5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Vegetarian Curry
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.
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.
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.
Thursday: Trout with arugula relish
Ready in: 30 mins. Serves 4.
Use half of tonight’s zesty fish dish for tomorrow’s no hassle tacos. Get our trout with arugula relish recipe.
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.
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.
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