5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Saucy Baked Meatballs

Introducing five brand-new recipes to add to your recipe files. Ready in 45 minutes or less, these dishes use everything from plant-based proteins to saucy steak and fresh fish for dinner, helping you round out a healthy and exciting menu plan for the family.

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1. Monday: Chicken and orzo soup

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Ready in: 30 mins. Serves: 4.
Just 15 minutes of prep, plus time for all the flavours to simmer and meld together, equals a family-sized serving of warming weeknight chicken soup. Get our chicken and orzo soup recipe.

2. Tuesday: Pan-fried flank steak with arugula salad

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Ready in: 45 min. Serves: 4.
Bursting with flavour (and mixed with the leftover steak juices!), warm tomatoes are the secret to this easy dinner salad. Get our pan-fried flank steak and arugula salad recipe.

3. Wednesday: Baked meatballs with roasted vegetables

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Ready in: 40 min. Serves: 4.
This recipe is permanently part of our winter rotation. Caramelized veggies, perfectly cooked meatballs and a zesty tahini dressing, all garnished with crunchy apple slices makes this dish a party in a bowl. Get our baked meatballs with roasted vegetables recipe.

4. Thursday: Tofu kedgeree

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Ready in: 30 min. Serves: 4.
Topped with crisp, smoked tofu and parsley it’s all bright colours and flavour in this curried rice and cauliflower dish. Get our tofu kedgeree recipe.

5. Friday: Sheet pan baked trout

Photo, Erik Putz.

Ready in: 25 min. Serves: 4.
A sheet pan dinner to close out the week with fewer dishes and more time together around the table. Juicy tomatoes and fresh oranges add bright acidity to the plate, while cannellini beans and fragrant fennel add texture and depth. Get our sheet pan baked trout recipe.

6. Dessert: Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing

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Ready in: 1 hour 20 min. Makes: 24 cupcakes.
These cupcakes go well with every icing from vanilla buttercream to chocolate frosting, but this week we’re craving the hit of extra-creamy nuttiness of peanut butter. Get our best chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter icing recipe.

Spoiler alert: This week’s dessert is a decadent cupcake. Watch how easy it is to dress them up for company (or just for fun), below.

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5 Easy Weeknight Dinner Recipes, Including Saucy Baked Meatballs

Eat well all week with a little help from the Chatelaine Kitchen.

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