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5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Quick Chicken Parmesan

Your holiday to-do list is already long enough—let us do the dinner planning for you.
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quick chicken parmesan and arugula salad on a black plate

Photo, Roberto Caruso.

Pair one well-executed grocery trip with 45 minutes (or less) of kitchen time every evening, and dinner becomes a no-stress, low-mess affair. Find out what we have planned for the week ahead, from super-fast chicken parmesan to saucy lamb bolognese and decadent holiday cookies (find even more here), in the gallery below:

Monday: Green shakshuka

Ready in: 35 min. Serves: 4 to 6.
A hearty and healthy vegetarian main that maximizes the use of one of our favourite affordable pantry staples: lentils! Get our green shakshuka recipe.

Green shakshuka recipePhoto, Erik Putz.

Tuesday: Quick chicken parmesan with greens

Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 4.
Cheesy, tomatoey, pan-fried chicken? Yes please. Get our quick chicken parmesan recipe.

quick chicken parmesan and arugula salad on a black platePhoto, Roberto Caruso.

Wednesday: One-pot halibut and chorizo soup

Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 6.
Hot tip: If you can't get your hands on halibut (it's not always budget-friendly), cod works perfectly as a substitute. Get our one-pot halibut and chorizo soup recipe.

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chorizo and halibut soupPhoto, Erik Putz.

Thursday: One-pot lamb bolognese

Ready in: 45 min. Serves: 6.
On busy nights this one-pan wonder brings big flavours to the dinner table (with less mess!). Get our one-pot lamb bolognese recipe.

one-pot lamb bolognesePhoto, Erik Putz.

Friday: Sesame beef and broccoli vermicelli bowl

Ready in: 30 min. Serves: 4.
Keep it simple and delicious tonight with saucy beef strips and tender-crisp broccoli florets over fluffy rice. Get our sesame beef and broccoli vermicelli bowl recipe.

beef and broccoli on top of vermicelli in a bowlPhoto, Sian Richards.

Dessert: Holiday brownie cookies

Ready in: 45 min. Makes: 26 cookies.
Crackled and crisp on the outside, and perfectly chewy on the inside. Get our holiday brownie cookies recipe.

Easy Holiday Cookies: holiday chocolate brownie cookiesPhoto, Erik Putz.

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