5 easy weeknight dinner recipes

Monday: Roasted halibut with rhubarb-bacon jam

Ready in: 30 min. Serves: 4.
Versatile rhubarb takes on a savoury incarnation when paired with bacon and roasted asparagus (so don’t be intimidated by the jam). Get the recipe.

Tuesday: Saucy beef tacos

Ready in: 20 min. Serves: 4.
Rock taco Tuesday with these quick and easy beef tacos. Lay out toppings like pico de gallo and grated mozzarella and let everyone build their own. Get the recipe.

Wednesday: Sugar snap pea and asparagus pasta

Ready in: 30 min. Serves: 4.
Fresh asparagus and peas are added to the pasta during the last few minutes of cooking, making this spring meal a dead simple one-pot wonder. Get the recipe.

Thursday: Modern tuna-cobb salad

Ready in: 15 min. Serves: 4.
No cook? Yes please! Since this recipe calls for canned tuna, you can have dinner on the table in record time without even turning on the stove. Get the recipe.

Friday: BBQ chicken pizza

Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 4.
Make your own pizza dough or save time by using store-bought — any way you slice it, this BBQ chicken pizza will win over the whole table. Get the recipe.

Dessert: Latin sundaes

Ready in: 20 min. Serves: 8.
Basic vanilla ice cream gets an upgrade with caramel, chocolate sauce, and spicy-sweet toasted peanuts. A great low-key dessert for any night of the week. (Have leftover caramel sauce? Try adding it into no-churn ice cream, or swirling it into brownies). Get the recipe.

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