Food & Cooking Recipes Dinner Recipes What's for Dinner? What's for Dinner This Week: Quick Chicken Puttanesca, Sheet-Pan Sausages With Squash, and a 15-Minute Vegetarian Meal We have the quick and delicious meals you need to fuel you during this busy time of year. By Victoria Spencer Victoria Spencer Victoria Spencer is an experienced food editor, writer, and recipe developer. She manages the Martha Stewart recipe archive and is always curious about new ingredients and the best techniques. She has been working in food media for over 20 years. Editorial Guidelines Published on December 16, 2022 Wondering what to make for dinner? Need some inspiration? Here's our list of suggestions: dinner recipes that take less than an hour of mostly hands-off time. Yes, there will be pasta (or noodles!) and, yes, it will be delicious. We'll be here every Friday with five weeknight dinners, including recipes, shopping lists, and everything you need to streamline your week ahead. It's a busy time of year, but you still need to eat well. That's why we focused on quick, healthy meals when putting together this week's dinner rotation. We've shared three recipes that take half an hour or less to make (one only needs 15 minutes!); the other two take a little longer, but there's plenty of hands-off cooking, so you're not standing at the stove the whole time. Plus, every meal is hearty, healthy, and delicious—pure fuel for this festive season. Our Favorite Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes What to Buy Here are the produce and fresh ingredients you need to buy for your meals this week: Download the PDF 01 of 05 Fried Eggs with Greens and Mushrooms The fastest dinner of the week just happens to be vegetarian, too. You can get this one-pan meal on the table in just 15 minutes. Bonus: It's a healthy breakfast-for-dinner option, packed with your choice of hearty greens and mushrooms. View Recipe 02 of 05 Roasted Sausages With Cabbage and Squash The oven will do the work for dinner tonight. Prep this sheet-pan supper in under half an hour, then catch up on chores or just relax while it cooks for another 25 minutes. Sweet Italian sausages are teamed with wedges of cabbage and kabocha squash. Drizzle a mustardy apple-cider vinaigrette over everything to serve. View Recipe 03 of 05 Chicken Puttanesca With Orzo Get over hump day with this quick and delicious dinner. These chicken cutlets are made in a zesty tomato sauce with capers and olives and served over orzo—and everything comes together in just 25 minutes. What's not to like? Even better: The sauce is made in the same pan you sauté the chicken cutlets in, so there's less clean-up, too. View Recipe 04 of 05 Broiled Fish with Cauliflower and Capers Tonight's dinner is yet another reminder to use your broiler. It's an amazing tool for making a quick meal (this one takes just 30 minutes!) that doesn't taste rushed. Use any firm-fleshed fish fillets, such as salmon, striped bass, or halibut. If you love roasted cauliflower like we do, give this broiled version a try. View Recipe 05 of 05 Turkey Chili Fast enough for a weeknight and delicious enough for any night—that's this quick-to-cook turkey chili that's just as flavorful as the beefy original (and it is all made in one pot). This recipe makes a generous amount, so there will be plenty leftover for lunch this weekend. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit