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5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Vegetarian Curry

We've got you covered from Monday to Friday with easy and interesting meals—plus a hall-of-fame-worthy double-chocolate dessert.
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Warm chicken salad

Photo, Sian Richards.

Monday: Paneer curry with potatoes and spinach

Ready in: 40 mins. Serves: 4. 
This curry dish uses paneer, a mild-flavoured fresh cheese with a texture similar to tofu, in place of meat. Get our paneer curry recipe.

Paneer vegetarian curryPhoto, Sian Richards.

Tuesday: Garlicky pan-fried steak

Ready in: 20 mins. Serves: 4.
Simple and delicious is how weeknight meals should always be. Serve this juicy strip loin with golden-roasted cauliflower, dig in and enjoy. Get our garlicky pan-fried steak recipe.

5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Vegetarian CurryPhoto, Erik Putz.

Wednesday: Warm chicken salad

Ready in: 45 mins. Serves: 4.
Toss some chicken, grapes and red onions into the oven to roast, then throw them onto a bed of romaine — there’s nothing simpler (yet so elegant looking and tasty) than that. Get our warm chicken salad recipe.

Warm chicken saladPhoto, Erik Putz.

Thursday: Trout with arugula relish

Ready in: 30 mins. Serves 4.
Use half of tonight’s zesty fish dish for tomorrow’s no hassle tacosGet our trout with arugula relish recipe.

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5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Vegetarian CurryPhoto, Roberto Caruso.

Friday: Crunchy fish tacos

Ready in: 30 mins. Serves: 4.
You can make fish tacos with pretty much any kind of fish, but we like using up leftovers from Thursday’s citrusy trout dish. We serve them with a sour cream-chipotle sauce, chopped up cucumbers and corn for a shell full of flavours. Get our crunchy fish tacos recipe.

5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Vegetarian CurryPhoto, Roberto Caruso.

Dessert: Nutella sandwich cookies

Ready in: 40 mins. Makes: 22 sandwiches.
In case you didn’t eat enough cookies already, these chewy crackle sandwiches encase a rich filling that’s easy to make, and even easier to eat. Get our Nutella sandwich cookies recipe.

nutella sandwich cookiesPhoto, Roberto Caruso.

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