Five Weeknight News Today

Fresh, delicious dinner ideas for busy people, from Emily Weinstein and NYT Cooking.

Chicken breasts breaded in Ritz crackers from Eric Kim, craggy tofu in a star anise sauce from Yewande Komolafe, and even more brilliant recipes.

Ali Slagle’s recipe for salad pizza with white beans and Parmesan will get you to eat your greens.

When it’s just too hot out, lean into cheesy kimchi noodles, hummus plates and flavorful chicken salads.

Five recipes for the use-them-or-lose-them ingredients hanging out in your refrigerator.

Hetty McKinnon’s sheet-pan fried rice is a perfect way to use up leftovers and frozen veggies.

Vegetable-centric meals aren’t just delicious; they’re also incredibly well suited for weeknight cooking.

Start 2022 with big flavors.

These Eggs Live Up to the Hype March 5, 2021 Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. On Wednesday, the temperature was projected to hit roughly 50 degrees in the New York area. My husband and I reacted as though it were going to be 70, and we’d be wearing shorts and drinking gin and tonics. “Let’s have a barbecue!” he suggested. When we actually stepped outside, it was cold. “A chilly 50,” I sighed. We had pasta for dinner. Such is life in colder climates in the Covid era. I des...

Why I Love Sheet Pans Feb. 26, 2021 Hello and welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. This week, we are celebrating the sheet pan, the unsexiest piece of kitchen equipment ever to hit home-cooking culture. Our team put together this smashing collection of 20 sheet-pan recipes, and a special section in this Sunday’s print edition of The Times. Perhaps you’re rolling your eyes? Isn’t this whole newsletter a celebration of the sheet pan? I do write about sheet-pan dinners often, and that’s becau...