Weeknight Meals

This versatile coconut curry recipe is incredibly easy to make vegetarian (using vegetable stock, omitting the chicken, not using fish sauce, etc.).

You'll want to make this recipe part of your summer repertoire; it's the perfect side dish for a barbecue or picnic. It's equally delicious warm, cold, or at room temperature.

Not just for chicken, this cilantro-lime salsa verde holds up well in the refrigerator. Keep an extra batch around for spooning over fish, steak, or vegetables.

A classic twist on your basic meat-and-potatoes meal, chicken sausages and squash keep things healthy.

"American and British cooks don't know how far you can take an egg dish," chef Yotam Ottolenghi says. Here, he deftly elevates it to a different realm by flavoring spinach with melted leeks and scallions, baking eggs on top, and finishing with a dollop of yogurt and a drizzle of butter spiced with a smoky Turkish chili powder known as kirmizi biber (though crushed red pepper flakes will also work). Serve the dish in one large skillet or two small ones. "It's always nice to surprise people," he s.…

Sophisticated enough for a Sunday supper yet quick enough for Wednesday's dinner, this master recipe is all in the technique. Cook the thighs skin side down in a cast-iron skillet to render out the fat and make the skin as crisp and, dare we say, delicious as bacon.

This minimalist cacio e pepe recipe is like a stripped-down mac and cheese.

The secret to this simple tomato-based pasta recipe? Pasta water and butter.