Summer is coming to a close, and with kids heading back to school and our schedules filling up, it can be easy to reach for a takeout menu and call it a night. To avoid the extra cost and underwhelming nutritional value of eating out, try stocking up on the ingredients for one of these 10 meals, all of which can be made in 15 minutes flat!
After a long day of getting into new routines, the last thing you want to do is prepare some grand 3-course meals. You're longing for PJs and slippers and potentially a flick or two on TV before heading to bed. Here's a few meals that whip up in a jiff without having to order in!
First Row, Left To Right
• Udon Soup with Bok Choy and Poached Egg
• Weeknight Recipe: Quick and Easy Fried Rice
• Anelletti Pasta with Sausage and Greens
• Olga's Orzo with Summer Vegetables and Bacon
• Jackie's Cold Buckwheat Noodles with Julienned Vegetables
Second Row, Left To Right
• Korean Seafood Pancake (Haemul Pajeon)
• Quick Weeknight Meal: Flat Iron Steak with Salsa Verde
• Chili, Lemon, and Basil Shrimp with Israeli Couscous
• Dara's Baked Eggs with Summer Vegetables and Capers
• One-Bowl Microwave Macaroni and Cheese
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Some of the links don't appear to be in the same order as the photos
They should all be in the correct order now. Also, they have captions, so you can reach the recipes via those links as well.
They all look tasty but 6 of the 10 meals are basically pasta. I'd like some healthier ideas please...
I made this shrimp recipe when it was originally posted, and it is SO good! I can't wait to try some of these others!
Thanks so much for featuring my recipe!
With a two year old I feel like I am making a science of this (here)... @judiAU, pasta is pretty healthy, just depends on everything else you are eating/what with. I do love Quinoa and Farro, too.
Yes, something other then pasta please?
my quickest-of-the-quick, its-10:30-and-my-yoga-class-ran-long-and-I'm-so-hungry-I-might-faint dinner: migas.
my favorite ten minute meal is tacos with scrambled eggs, feta, and avocado. it's soo good! and it hardly takes any ingredients. it's my "oh crap I don't know what to cook" or "it's too hot to hang around in the kitchen" meal, but we like it so much I make it more often than that.
http://theweekendgourmande.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/tacos-de-huevos/
also, we did an adaptation of olga's orzo with summer vegetables and bacon in the fall, using some chicken, spinach, zucchini and broccoli since we didn't have nice looking cherry tomatoes or arugula available. we really enjoy it year round, and tend to make it once a season, so it tastes different every time!
http://theweekendgourmande.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/fill-in-the-blank-orzo/
We made a really good, fast dinner last night with some leftover steak from Sunday's dinner. Heat some bbq sauce on med-low in a small pot (add a little water). Cut the steak into tiny pieces and mix in with sauce on stove. Let it heat a few minutes til the meat is warm. Then you can put it on bread, a tortilla or even a salad. It took 10 minutes tops. Heat up some veggies or have a side salad.
The Baked Eggs and Vegetables is a lifesaver! I love this recipe. It's quick, easy, hearty, and tricks my boyfriend into eating veggies! You can easily feed 3 people on $4 and that's a winner in my book!
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I love the udon soup and am looking forward to the pasta with sausage and greens as well as the one-bowl mac & cheese.
Another 15 minute meal I love (but needs prepping) is oven-roasting vegetables and freezing portions in the freezer to later defrost in the microwave and toss with pasta.