5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including A Teriyaki Beef Stir-Fry
Take worrying about dinner off your to-do list this week. From a quick and delicious beef stir-fry to green curry and a grown up grilled cheese, we've picked out easy and delicious meals that will bring a variety of flavourful ingredients to the kitchen. (Bonus: They're all ready in anywhere from 25 to 45 minutes.)
Get inspired for the week ahead with the recipes below:
Monday: Coconut green fish curry
Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4.
A spicy (and speedy!) green curry to warm you up tonight. Serve this flavour-packed dish over rice with fresh basil and lime wedges. Get our coconut green fish curry recipe.
Tuesday: Grilled cheese croque madame
Ready in: 40. Serves: 4.
Ham and cheese between thick sourdough slices, with creamy bechamel and a sunny side up egg? Perfection. Indulge with this French-inspired breakfast-for-dinner tonight. Get our grilled cheese croque madame recipe.
Wednesday: Teriyaki beef stir-fry
Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4.
The perfect mix and match meal, that can also be made quickly! This recipe is also easy to take vegetarian if you want, just swap out the beef for extra-firm tofu, lightly fried in oil to crisp up the edges. Get our teriyaki beef stir-fry recipe.
Thursday: Zucchini and pork meatballs in lettuce cups
Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 4.
Skip spaghetti-night this week for a new family-favourite. Spicy mayo adds the zip, carrots, crunch, and building your own? A whole lot of tasty fun. Get our pork meatballs recipe.
Friday: Herbed falafels smashed cucumber salad
Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 4.
From healthy, protein-packed lentils to vitamin rich spinach this meal makes it easy to get all your greens in tonight. Get our herbed falafels recipe.
Dessert: Banoffee tart
Ready in: 15 min. Makes: 12.
A delicious dessert with bananas, chocolate and just a hint of Kahlua. Get our banoffee tart recipe.
How to make stir-fry
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