Weeknight Dinner Planner: Easy Recipes That Taste Like Summer
Monday: Grilled Chicken & Corn Salad with Chipotle Crema
Start the week off right with an easy and healthy summer salad.
Recipe: Try our Grilled Chicken & Corn Salad with Chipotle Crema
Tuesday: Linguine with Shrimp, Lemon & Feta
Shrimp and feta and lemony pasta?! Come on, it doesn't get much better than that.
Recipe: Try our Linguine with Shrimp, Lemon & Feta
Wednesday: Broiled Top Blade Steak with Herb-Flecked Tomato Salad
There's nothing better than a ripe tomato in the summertime. Except when it's paired with this garlicky steak!
Recipe: Try our Broiled Top Blade Steak with Herb-Flecked Tomato Salad
Thursday: Ratatouille Kebabs with Rice Pilaf Packets
It's time to fire up the grill and make these veggie-heavy kebabs.
Recipe: Try Chris Lanier's Ratatouille Kebabs with Rice Pilaf Packets
Friday: Spicy Cheddar Burgers with Chunky Blue Cheese Aioli
It's finally Friday, so celebrate with this mouthwatering, cheese-smothered burger!
Recipe: Try Our Spicy Cheddar Burgers with Chunky Blue Cheese Aioli
Shopping List
For the Grilled Chicken & Corn Salad with Chipotle Crema
- Heavy cream or Mexican crema
- Chipotle chiles in adobo sauce, pureed or finely chopped
- 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast or thigh
- 2 ears of corn
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Fresh thyme
- Mexican oregano
- Ground cumin
- 2 limes
- Acadia honey or light agave
- Romaine hearts
- 4 ounce Manchego cheese
- 1 Hass avocado
For the Linguine with Shrimp, Lemon & Feta
- Olive oil
- Flat-leaf parsley
- Lemon juice
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Lemon
- Crushed red pepper
- 1 pound shrimp, peeled or deveined
- Linguine
- 1 6 ounce package fresh spinach
- Feta
For the Broiled Top Blade Steak with Herb-Flecked Tomato Salad
- 4 boneless top blade steaks (6 oz. each)
- Olive oil
- 1 clove garlic
- Salt and pepper
- 1 pint cherry tomatoes
- Flat-leaf parsley
- Fresh basil
- Shallot
- Lemon juice
For the Ratatouille Kebabs with Rice Pilaf Packets
- 1 medium zucchini
- 1 medium yellow squash
- 1 small Japanese eggplant
- 1 large red onion
- Fresh basil leaves
- 1 lb. sirloin tip steak
- Medium-grain rice
- Chicken stock
- Butter
- Olive oil
For the Spicy Cheddar Burgers
- 2 pounds ground sirloin or chuck
- Worcestershire sauce
- Grainy Dijon mustard
- Horseradish
- Kosher salt and coarse black pepper
- Butter
- 3/4 lb. sliced sharp white cheddar
- 6 burger rolls
- Green leaf or butter lettuce
- Beefsteak tomatoes
- 1 Vidalia or other mild sweet onion
For the Homemade Mayo
- 1 organic egg
- Dijon mustard
- Fresh lemon juice
- Grapeseed oil
- Sea salt
For the Chunky Blue Cheese Aioli
- Homemade Mayo or store-bought mayo
- Crumbled blue cheese or smoked blue cheese crumbles
- Flat-leaf parsley
- Grainy Dijon mustard
- 1 large clove garlic, grated or pasted