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 Lighter Fettuccine Alfredo Let's face it: The feeling you get after downing a bowl of creamy, cheesy fettuccine Alfredo ain't the best. Wouldn't it be great to have a quick and easy version that's just as good, but has a cleaner flavor and doesn't leave you in a food coma? Well, here it is.   TUESDAY Steamed Mussels With Thai-Style Coconut-Curry Broth Mussels are the easiest choose-your-own-adventure one-pot meal around. For this Thai-style version, all it takes is some curry paste, some coconut milk, and a few other odds and ends.  WEDNESDAY Crispy Braised Chicken Thighs With Cabbage and Bacon Braising chicken with crispy skin is one of those riff-able techniques you return to time and time again for weeknight inspiration. This time, we pair it with cabbage and bacon for a hearty meal. THURSDAY DIY Instant Noodles With Vegetables and Miso-Sesame Broth This vegan pot of instant noodles, flavored with miso and sesame and loaded with fresh vegetables, can be made ahead and eaten at the last minute, just-add-water style. It's the perfect quick and easy dinner to push you into the final stretch of the week. FRIDAY Really Awesome Black Bean Burgers These black bean burgers have a complex, satisfying flavor and robustly meaty texture that even devout carnivores will love (seriously, try them with bacon on top). The mixture comes together in just 25 minutes and can be made indoors in a skillet, because it snowed a lot in some places this 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 guide your efforts with what we're taking on over the weekend.  Osso Buco (Italian Braised Veal Shanks) This slow-braised osso buco is the definition of a hearty Sunday supper. Get it going around brunch time, and have your week off to a great start by dinner.      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

The Most Popular Recipes in February

Click click click! No Images? Click here   The Most Popular Recipes of February February is a short month, but you best believe we packed in the content. We sent one of our own for an undercover look at Medieval Times, questioned cultural appropriation at Benihana, and discovered the secrets behind making soufflé. We were thrilled to announce the arrival of our new shopping assistant technology, Relish. We tried a lot of coffee grinders and announced the winners. Stella made Tate's-style cookies that may actually be better than Tate's themselves. Below are our most popular recipes of the month. If you missed the boat on them, now's your chance to make them in March! Preserved Lemons Preserved lemons are useful in all sorts of recipes, and they're a breeze to make. How to Make Dulce de Leche From a Can of Sweetened Condensed Milk Without even taking the lid off the can! The Crispiest Shredded Hash Browns Wispy, golden, extra-crunchy hash browns—at your own house, not Waffle House. Homemade Hot Pot Chinese hot pot is a glorious communal feast and is easy to prepare with the right equipment and ingredients. Creamy Irish-Style Oatmeal With Brown Sugar​ It's still a simple bowl of oatmeal, but it tastes like a lot more. Butter-Glazed Roasted Radishes With Fresh Herbs​ Roasting radishes tames their spicy flavor considerably.  Soufflé Omelette With Cheese Much simpler than a classic soufflé, and all the better for breakfast. Hungarian Goulash Old-fashioned goulash, loaded with vegetables and beef for a hearty meal. Classic Margarita Fresh lime juice, triple sec, and good tequila are all you need for a perfect version of the classic. Creamy Vegan Saag Paneer An Indian takeout classic almost universally loved by vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.    MVP Kitchen Essential Tojiro Bread Slicer Our most popular kitchen essential this month was the Tojiro bread slicer. It was one of the winners of our best serrated knives review, thanks to its lightweight body and fine, sharp teeth that sailed through everything we threw at it.     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

Affordable Essentials for Your Kitchen No Images? Click here   The Best Tools Under $50 for Prep, Cooking, and Baking​ Upgrading your kitchen can be expensive and overwhelming. There's so much out there that you could buy, but more importantly, there's so much out there that you don't need. With our equipment reviews and recommendations, we do our best to sort through the clutter, so you can outfit your kitchen with cookware you can rely on. We've put together a pretty sizable list of cookware—all of it under $50—to help you prime your kitchen for successful culinary adventures.. Grab 'em all or start slow. In good time, your kitchen may start to look just like ours.    For Better, Faster Prep Shears We reviewed the best shears on the market and, sadly, our top pick has been discontinued. The good news is our runner-up works just as well, just with fewer bells and whistles. And should you want to pick up a pair of poultry shears, too, we love these super-sharp affordable ones from OXO.   Spice Grinder Grinding whole spices when you need them ensures you get the best flavor. We reviewed a wide range of spice grinders out there and picked two that are easy to use and easy to clean. Pick one up, and then do yourself a favor and toss out any spices in your cabinet that you can't remember buying. For Cooking Like a Pro Immersion Blender We tested quite a few immersion blenders, and while the All-Clad version reigned supreme, the Hamilton Beach one—at just $31 (a third of the price of the All-Clad)—did a helluva job. It will definitely serve you well.   Cast Iron Pan Keeping a cast iron pan in your kitchen can require a little maintenance, but it's well worth it. A 12-inch skillet is useful for all manner of sweet and savory recipes, whether you're looking to sear the perfect steak or throw together a comforting pasta dish.  For Baking Like BraveTart Angel Food Cake Pan While you might be tempted to buy a nonstick pan to make angel food cakes, don't! It won't offer enough traction for your batter to climb and rise properly. Along with being affordable, this aluminum pan has a removable bottom, so you can simply remove the cake when it's cool.    Brownie Pan Stella raves about this brownie pan. Why? Well, it's anodized aluminum (meaning it's nonreactive), so when you're making something acidic, you won't need to worry about them picking up a gross metallic flavor. It also has a removable bottom, so you can easily extract all sorts of delicate desserts. Want More Equipment Recommendations? We Can Help!  The Best Kitchen Tools for Under $20 The Best Kitchen Tools for Under $10       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