettini with Corn & Crab
Not to thick, not too thin, spaghettini is the just-right noodle you didn't know you needed.
Recipe: Try Rachael Ray's Spaghettini with Corn & Crab
Shopping List:
For the tortellini:
- 8 cloves garlic
- Olive oil
- Vegetable stock
- 1 Parmesan rind (optional)
- 1 carrot
- 9 oz. refrigerated cheese tortellini
- 1 zucchini
- 1 small bunch Swiss chard
- Frozen peas
For the lamb chops:
- 1 orange
- Honey
- 2 cloves garlic
- Ground coriander
- Smoked paprika
- 8 lamb rib chops
- Olive oil
- Green olives, pitted
- Couscous
For the noodle bowls:
- 1 small orange
- Honey
- Sriracha
- 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (about 1 1/2 lbs.)
- EVOO
- 3 cloves garlic
- Chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 10-ounce package dried Chinese noodles
- Soy sauce
- 3 scallions
For the ribeye:
- 1 lb. rib eye steak (1 1/4 inches thick)
- Vegetable oil
- Butter
- Hoisin sauce
- Fresh ginger
- 3 heads baby bok choy
- Hot sesame oil
For the spaghettini:
- 3 ears corn
- 1 tub (16 oz.) fresh lump crabmeat
- Old Bay Seasoning
- Olive oil
- Meaty bacon
- Salt and pepper
- 4 scallions
- 1 fresh red chile, such as finger or Fresno, or jalapeño
- Fresh thyme
- 4 cloves garlic
- Dry vermouth
- Chicken stock
- Spaghettini (thin spaghetti)
- Butter
- Fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (optional)