The day winds down and you find you’re the only mouth needing to be fed. Unlike the passenger-less car you drove home, a delicious dinner is no excuse to settle for the occasional jerkiness of a meal thrown together with refrigerator scraps. Instead, look to quick meals with little clean up and avoid future roadblocks by preparing enough for leftovers.
- Elena the Epicurean’s Whole-Wheat Spaghetti All’Ubriaco (Drunken Spaghetti) finishes off the cooking process in red wine, giving it a deep flavor and simple, yet elegant, purple hue (pictured above).
- The small handful of ingredients in SweetSugarBean’s Sausage and White Bean Cassoulet play off each other harmoniously and require little more than a single oven-safe pan.
- Shredded Brussels sprouts and apple work together as a crunchy, seasonal alternative to cabbage in a quick and healthful Maple Glazed Chicken with Apple-Brussels Sprout Slaw.
- My Fabulous Recipe’s Creamy Pesto Soup abandons the notion that pesto can only top off pasta, finally giving you an excuse to indulge in this smooth shade of green with a spoon. Complement it with your favorite grilled cheese sandwich or salad.
- The inventive toppings on The Type A Housewife’s Sweet Potato Pizza with Kale and Caramelized Onions liven up a prepared crust.
- Mirin, a Japanese rice wine, adds a subtle sweetness to Food Makes Me Happy’s Asian-inspired Shredded Swordfish with Sunny Side Up Egg.
- A variety of on-hand root vegetables can be used to spice up a traditional spinach salad in So Good and Tasty’s Roasted Roots and Spinach Salad with Lemon Tahini Dressing.
