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5 Easy Weeknight Dinners, Including Speedy Spaghetti Bolognese

With a little advance planning, make dinner something to look forward to every night of the week.
5 Easy Weeknight Dinners, Including Speedy Spaghetti Bolognese

Get dinner on the table in 45 minutes or less with these quick and flavourful recipes. This week, you can look forward to spaghetti bolognese, butter chicken, shrimp tacos and decadent triple-chocolate brownies (if you're craving something sweet).

Monday: Mushroom salad with fennel and goat cheese

Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4. Homemade croutons, creamy cheese and crisp fronds of fennel turn this mushroom salad into a gourmet weeknight meal. Get this mushroom salad with fennel and goat cheese salad recipe.

5 Easy Weeknight Dinners, Including Speedy Spaghetti BolognesePhoto, Erik Putz.

Tuesday: Speedy spaghetti bolognese

Ready in: 35 min. Serves: 4. Make tonight pasta night: Uncork a bottle of red for the table, sit down and dig into a hearty classic, made fast. Get this speedy spaghetti bolognese recipe.

bolognese sauce on spaghettiPhoto, Sian Richards.

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Wednesday: Butter chicken

Ready in: 30 min. Serves: 4.To cut down on oil, we reduced the butter and added a secret ingredient—cashew butter! Get this butter chicken recipe.

5 Easy Weeknight Dinners, Including Speedy Spaghetti BolognesePhoto, Roberto Caruso.

Thursday: Almond-crusted pork tenderloin with roasted carrots and broccoli

Ready in: 45 min. Serves: 4. Rustic and simple, this weeknight dinner of pork tenderloin and roasted seasonal veg is ready in less than an hour—it’s so worth it. Get this pork tenderloin recipe.

Almond-crusted pork tenderloin with roasted carrots and broccoliYvonne Duivenvoorden

Friday: Shrimp tacos

Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4. Tacos are great for easy entertaining—everyone loves them! Just mix and match this shrimp tacos recipe with fresh toppings tonight for a fab fiesta. Get this shrimp tacos recipe.

Shrimp tacosShrimp tacos.Photo, Sian Richards.

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Dessert: Triple-chocolate brownies

Ready in: 50 min (plus scooling time). Makes: 16 brownies. Made with melted butter! Why? Because melted butter has already released much of its water content, it makes the finished treats soft and dense, as well as flavourful. Get this triple-chocolate brownies recipe.

Triple-chocolate brownies.Photo, Roberto Caruso.

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