Baked Salmon With Squash, Plus 4 More Easy Dinner Recipes

Monday: Red cabbage steaks with bulgur salad

Ready in: 45 min. Serves: 4.
Add a healthy (and gorgeous) pop of colour to dinner tonight with red cabbage steaks. Serve topped with even more goodness — bulgur wheat, dressed up with goat cheese, cherries, thyme and pistachios. Get our red cabbage steaks recipe.

Tuesday: Baked salmon with acorn squash

Ready in: 35 min. Serves: 4. This recipe for crisp brussels sprouts, creamy squash and tender salmon filets can be baked to perfection with minimal effort or supervision. Bonus: It’s all done in one pan. Get our baked salmon and squash recipe.

Wednesday: Peri peri chicken pilaf

Ready in: 35 min. Serves: 4 – 6.
Get through the mid-week blahs with a little kick of spice. (Did you know? Peri Peri, also known as piri piri, is a Portuguese or African spice blend made of dried chilis, garlic and citrus peel.) This dish makes enough for a small crowd, so there’s definitely enough left for lunch tomorrow. Get our peri peri chicken pilaf recipe.

Thursday: Crispy oven fried calamari

Ready in: 30 min. Serves: 4 – 6.
Who needs to go to the pub for crispy calamari when you can make it at home? An added bonus is that our version is baked, so you can enjoy all the crunch, with way less of the fat. Pair it with a nice side salad, marinara sauce for dipping, and dinner is served. Get our baked calamari recipe.

Friday: Sheet pan steak fajitas

Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 4.
Make Fajita Friday a thing at home with this one-pan recipe. It’s so easy, we guarantee it’s going into your regular rotation. Get our sheet pan steak fajita recipe.

Dessert: Easies-ever chocolate cake

Ready in: 2 hours (but just 20 minutes of prep!) Makes: 24 servings.
Celebrate making it through another week of winter (only 7 more weeks to go, everyone) with this lush chocolate confection. Get our easy chocolate cake recipe.

Watch: How to make this week's dessert, easy chocolate cake