Home-cooked dinners, written to work
60 free recipes for weeknight dinners, weekend baking, easy breakfasts and desserts worth the oven time. Every recipe lists exact times, US measurements, internal temperatures and nutrition per serving.
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DinnerOne-Pot Tomato Basil Pasta
Everything cooks in one pot in 25 minutes: the pasta releases its starch into the sauce, so it turns glossy without cream.
Easyone-pot vegetarian weeknight pasta 30 minutes
DinnerCrispy Chicken Street Tacos
Thigh meat seared hard in a cast-iron pan, quick pickled onions and a lime crema, on warm corn tortillas.
Mediumtacos chicken weeknight 30 minutes gluten-free
DessertsChewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crisp edges, a soft chewy middle and pools of chocolate. Browned butter and a rest in the fridge do the work.
Easycookies chocolate baking make-ahead kid-friendly
DinnerGarlic Butter Baked Salmon
Salmon fillets baked in a lemony garlic butter until just flaky. A 20-minute dinner that looks like a restaurant dish.
Easysalmon fish 20 minutes gluten-free keto
BreakfastFluffy Buttermilk Pancakes
The diner pancake: tall, tender, slightly tangy. The batter rests 10 minutes and that is the whole secret.
Easypancakes breakfast weekend kid-friendly vegetarian
VeganWeeknight Chickpea Coconut Curry
Pantry chickpeas, a can of coconut milk and a spoonful of curry paste. Dinner in 30 minutes, better the next day.
Easyvegan curry one-pot 30 minutes gluten-free pantry
BakingEasy Banana Bread
Moist, tender and deeply banana-y. One bowl, no mixer, and a loaf in about an hour.
Easybanana bread baking loaf make-ahead breakfast
DinnerClassic Beef Stew
Chuck roast braised with potatoes, carrots and red wine until fork-tender. A pot of Sunday comfort.
Mediumstew beef comfort food one-pot freezer-friendly winter
Lemon Herb Roast Chicken
A whole chicken with crackling skin, rubbed with lemon, garlic and thyme and roasted on a bed of carrots and onions.
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On the table in 30 minutes or less.
Quick & Easy10-Minute Garlic Noodles
Spaghetti tossed in a sweet-savory garlic butter sauce with soy and oyster sauce. A cult favorite for a reason.
Easynoodles vegetarian 10 minutes weeknight pantry
Quick & EasyEasy Egg Fried Rice
Day-old rice, scrambled eggs, peas and scallions in a hot pan. Ready in 15 minutes.
Easyrice eggs 15 minutes vegetarian pantry
Quick & EasyEasy Shakshuka
Eggs poached in a spiced tomato and pepper sauce. Scoop it up with warm bread.
Easyeggs brunch vegetarian one-pan 30 minutes gluten-free
Quick & EasyTeriyaki Chicken Rice Bowls
Seared chicken thighs glazed in a quick homemade teriyaki sauce, over rice with steamed broccoli.
Easyteriyaki chicken rice bowls 30 minutes meal prepBake something
Pies, bars, rolls and puddings for the weekend.
DessertsClassic Lattice Apple Pie
Tender-tart apples in a cinnamon filling under a flaky all-butter lattice crust.
Hardpie apple baking thanksgiving dessert
DessertsBright Lemon Bars
A buttery shortbread base under a tart, silky lemon curd. Dusted with powdered sugar and cut into squares.
Easybars lemon dessert potluck make-ahead
BakingGooey Cinnamon Rolls
Soft, pillowy rolls swirled with cinnamon sugar and glazed with cream cheese icing.
Mediumcinnamon rolls baking brunch yeast weekend
DessertsBanana Pudding Cups
Vanilla pudding, ripe bananas and crushed vanilla wafers layered in glasses. Southern, simple and gone in a minute.
Easypudding bananas dessert no-bake southernHow we write recipes
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