17 of the Easiest Dinners on 101 Cookbooks
A collection of the easiest dinners on 101 Cookbooks. These are some of my personal favorites – the ones that are super weeknight-friendly, with reasonable ingredient lists. And I’m pulling some long-time favorites from deep in the archives. I’ll update and add to it over time with bonus recipes. Enjoy!
1. Pasta with Baby Kale, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds, and Pesto –
Literally, just six ingredients in this awesome pasta bowl. Get the recipe here.
2. Golden-crusted Sesame Seeded Tofu –
In the April 1998 issue of Martha Stewart Living magazine there was a recipe for Sesame Asparagus and Tofu. I ripped it out, and cooked it a hundred times in the twenty years since. Get the recipe here.
3. Spicy Tahini Noodles with Roasted Vegetables –
This is my favorite kind of weeknight meal. Noodles tossed with a quick sauce, topped with an abundance of vegetables, and kissed with chile feistiness courtesy of the condiment shelf. Get the recipe here.
4. Instant Pot Mushroom Stroganoff with Vodka –
My most popular Instant Pot recipe. Make this stroganoff your dinner tonight, seriously! Made with caraway-spiked vodka, and a hearty mushroom base, you get all of what you love about mushroom stroganoff, without the all the butter and cream. Get the recipe here.
5. Mushroom Scallion Tartine with Poblano Yogurt –
A substantial, delicious, mushroom sheet pan sandwich recipe. You roast a bunch of mushrooms and scallions in a hot oven, whip up a simple poblano yogurt while those are roasting. So good! Get the recipe here.
6. Last Minute Red Lasagna –
This is a true weeknight lasagna. No pre-cooking sauces, no pre-cooking noodles. You, literally, stir the first five ingredients together into a vibrant crushed tomato sauce, and start layering. Get the recipe here.
7. Quick Vegan Enchiladas with Sweet Potato Sauce –
Knock-out delicious, you’ll have these in the oven in less that ten minutes, They’re also a healthful alternative to all the heavy cheese versions out there. With black beans, sweet potatoes, and a stealthy turmeric boost. Get the recipe here.
8. Garlic Lime Lettuce Wraps –
I love these! Ginger and garlic tempeh rice, folded into lime-spiked lettuce wraps with lots of herbs, cucumber, and carrots. A one-pan meal that comes together in no time! Get the recipe here.
9. Hazelnut Chard Ravioli Salad –
Plump raviolis tossed with toasted hazelnuts, lemony chard, and caramelized onions are at the heart of this ravioli salad recipe. The colorful platter is finished off with a dusting of cheese, snipped chives, and lemon zest. You can prepare most of the components ahead of time. Get the recipe here.
10. Ultimate Vegan Nachos –
When you need a nacho fix, this is how you should roll. At least once. Nachos are always a crowd pleaser, and this is no exception. Oozy, cheesy, loaded vegan nachos everyone loves. Get the recipe here.
11. Harissa Spaghettini –
I link to this whenever possible. Eight ingredients – most of which you definitely have on hand, between you and this flavor-punched tangle of kale-flecked goodness. That harissa in your refrigerator? This needs to be its destiny. Get the recipe here.
12. Classic Stuffed Shells –
Everyone loves these. The best part about stuffed shells is that you can prepare them days ahead of time. These are topped with red sauce, and filled with ricotta. Crowd pleaser for kids & adults. Get the recipe here.
13. Weeknight Ponzu Pasta –
This is the pasta preparation to make when you want to keep it light, clean, and healthy. Lots of bright green broccoli, green beans, garlic, and pasta tossed with a simple ponzu sauce. Trade in roasted winter squash as the seasons shift from away from tomatoes. Get the recipe here.
14. Walnut Strozzapreti –
Inspired by Mona Talbott’s recipe in the new Coco cookbook, a pounded walnut pesto with marjoram and parsley, tossedwith farro pasta and Pecorino cheese. Get the recipe here.
15. 10 Minute Instant Pot Mushroom Broth –
You can use this Instant Pot mushroom broth a thousand different ways. If you have dried porcini mushrooms, a few cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, and a bit of thyme, you’re in business. This broth, your favorite pasta, and whatever toppings you have on hand make an A+ on-the-fly meal! Get the recipe here.
16. Quick Shredded Tofu Stir-fry –
This is a snappy little stir-fry, it comes together in a flash, and is the perfect way to kick off the new year. Use it as a spring roll or lettuce wrap filling as well! Get the recipe here.
17. Orange Pan-glazed Tempeh –
This is a snappy little stir-fry, it comes together in a flash, and is the perfect way to kick off the new year. Use it as a spring roll or lettuce wrap filling as well! Get the recipe here.
Also, browse this list of dinner ideas. There are so many favorite recipes worth making in that list. Not all are as quick as those on this page, but you’ll find some gems there!
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Sous vide brisket takes the edge off any chilly evening.
Anyone who’s ever accidentally overcooked an expensive fillet of fish, steak or pork should know about the many charms of sous vide cooking. You simply seal up proteins in a bag with spices and oils, toss it into a water bath circulating at a precise temperature, and it emerges fully (and perfectly) cooked. For finishing touches, sear the steak, sauce the salmon, or start gnawing immediately on that chop. Here are a few favorite sous vide recipes. (And of course we have all the equipment you might need.)
1. Chai-Spiced Apple Pie
Sous vide pie? Believe it. An immersion circulator is key to making the apples in this chai-spiced apple pie precisely the right texture. A smart combination of classic baking spices (cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg) and unexpected ones (cardamom and ginger) get you the rest of the way to one of the most knockout apple pies ever.
2. Sous Vide Salmon with Fennel and Green Olives
We’ve all been there: You plunk down a ton of money for a good piece of fish, only to realize after searing and baking it that you’ve overcooked it. Sous vide can be the key to getting succulent, tasty, moist fillets every single time. Salmon with fennel, favas and green olives is a Mediterranean flavor combination that works wonderfully. Our favorite part of this recipe? Leave the oven off — you only need two minutes of searing time on the stovetop once the water bath has done its thing.
3. Crispy Chicken Thighs
We have superstar chef Michael Voltaggio to thank for this gorgeous chicken thigh recipe. Though it looks like fried chicken, these are actually thighs marinated in thyme, butter and garlic before getting a quick pan-fry in a tiny bit of oil. The hands-on time is minimal, they’re more healthful than they look, and the flavor combination is killer.
4. Brisket with Honey and Spices
Done right, sous vide is a smart way to break down less-expensive cuts of meat as well as those resistant to becoming meltingly tender. This excellent brisket recipe delivers all the warming winter flavors (garlic, paprika, thyme, red wine) you want in a dish like this one, and it’s a snap to execute. Don’t skip the step of searing the meat after you cook it in its water bath; you’ll love the variety of texture it achieves in the finished product.
5. Sous Vide Rib Eye with Rosemary-Garlic Butter
Michelin-starred chefs worldwide employ sous vide technique to get their fancy cuts of meat just so. There’s no reason why the home cook can’t borrow a page from their book. Rib eye steaks cooked in a water bath before getting a beautiful crust on the grill are going to be some of the best you’ve tasted. We’re particularly fond of this recipe, which employs boneless steaks and a rosemary-garlic butter you’ll find yourself dreaming of long after the meal is done.
6. Turkey
Believe it or not, a water bath can be the key to better turkey, too. Chef Voltaggio’s recipe is absolutely beloved in-house, as it dramatically reduces the probability that you’ll end up with dry turkey pieces in your finished meal. This bird benefits, too, from a bevy of winter citrus, tucked right into the brine. Bright flavors like grapefruit, oranges, lemons and limes leaven denser spices such as cloves, coriander, allspice and mustard seeds. The result is a flavor-saturated bird that just couldn’t be tastier.
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Hello hello, I have the best healthy snack mix right here for us all!
Seriously, you are going to want to run out and grab the ingredients for this insanely savory, sweet, crunchy mix that can solve all of those cravings mid-day every Monday through Friday.
While it seems like we’ve got weeknight dinners and lunches down, when I asked what else you guys would like to see on the blog, SO many of you said snacks. SNACKS.
Like actual snacks that we can make ahead of time and use for the week ahead. Not necessarily snacks like hummus or dip that can be tricky to make and take on the go.
Lacy has been getting a healthy snack mix with these ingredients at a local place for the last few months. She has told me over and over how GOOD it is because of the mish mash of flavors. It has everything we would want: sweet, savory, crunchy, all of it.
It was our mission to recreate it!
There is SO much good stuff in here. Let’s start with the dry ingredients. Two kinds of nuts – almonds and pecans. But use whatever you’d like!
Banana chips and flaked coconut – the big, delicious flakes that are crunchy and don’t make your teeth squeak.
Pepitas too, along with hemp hearts and chia seeds. We also give the mix a big sprinkle of nutritional yeast once it’s coated in the syrup mixture.
The wet ingredients? Those include maple syrup, coconut oil, some liquid aminos or low-sodium soy sauce and then a bunch of spices: cumin, smoked paprika, chili powder, black pepper.
Such an array of flavors that just WORK. It really works with the sweetness of the banana chips and syrup. It’s another flavor explosion.
This snack mix is super crunchy. I love that because crunch is what I crave at snack time. Or really, when any craving hits, I almost always want something crunchy.
And I KNOW that people say to substitute celery (omg) and carrots for crunch, but no can do. That just isn’t the crunch I’m going for!
I love making this on the weekends and portioning it out to have for snacks during the week. It is so good to have on the go. It’s also really satisfying because of the nuts, coconut oil and flaked coconut. The chia and hemp hearts help too! There are all different sorts of textures here and that just pleases my brain.
It’s a crunch that I feel good about eating!
This delicious healthy snack mix is perfect to prep for snacks on the go! It’s satisfying, flavorful, both sweet and savory and the best part – is super crunchy. It’s full of nuts, some fruit, a bit of coconut, spices, hemp hearts and chia!
Maaaaybe add a few dark chocolate chunks too.
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As most of you know from this post, we have been remodeling our new Long Island home for the past year, if not longer. We have gotten a lot done, and even as I share these photos there has already been a lot more progress, but we still have quite a bit of work to do before we move in. I know it will all be worth it in the end, I just can’t wait to start cooking in my new kitchen! Here are some photos of our progress.
