7 Easy Dinner Recipes, Plus A Time-Saving Meal Prep Plan

Here are your week 1 recipes:

Monday: Salmon fillets with green beans and zucchini orzo

Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4.

Start your month of meals off with this impressive, healthy and satisfying dish that only looks too fancy for a Monday. Get our salmon fillets with green beans and zucchini orzo recipe.

Tuesday: Chicken, asparagus and udon noodle salad

Ready in: 20 min. Serves: 4.

Store-bought rotisserie chicken helps this meal come together super quickly. Prep tip: Keep asparagus bundled with a rubber band around woody ends. Slicing across the bunch will speed up your prep time. Get our chicken, asparagus and udon noodle salad recipe.

Wednesday: Easy lamb bolognese

Ready in: 45 min. Serves: 4.

There's no need to wait hours for a hearty meat sauce with this easy, weeknight-ready pasta dish. Get our easy lamb bolognese recipe.

Thursday: Saucy sriracha pork with radish-cucumber salad

Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4

Today's recipe is ready is less than half an hour, which means you get a delicious dinner as well as plenty of free time to enjoy this evening! Get our saucy sriracha pork with radish-cucumber salad recipe.

Friday: Shakshuka pizza

Ready in: 35 mins. Serves: 4.

Meet the ultimate breakfast-for-dinner dish. Use store-bought pizza dough for a made-at-home pizza that might just be better than takeout. Get our shakshuka pizza recipe.

Saturday: Super-fast chili

Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4.

Yes, you can have a fresh, piping hot bowl of chili in just 25 minutes. Get our super-fast chili recipe.

Sunday: Skillet broccoli and potato frittata

Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 4.

Whether you serve this frittata for brunch or dinner, it'll make a filling and crowd-pleasing meal. Get our skillet broccoli and potato frittata recipe.

Week 1 Ingredients

Check your pantry for:

• Olive oil
• Canola oil
• Sesame oil
• Salt
• Pepper
• Dijon mustard
• Brown sugar
• Granulated sugar
• Honey
• White balsamic vinegar
• White-wine vinegar

Shopping list:

PRODUCE

• 1 227-g pkg sliced button mushrooms
• 1 142-g clamshell baby arugula (3 cups)
• 1 340-g pkg trimmed green beans
• 4 yellow onions
• 5 green onions
• 1 head garlic (3 cloves)
• 1 small knob ginger (1 tbsp minced)
• 1 zucchini
• 1 medium carrot (1 cup grated)
• 1 English cucumber
• 6 baby potatoes
• 1 small broccoli crown (3 cups chopped)
• 250 g radishes (2 cups sliced)
• 227 g asparagus

HERBS

• 1 clamshell dill (3 tbsp chopped)
• 1 clamshell rosemary (1 tbsp chopped)

PROTEIN

• 1 12-pack large eggs
• 1/2 rotisserie chicken (3 cups shredded meat)
• 4 skin-on salmon fillets (500 g total)
• 500 g pork tenderloin
• 450 g ground lamb
• 225 g lean ground beef

DAIRY

• 3/4 cup crumbled feta
• 2 cups grated white cheddar
• grated parmesan (optional)
• sour cream (optional)

Sunday Meal Prep Plan

Store everything in resealable containers. Chopped produce should be covered with a damp paper towel, then sealed and refrigerated (to keep from drying out).

Salmon Fillets with Green Beans and Zucchini Orzo

• Whisk vinegar with Dijon, honey and 1/2 tsp salt
• Trim beans (if needed) and cut in half

Chicken, Asparagus and Udon Noodle Salad

• Whisk soy with vinegar, sesame oil, minced fresh ginger and brown sugar
• Trim asparagus ends and thinly slice diagonally
• Shred rotisserie chicken
• Grate carrots and thinly slice green onions

Easy Lamb Bolognese

• Chop onion
• Grate parmesan (if using)

Saucy Sriracha Pork with Radish-Cucumber Salad

• Whisk marmalade with sriracha and  1/2 tsp salt
• Whisk 2 tbsp marmalade-sriracha mixture with vinegar and Dijon
• Slice pork tenderloin into 1/2-in. rounds
• Thinly slice radishes

Shakshuka Pizza

• Stir marinara sauce with paprika and cumin
• Thinly slice onion
• Thinly slice roasted red peppers

Super-Fast Chili

• Chop onion
• combine chili and garlic powders, sugar and salt
• Coarsely grate white cheddar (if using)
• Thinly slice green onions (if using)

Skillet Broccoli and Potato Frittata

• Cut broccoli into small florets
• Chop onion
• Coarsely grate white cheddar

Check out the recipes for Week 2.

This piece was originally published online in January 2020.