5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Roasted Cauliflower Pasta
Photo, Erik Putz.
This week, load your plates with everything from penne rigate, sauced and tossed with cream, parmesan, herbs and veggies, to a mess-free haddock bake (once you start cooking fish en papillote, you may never go back). Get all the shopping done this weekend, and dinner will feel almost effortless all week. Find the recipes below:
Monday: Roasted Cauliflower And Leek Pasta
Ready in: 40 mins. Serves: 4.
With nutty roasted cauliflower and delicate leeks, this pasta is a great meatless meal to start off the week. Get our roasted cauliflower and leek pasta recipe.
Tuesday: Thai sweet potato red curry soup
Ready in: 45 mins. Serves: 4.
Sweet potatoes, leeks, carrots and coconut milk are just a few of the base ingredients making up this cozy and colourful Thai soup. Get this red curry soup recipe.
Wednesday: Chicken drumsticks with roasted radish salad
Ready in: 40 mins. Serves: 4.
Roasted together, this time-saving dish of honey-roasted chicken and peppery radishes is a great go-to meal for busy weeknights. Get our chicken drumsticks recipe.
Thursday: Oven-baked haddock with kale
Ready in: 30 mins. Serves: 4.
Fresh and flavourful, this recipe is a cinch to make: Toss everything together, divide among four packets en papillote, top with haddock and bake. Get our baked haddock with kale recipe.
Friday: Laotian pork lettuce wraps
Ready in: 35 mins. Serves: 4.
Skip the tortillas tonight and head straight for the crisper. Each bite of these lettuce wraps is match of perfect textures — you won’t even miss those extra carbs. Get our pork lettuce wraps recipe.
Dessert: Skillet chocolate chip cookie
Ready in: 1 hour, 15 mins. Serves: 8.
A twist on a classic, this giant cookie will serve any extra guests you have over (or be great leftovers for tomorrow night!). Get our skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Watch: How to make Thai curry soup
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