Your Next Weeknight Meal Plan (And Weekend Cooking Project!)

What to Cook Next Week No Images? Click here   After a busy day, the last thing you want to do is spend hours in the kitchen pulling dinner together. Luckily, we have a wealth of delicious weeknight meals that will have you in and out of the kitchen in one hour or less. Meet our weekly dinner plan: Five easy dinners for five busy weeknights, all sent in advance so you can get your shopping done ahead of time. Cook along with us!   Your Week Ahead MONDAY Shrimp Fra Diavolo (Spaghetti With Spicy Tomato Sauce) Lobster fra diavolo is a classic Italian-American pasta dish. Shrimp make an excellent stand-in for a Monday meal, as long as you know how to infuse the spicy tomato sauce with some real shellfish flavor.   TUESDAY Easy, Creamy One-Pot Salmon Chowder We take fancy salmon chowder and make it in a single pot, with results that are still creamy, satisfying, delicious, a great use of leftovers or inexpensive fish, and—most important—really, really easy. WEDNESDAY Baked Eggs With Creamy Greens, Mushrooms, and Cheese Three kinds of leafy greens combine with mushrooms, garlic, leeks, mustard, and spices to form the base for a baked-egg dish that's a bit like an omelette turned inside out. THURSDAY Thai-Style Beef With Basil and Chilies (Phat Bai Horapha) Phat bai horapha is a ubiquitous street dish in Thailand, where cooks wielding woks will rapidly stir-fry sliced or minced meat flavored with garlic, shallots, fish sauce, and fiery Thai bird chilies, finish it off with a big handful of purple basil. You, too, can be one of those wok-wielding cooks in your own kitchen. FRIDAY Cheesy, Gooey Croques Monsieurs A good croque monsieur is all about nailing texture, bread-to-filling ratio, and the goo factor. This recipe is a case study in getting it right. Nothing we want more than a simple, satisfying sandwich at the end of a long week.     Your Weekend Project Ah, the weekend. Visions of time-consuming kitchen endeavors dancing in your head all week long, and finally you have the time to pursue them. But which one to choose? Let us help you guide your efforts with what we're taking on over the weekend.  Quick Gingerbread Cookies In case you missed it, Stella released her recipe for easy-peasy gingerbread cookies this week. While they're not labor-intensive or time-consuming, they are darned festive, and make for a perfect weekend baking project with family and friends.     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232-2017 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

ThermoWorks Flash Sale: Get 20% Off the ThermoPop

Get One Now No Images? Click here   ThermoWorks Flash Sale: Get 20% Off the ThermoPop​ The ThermoPop is normally $34, but for the next 48 hours it's 20% off ($27.20). That makes it a perfect stocking stuffer, white elephant gift, or me-present (you know, a present just for you). Grab one now at this discounted price before the sale ends (midnight Sunday morning).   Get Yours Now     This email may contain links to Amazon or other partners; your purchases via these links can benefit Serious Eats. Read more about our affiliate linking policy.   Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe

Rome Sweet Rome: My Italian Christmas

Recipes That Speak to Me No Images? Click here   Dear Serious Eaters, I am not a big fan of winter (seriously missing daylight right now), but I am down with the holidays. As a kid growing up in Rome, I always looked forward to the Christmas market in Piazza Navona, not for the carnival games but for this one porchetta sandwich stand from Ariccia that set up shop there every year. Now that I’m an adult, the holidays are a time when I get to hang out and cook with the fam. And, because it's bulking season, we go pretty hard on the food front. When I’m visiting my parents (who now live stateside as well), my mom and I usually team up on some larger projects, like fresh pasta or a big roast. But this year, things are going to be a little different. I'm tagging along with my fiancée and her parents for their holiday tradition—a weeklong visit to Paris. Needless to say, we’ll be going extra hard on the food front; I was told the other day that the eating itinerary I've put together is "overwhelming." I can't wait.   The Holiday Recipes That Speak to Me All-Belly Porchetta Childhood memories. Way better than a glazed ham. Negroni Sbagliato I love bubbles. I really love Negronis. This "mistaken" version combines the two and makes a great holiday aperitif. Clams Casino Every holiday gathering needs good appetizers. These are my idea of the ultimate easy party-starter.   My Must-Have Gift Pick The Chef's Press If you love beautifully seared steaks, golden-brown grilled cheese sandwiches, and crispy-skinned fish and poultry, this is a great thing to have in your kitchen. Chef's presses help you get even contact between ingredients and your skillet. They're vented, so you won't accidentally steam your food, and they're stackable, so you can get a couple for weighing down heftier items.     Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. Preferences  |  Unsubscribe