Anything Ali Slagle!! We love the cheesy black bean bake, ginger dill salmon, sheet pan gnocchi, and short cut chili. She has a lot on NYT and food52 but I am truly so pumped about her cookbook coming out this year.
Here's what we eat a lot: Smitten Kitchen's pasta e ceci, Julia Turshen's lentils and greens (in her newest cookbook -- my 6 year old asks for 2nds every time), beans with pesto from Jenny Rosenstrach's newest cookbook, tacos of any kind (usually bean, but also just do a pound of ground meet simmered with a jar of salsa in a pan and voila), basically any pasta from Colu Henry's book, and breakfast for dinner (forever a crowd pleaser).
Salmon with Sriracha and Lime from the Gwyneth Paltrow cookbook It's All Good. Yes, a Goop recipe is one of my go-tos. People who know me would not think that. But her recipes are simple, easy and sooooooooooo delicious!
Hahaaaaa! I knew you would! Everyone does when I tell them. And I didn't really use Salmon cuz it's $$ but you buy cod in bulk at Costco and it's delish!
Taco Tuesdays - sometimes ground turkey, sometimes chicken, whatever we feel like - that often lead to Nacho Fridays. Get the chips from a real Mexican restaurant and they are THE BEST.
I just made Nik Sharma's lentil and kimchi soup (from his newsletter), and it's so thoroughly warming and perfectly good. This weather begs for it. You'll love it. https://niksharma.bulletin.com/kimchi-lentil-soup/
Picadillo. (I'm Cuban.) It's easy and delicious and you can re-purpose the leftovers in all sorts of ways. If I ever have a few additional minutes, I'll send you the recipe. I also love to roast salmon in the oven with just a little olive oil, salt & pepper and serve with rice, veggies and/or mashed potatoes.
I make this recipe WAY more often than is socially acceptable, but it is something that all 4 members of my family will eat happily, and other than pizza, I cannot think of even one other recipe that applies: https://www.nigella.com/recipes/pasta-risotto-with-peas-and-pancetta
Lotus Life rice ramen with miso soup. Top with raw green peppers and red onions, chicken or protein of choice, any other veggies you like, and crushed red pepper!
Pasta – I have a couple of go-to, no-thinking-involved pastas that take minimal time to pull together and use ingredients I'm almost guaranteed to have hanging around in my cupboards and fridge. Lately I'm into making a creamy pasta sauce from romanesco broccoli, with anchovies and chilli pepper and a heavy-handed sprinkling of parmesan cheese. Once the pasta water gets stirred in, it gets all silky and decadent. Plus, the pasta cooks in the water that the broccoli was boiled in, so it absorbs all that additional flavour.
Oooh ooh ooh! Beans and greens: http://orangette.net/2015/10/on-short-notice/ (we sub chickpeas for the white beans most days). Or, how about cacio e pepe? My favorite CeP recipe is in Jessica Battilana's cookbook Repertoire. I make that weekly. One last idea: Ali Slagle's chicken and rice soup with celery: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020898-chicken-and-rice-soup-with-celery-parsley-and-lemon. Delicious with chili crisp, if you want to add spice...
oh you professional!
Not dinner (or maybe, I don't judge), but: Joy the Baker/King Arthur cream cheese cinnamon rolls.
Also Smitten Kitchen shakshuka.
Anything Ali Slagle!! We love the cheesy black bean bake, ginger dill salmon, sheet pan gnocchi, and short cut chili. She has a lot on NYT and food52 but I am truly so pumped about her cookbook coming out this year.
I love the red pesto at Bon Appetit. Also midnight pasta at the NYT.
oh DANG that sounds good
Here's what we eat a lot: Smitten Kitchen's pasta e ceci, Julia Turshen's lentils and greens (in her newest cookbook -- my 6 year old asks for 2nds every time), beans with pesto from Jenny Rosenstrach's newest cookbook, tacos of any kind (usually bean, but also just do a pound of ground meet simmered with a jar of salsa in a pan and voila), basically any pasta from Colu Henry's book, and breakfast for dinner (forever a crowd pleaser).
Salmon with Sriracha and Lime from the Gwyneth Paltrow cookbook It's All Good. Yes, a Goop recipe is one of my go-tos. People who know me would not think that. But her recipes are simple, easy and sooooooooooo delicious!
Goop! I gasped!
Hahaaaaa! I knew you would! Everyone does when I tell them. And I didn't really use Salmon cuz it's $$ but you buy cod in bulk at Costco and it's delish!
Smitten Kitchen short rib onion soup
I made this! DAMN it was good!!
We make this ALL. THE. TIME: https://www.dinneralovestory.com/our-royal-family/ Not elaborate but always scratches that weeknight itch.
Taco Tuesdays - sometimes ground turkey, sometimes chicken, whatever we feel like - that often lead to Nacho Fridays. Get the chips from a real Mexican restaurant and they are THE BEST.
I also make Nigella's Carbonara on the regular. The kids are obsessed and it takes 20 minutes. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/spaghetti-alla-carbonara-recipe-1946499
I made Smitten Kitchen Ultimate Banana Bread last week and it was gone in one day. Definitely my favorite banana bread ever.
And I make these cream cheese cinnamon buns more frequently than I care to admit, because my 7yo has the biggest sweet tooth. I could eat the whole batch. https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/cream-cheese-cinnamon-buns-recipe
two votes for the cinnamon rolls!
I just made Nik Sharma's lentil and kimchi soup (from his newsletter), and it's so thoroughly warming and perfectly good. This weather begs for it. You'll love it. https://niksharma.bulletin.com/kimchi-lentil-soup/
Picadillo. (I'm Cuban.) It's easy and delicious and you can re-purpose the leftovers in all sorts of ways. If I ever have a few additional minutes, I'll send you the recipe. I also love to roast salmon in the oven with just a little olive oil, salt & pepper and serve with rice, veggies and/or mashed potatoes.
I don't repeat recipes often, but make these about once a month, they're so good! https://cookieandkate.com/roasted-cauliflower-and-lentil-tacos/
I make this recipe WAY more often than is socially acceptable, but it is something that all 4 members of my family will eat happily, and other than pizza, I cannot think of even one other recipe that applies: https://www.nigella.com/recipes/pasta-risotto-with-peas-and-pancetta
Part ramen, part pho-inspired:
Lotus Life rice ramen with miso soup. Top with raw green peppers and red onions, chicken or protein of choice, any other veggies you like, and crushed red pepper!
I make this Deb Perelman Beans on Toast regularly. Super tasty! https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/weeknight-beans-on-toast
Pasta – I have a couple of go-to, no-thinking-involved pastas that take minimal time to pull together and use ingredients I'm almost guaranteed to have hanging around in my cupboards and fridge. Lately I'm into making a creamy pasta sauce from romanesco broccoli, with anchovies and chilli pepper and a heavy-handed sprinkling of parmesan cheese. Once the pasta water gets stirred in, it gets all silky and decadent. Plus, the pasta cooks in the water that the broccoli was boiled in, so it absorbs all that additional flavour.