30-Minute Quick-Fix Suppers
Recipe: Roasted Tomato Macaroni and Cheese
If you’re in need of some comfort food (that the kids will love, too) on a weeknight, consider this 30-minute, grownup mac and cheese recipe. A tip from the test kitchen: For the smoothest, creamiest results, let the white sauce cool slightly before whisking in the shredded cheese.
Recipe: Burrito Bowls
Save some calories and ditch the tortillas with these healthy and flavorful burrito bowls that are ready in less time than any dinner you’ll make this week.
Recipe: Kale and Sweet Potato Salad with Chicken
This healthy kale salad has protein from the chicken, sweetness and crunch from candied pecans, and texture and flavor from roasted sweet potato cubes.
Recipe: Sheet Pan Shrimp and Vegetables with Rice
Cooking a beautiful, tasty meal for your family is satisfying. Cooking that meal in one pan and minimizing cleanup time is purely blissful.
Recipe: Baked Shells and Greens
Your kids won’t realize that this cheesy pasta dish is healthier than the heavy lasagna they love. This baked pasta recipe is made with ground turkey and lower-sodium marinara sauce instead.
Recipe: Quick Chicken and Barley Stew
When you’re craving something warm on a winter weeknight, instead of simmering a stew on the stovetop for hours, whip up this healthy, 30-minute recipe.
Recipe: Black-Eyed Pea Fritter Sandwiches with Slaw
We love putting a Southern spin on recipes of all types, and this black-eyed pea version of falafel is full of flavor and easy to make.
Recipe: Pork-and-Green Bean Stir-Fry
Ready in 20 Minutes
The key to this dish is developing a nice char on the green beans. To do so, heat the oil in your skillet until it almost smokes before adding the beans. Let them sear, stirring every 20 to 30 seconds, and they'll take on color. Feel free to sub thinly sliced strips of red bell pepper instead of hot chiles.
Recipe: Chicken with Ratatouille
Ready in 30 Minutes
This is the perfect one-dish dinner when the garden is in full swing. Feel free to substitute whatever is overflowing in your garden or at the market for the vegetables in the ratatouille.
Thin cutlets cook fast. Make your own cutlets by slicing chicken breasts in half lengthwise.
Recipe: Garden Tomato Sauce over Pasta
We love this sauce as a meatless meal over hearty pasta. Make an even faster meal by freezing the sauce in batches so that all you have to do is reheat.
Recipe: Shrimp-Boil Potato Salad
Ready in 30 Minutes
This recipe contains all the favorite ingredients of a low-country boil that are tossed togther in a main-dish salad.
Recipe: Grilled Scallop Kabobs
Ready in 15 Minutes
Grab the skewers, fire up the grill, and enjoy these easy and delicious kabobs, great for any night of the week. Round out the meal with grilled pita wedges and deli tabbouleh salad.
Recipe: Peach and Pork Kabobs
Ready in 30 Minutes
Peaches aren't just for dessert—pair them with pork for dinner, and enjoy the marriage of savory and sweet.
Recipe: Greek Salsa Salad with Grouper
If you have 15 minutes, pick up steamed fish from your grocery seafood counter, and create this easy seafood recipe paired with fresh salsa.
Recipe: Grilled Chicken and Garden Salsa
Ready in 30 Minutes
Top tender grilled chicken with a fresh salsa of zucchini, bell pepper, onion and basil for a colorful one-dish meal.
Recipe: Chicken Fried Rice
Ready in 25 Minutes
In the amount of time it takes for takeout to be delivered to your door, our homemade Chicken Fried Rice will be on the table and ready to eat.
Recipe: Asparagus Frittata
Ready in 30 Minutes
Made with fresh thin asparagus and Gouda and Parmesan cheeses, this is the perfect meal for brunch or dinner. Serve with fruit for brunch or with a simple salad for dinner.
Recipe: Country Ham Carbonara
Ready in 30 Minutes
Hearty, not heavy, is key in this Italian dish. Serve this one-dish pasta immediately for the best flavor.
Recipe: Pan-Grilled Chicken with Fresh Plum Salsa
Ready in 26 Minutes
This dish starts with fast-cooking chicken cutlets, giving you a leg up on dinner—it's ready in 26 minutes.
Recipe: Pecan-Crusted Chicken and Tortellini with Herbed Butter Sauce
This nutty and buttery dish is your winning solution to getting dinner on the table in 30 minutes.
Recipe: One-Dish Chicken Pasta
If you're craving a cheesy casserole but don't have the time to assemble and bake one, make a quick cooktop casserole with all your favorite casserole ingredients.
Recipe: Mexicali Meatless Tostadas
Ready in 15 Minutes
Get the flavor of beef for these tostadas, but without the fat, with meatless burger crumbles. Top it off with rice, refried beans, cheese, and homemade pico de gallo made from avocado, red onion, garlic, cilantro, and lime juice.
Easy Side: Coarsely chop 2 ripe avocados. Toss with 1/4 cup chopped red onion, 1 minced garlic clove, 3 Tbsp. fresh cilantro leaves, 2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice, and 1/2 tsp. salt.
Recipe: Fresh Tomato-and-Asparagus Gnocchi
When going meatless, choose a hearty pasta like gnocchi so you won't miss the meat.
Recipe: Grilled Steak-Corn-Spinach Salad
Ready in 30 Minutes
This salad features creamy avocado slices, grapefruit, and garlic. Add grilled steak and corn, and it's a meal that your whole family will love.
?Recipe: Spicy Shrimp Noodle Bowl
Ready in 20 Minutes
This Asian-inspired meal is ready in just 20 minutes! Don't let the name scare you—if you don't like spicy foods, just use less Szechuan sauce. Add additional cilantro and lime juice for extra flavor.
Recipe: Grilled Grouper with Watermelon Salsa
Ready in 21 Minutes
This delicious dish is ready in less than 30 minutes! Cool watermelon salsa pairs perfectly with hot-off-the-grill fish. For a sandwich option, serve fish and salsa in pita pockets.
Watch: The Best Way To Grill Fish
Recipe: Cornmeal Cakes with Smoked Chicken and Coleslaw
Pick up coleslaw, smoked chicken, and sauce from your favorite barbecue joint.
Recipe: Veggie Chili
Ready in 30 Minutes
Chopped zucchini and squash lend this chili hearty fall flavor.
Recipe: Lemon Pork Chops with Quinoa Salad
Ready in 25 Minutes
Best way to cook quinoa? Simmer, drain, and let it stand, covered, to steam; then fluff.
Recipe: Roasted Carrots with Avocado and Feta Vinaigrette
Ready in 30 Minutes
In this salad, char, spice, and creaminess meld. The key to roasting veggies is to use similarly sized pieces. Spread them evenly on a baking sheet, and roast in a very hot oven until just tender.
Recipe: Spring Salmon and Vegetable Salad
Ready in 20 Minutes
Line your pan with foil for easy cleanup. The dressing will keep in the fridge up to one week.
Recipe: Korean Cabbage Wraps with Sweet-and-Sour Cucumber Salad
A robust cousin of Sriracha, gochujang is a spicy-sweet fermented chili paste used in Korean dishes. Here it adds depth of flavor to a Korean-style barbecue sauce. Find it in the Asian section of supermarkets or Walmart.
Recipe: Pork Grillades with Pepper Jelly-Peach Sauce
Keep the cutlets on a wire rack in the oven to ensure each batch stays warm. Prepare the Summer Corn Grits first, letting it simmer on the stove while you pan-fry the cutlets and make the sauce.
Recipe: Spiced Eggplant Cutlets
Eggplant slices tend to shrink significantly as they cook, so start with hearty 1-inch-thick slabs. Round out the meal with Chickpea-Feta Salad.
Recipe: Glazed Pork with Fresh Plums
Ready in 30 Minutes Plums, pork, and onions come together to make a flavorful weeknight dish.
Recipe: Sloppy Cola Joe Dogs
Ready in 25 Minutes
Our Test Kitchen couldn't get enough of these new sloppy joes enlivened with a splash of cola, which gives the ground beef a sweet boost that plays well off the filling's spices. Try these with traditional or split-top hot dog buns or hoagie rolls. Garnish with your favorite coleslaw for crunch and color.
Start the evening off right with a super-fast and easy homemade supper.
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