Weeknight Meal Plan: Modern Tuna Casserole Plus 4 More Super Fast Dinners

Spend less time over the stove and more time in the late-summer sunshine with recipes that are all ready in less than 40 minutes.

By Chatelaine

August 15, 2019

Coconut shrimp noodles in a cast iron skillet on a wooden table.

(Photo: Carmen Cheung)

You can get these five hearty and healthy meals on the table in 35 minutes or less. Start off your week with our saucy coconut shrimp noodles and round off your week with a hearty steak with mushroom sauce and charred green beans. Find all the recipes in the gallery below.

Monday: Coconut Shrimp Noodles

Ready in: 20 min. Serves: 4.

Saucy coconut noodles make a warm and slurp-worthy dinner on an early autumn night. Get this coconut shrimp noodle recipe.

(Photo: Carmen Cheung)

Tuesday: Creamy Asparagus and Leek Crespelle

Ready in: 35 min. Serves: 4

Crespelles—Italian versions of crepes—are stuffed with a creamy vegetable and cheese filling for this impressive dinner. Get the recipe for creamy asparagus and leek crespelles.

Photo of creamy asparagus and leek crespelle on a green plate and wooden dining table.

(Photo: Carmen Cheung)

Wednesday: Modern Tuna Casserole

Ready in: 35 min. Serves: 4

Harissa spice adds a modern flavour to a crowd-favourite tuna casserole. Get the recipe for this modern tuna casserole.

Photo of modern tuna casserole in a cast iron casserole dish on a wooden table.

(Photo: Carmen Cheung)

Thursday: Miso-Glazed Chicken Thighs and King Oyster Mushrooms

Ready in: 35 min. Serves: 4

This sheet-pan chicken, mushroom and broccoli dinner makes clean-up easy. Get the recipe for this easy chicken thighs and king oyster mushrooms.

Glazed chicken thighs with miso sauce, roasted broccoli and mushrooms on a sheet pan

(Photo: Carmen Cheung)

Friday: Steak & Mushroom Sauce with Charred Green Beans

Pan sauces are easier to make than you think: Our mushroom sauce gets added flavour from cooking the steak in the same pan. Get the recipe for steak and mushroom sauce with charred beans.

Photo of Steak and Mushroom Sauce with charred green beans.

(Photo: Carmen Cheung)

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