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Our Best Weeknight Dinner Recipes of 2016

The best recipes for Tuesday nights when you get home at 8 p.m. and need dinner on the table.
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Alex Lau

Weeknight dinner can be a drag, especially when you're staring at an empty fridge and the same pantry ingredients that have been taking up space in there all year. But not when these 20 recipes are around. Our favorite weeknight dinner recipes of 2016 shake everything up, and give us the strength to make it to Friday.

  • Image may contain Weapon Blade Knife Weaponry Plant Food Bread and Produce
    Alex Lau
    5/20

    Fennel-Rubbed Chick-etta

    The traditional stuffed pork roast is so delicious but so laborious. This chicken has all the same garlicky, herby flavors—not to mention lots of crispy bacon bits—and it’s optimized for a weeknight meal.

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    Alex Lau
    6/20

    Creamy Mushroom Pasta

    Oh yes, there will be brown butter.

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    Alex Lau
    9/20

    Adult "SpaghettiOs"

    These are extra saucy and a little sweet like the original SpaghettiOs, but with grown-up flavors all around.

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    Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott
    10/20

    Fridge-Dive Pesto Pasta

    This pesto pasta recipe is the solution for any leftover hardy green, lettuce, or herb you don’t know what to do with. Cleaning out your fridge has never been so rewarding!

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  • Salmon Teriyaki recipe
    Photo by Chelsie Craig, food styling by Anna Billingskog
    11/20

    Salmon Teriyaki

    Teriyaki gets an image makeover in this classic dish without losing its sweet and salty glaze.

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    Alex Lau
    12/20

    Coconut Beef Curry

    There's a time for a 20-ingredient, four-hour curry, and it's not 5 p.m. on Tuesday. This shortcut version yields a hearty crowd-pleaser.

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    Alex Lau
    15/20

    Jerk Spice–Rubbed Chicken Legs

    We took the traditional Jamaican jerk spice and…simplified it. Before you call the authenticity police, give it a try on roast chicken legs.

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    Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott
    16/20

    Quick 5-Ingredient Tomato Sauce

    You don’t need hours to simmer tomato sauce. This recipe shows you how to make an excellent one in 30 minutes, with 5 ingredients, in 1 pan, with very little effort.

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