Weeknight Dinner Planner: 5 Meals You'll Want to Make Over & Over Again
Keep things interesting every night this week with these fun dinner recipes.
Monday: Quinoa & Sausage with Broccoli Noodles
Don't toss your broccoli stem, make it into noodles!
Try our Quinoa & Sausage with Broccoli Noodles
Tuesday: Mezcal-Marinated Steak Tacos
If mezcal is too smoky for you, you can replace it with tequila.
Try our Mezcal-Marinated Steak Tacos
Wednesday: Fennel, Lemon & Ricotta Pasta
You're just 25 minutes away from this healthy-ish pasta dinner.
Try our Fennel, Lemon & Ricotta Pasta
Thursday: Avgolemono Soup with Rotisserie Chicken & Orzo
This Greek soup is absolutely amazing!
Try our Avgolemono Soup with Rotisserie Chicken & Orzo
Friday: Shrimp with Tomato Grits
Grits are a great way to finish off the week.
Try our Shrimp with Tomato Grits
Shopping List:
For the broccoli noddles:
- 2 sweet Italian sausage links (6 oz. total)
- Quinoa
- Olive oil
- 1 large head broccoli
- Llow-sodium chicken stock
- 2 cloves garlic
- Crushed red pepper
- Fine sea salt
- Ground black pepper
- Grated Parmesan (optional)
For the steak tacos:
- Mezcal or tequila
- Adobo sauce from canned chipotle chiles in adobo sauce
- 1 lb. flank steak
- Fresh cilantro
- Fresh ginger
- Red Fresno or jalapeño chile
- 2 cloves garlic
- Red cabbage
- 2 limes
- Olive oil
- 8 corn tortillas
- 6 Peppadew peppers
- Cotija cheese
For the pasta:
- 2 bulbs fennel
- 1 leek
- Olive oil
- 6 Swiss chard leaves
- 12 oz. campanelle or other shaped pasta
- 1 lemon
- 12 oz. fresh ricotta
- Fresh basil
For the soup:
- Butter
- 1 large leek
- 2 stalks celery
- 3 cloves garlic
- Chicken stock
- Orzo
- Rotisserie chicken
- 5 large eggs
- 1 or 2 lemons
- 3 scallions, thinly sliced
- Fresh dill
For the shrimp and grits:
- 1 1/2 lbs. beefsteak or red or purple heirloom tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic
- Grits
- Grated Parmesan
- 2 lemons
- Butter
- 2 lbs. medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 red bell pepper
- 2 large shallots
- 1 jalapeño
- Fresh chives