Easy Weeknight Meals

I've found that it's difficult to make small portions of protein: like steaks, or chicken breasts. So, I'll plan to make an additional fresh side to go with leftover proteins. 

Quick and Easy

Vegetarian
Soups

• Miso soup
• Red Lentil Soup with Lemon

Salads

• Supi's Balsamic Salad
  • Tip: pre-chop your mix-ins for fast salad assembly, and use a bottled dressing if you like!

Pastas

• Frozen tortellini/ravioli and frozen tomato sauce
• Unstuffed Shells with Butternut Squash and Leeks​​
• Creamy Lemon Pasta and a salad
• Rigatoni alla Vodka
• Crispy Gnocchi With Burst Tomatoes and Mozzarella
• Crispy Sheet-Pan Noodles With Glazed Tofu

Misc

• grilled cheese and tomato soup
• Lazy Pizza Dough + Margherita Pizza
• Corn and Black Bean Quesadillas with Pepper Jack Cheese
• Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps
• Weeknight Nachos​
• Zucchini quesadillas
• Giant Bruschetta
  • Mothership Tomato Salad with cherry-sized mozzarella balls on toasted bread (perhaps Peasant Bread)
• Avocado Toast
• Taco Torte
• Pure Potato Latkes
• Everyday Dahl
• Aloo Gobi
• Butternut Squash and Green Beans in a Coconut Milk Curry
• ​​Chickpea Curry​

​Quick veggies and sides

• ​The Best Way to Cook Broccoli
• My Normal Brussels Sprouts
• Fast Buttery Peas for Two
• Modern Succotash
• Corn on the Cob
• Oven-Roasted Asparagus
• Oven-roasted cabbage and kale
• corn salad with chile and lime
• Chana Masala or Red Kidney Bean Curry over rice
• Fluffy White Rice for Two
• Basic Polenta
• orzo 
• buttered noodles
• French Lentils with Thyme
• Braised Eggplant with Soy, Garlic and Ginger

Meat
Soups

• Minnesota Wild Rice Soup

Salads

• Warm Spinach Salad with Bacon, Onions and Egg​
• Steak and Onion Salad
• Bacon and Tomato Chop Salad with Lemon-Garlic Vinaigrette

Chicken

• Sheet Pan Chicken Tikka
• Roast Chicken & Sweet Potatoes
• Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry
• Ginger Chicken Stir-Fry with Asparagus
• Roast Chicken with Dijon Sauce
• Easy Citrus Chicken and quick veggies
• Lemon Butter Chicken
• Chicken Katsu
• Skillet Chicken in Balsamic Caramelized Onion Cream Sauce
• Skillet Chicken Fajitas
• Garlic Butter Chicken Thighs with Green Beans (GF)

Steak & Pork

• Pan-Seared Steaks
• Grilled Flank Steak
• Roast Pork Tenderloin with Gravy
• Beef and Bean Tacos
• Cast Iron Fried Onion Hamburgers

Fish

• Miso-Marinated Salmon
• Orange-Glazed Salmon Fillets with Rosemary
• Garlic and Oregano Salmon
• Herb-Crusted Salmon
• Garlic Butter Pan-Seared Salmon
  

Misc

• Sausages and quick veggies
• Cabbage and Sausage Fry
• Ally Tacos​​
• Dumplings with a veggie

Pasta​

• ​Bachelor(ette) Pasta
• Spaghetti alla Carbonara
• crispy tortellini with peas and prosciutto
• Corn Bacon and Parmesan Pasta
• Foolproof Spaghetti Carbonara
• Everyday Meatballs
• Pasta with Cauliflower, Bacon, and Bread Crumbs
• Weeknight Bolognese
• Creamy One-Pot Pasta with Sausage and Squash​

Make Ahead

Vegetarian

• Pizza dough
• Soups
  • Hearty Butternut Squash Soup
  • Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili
  • Cabbage and Farro Soup​
  • Pressure Cooker White Bean-Parmesan Soup
    
• Egg Salad Sandwiches​​
• Most any breads can be frozen
  • reheat for 15-20 mins in a 350° oven, wrapped in foil​
• Miso Sweet Potato and Broccoli Bowl
  • Cook the grains and vegetable and make the dressing beforehand. Night of, reheat and combine. 

Meat

• sweet potato and sausage soup
• Lamb and Lentil Stew
• Slow-Cooker French Onion Soup
• Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
• ​Overnight chicken soup with dumplings
• Best Ground Beef Chili
• Lasagna Bolognese​