It’s Soup Season!
I’ll tell you a secret: in this house, it’s always Soup Season. A Big Pot of Something is my preferred weeknight meal, because turning a pile of mostly-vegetables into dinner is relentlessly satisfying, can generally be done in an hour or so, and makes for great leftovers.
10 Actually Easy Dinners
I have a few dishes in regular rotation that I lean on in moments of desperation or when life gets too busy. Meals that feel like a relief: “wow, we’re fed, and that was so easy.” My criteria for inclusion here is simply: would I want to make this and clean it up by myself after I get home from work? If no, I didn’t include it. (Mostly, this means the list has a lot of soups and stews.)
10 Meatless Weeknight Dinners
I’m sharing some of the best vegetarian recipes in my cookbook. It’s easy enough to eat vegetarian by simply omitting meat from recipes or eating cereal for dinner, but I’m far more interested in having meals that make me forget I ever ate meat to begin with. I want to feel satisfied at the end of the meal! I want protein and umami!