Quick & Easy Weeknight recipes Page 11

Weeknight dinners, sides and quick bites built around short cooking times and everyday pantry staples. Many are one-pan or one-pot meals, like ground beef and kale or spicy peanut noodles, so cleanup stays light. Others lean on fast techniques: baked chicken breast, pan-seared salmon cakes, shrimp quesadillas and a steak cooked to medium.

You will also find speedy extras for around the main dish, such as caprese salad, Asian slaw and homemade dressings. Recipe titles often state the time, so you can pick by how long you have, from a 5-minute dressing to a 40-minute grilled chicken with roasted peppers. A few breakfast-for-dinner ideas and simple sweets, such as pumpkin spice pancakes and brownie cookies, round out the mix.