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A new five-night dinner plan every Monday · This week: September 21 – September 25The Weeknight Dinner Survival Bundle — 50% off

Budget dinners.
Real families fed.

Budget dinners, real families fed.

Dinner, figured out.

Family dinners with short ingredient lists and honest timings, a fresh five-night plan every Monday, and the sauces, bakes and kitchen tools that make weeknights easier.

30-minute dinnersChickenPizza nightSaucesCookiesFall baking
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Free recipes
66
Guides & sauce roundups
49
Recipe collections
12
Kitchen tools
8
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Five printable guides for the busy nights, the low-energy nights and the nights you need a backup: over 100 family dinners and a four-week meal system.

  1. 01
    15-Minute Dinner Rescue25 fast family dinners
  2. 02
    Dump It & Walk Away25 slow cooker meals
  3. 03
    The Freezer Dinner Backup Plan25 make-ahead dinners
  4. 04
    Air Fryer Family Dinners25 mains, meals & sides
  5. 05
    The Weekly Meal System4 weeks of dinner plans
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01Follow your appetite

What sounds good tonight?

Every recipe
Chicken17 ideasPasta12 ideasBurgers14 ideasPizza11 ideasSomething spicy7 ideasSauces & dips16 ideasCookies & bars9 ideasCakes & loaves11 ideasShakes & smoothies9 ideasJuices & lemonade7 ideasJams & spreads3 ideasDinner ideas11 ideas
02The five-night plan · September 21 – September 25

This week at the table.

One chicken night, something spicy, pasta, burgers and pizza. The plan changes every Monday; the grocery list builds itself.

  1. MondayChicken night

    Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

    40 minServes 4

  2. TuesdaySomething spicy

    Spicy Chicken Rice Bowls with Lime

    45 minServes 4

  3. WednesdayPasta night

    Garlic Butter Parmesan Noodles

    20 minServes 4

  4. ThursdayBurger & sandwich night

    Bacon Cheeseburger Sliders

    40 minServes 6

  5. FridayPizza night

    Classic Margherita Pizza

    57 minServes 2

Open the plan & grocery listBuild your own week
03Most saved on our Pinterest

The sauces everyone keeps.

Our sauce roundups are the ideas our Pinterest followers save most. Six sauces per page, most ready in five minutes.

All sauces & dips
6 sauces6 Sauces for Tacos and Burrito BowlsLime crema, chipotle mayo, avocado-cilantro, blender salsa, cilantro-lime dressing and a quick queso. Taco night, six ways.
  1. 026 Burger and Sandwich SaucesClassic burger sauce, garlic aioli, honey mustard, sriracha mayo, pesto mayo and BBQ ranch. Five minutes each.
  2. 036 Easy Pasta Sauces to KnowGarlic and oil, quick marinara, butter and Parmesan, creamy tomato, pesto and lemon ricotta. Six sauces, dozens of dinners.
  3. 046 Homemade Dipping SaucesComeback sauce, yum yum sauce, buttermilk ranch, honey BBQ, peanut sauce and sweet chili lime for tenders, nuggets and vegetables.
  4. 056 Sauces to Keep Dinner From Getting BoringChimichurri, tahini-lemon, ginger-scallion, roasted red pepper, Italian salsa verde and miso butter. Same chicken, six different dinners.
  5. 066 Homemade BBQ SaucesSweet and smoky, no-ketchup, Carolina vinegar, Alabama white, Carolina gold mustard and honey chipotle.
04In season

It smells like fall in here.

Pumpkin, apples, maple and cinnamon: the bakes our readers save the moment the weather turns.

All cakes & loaves

Cakes, Loaves & Quick Breads

Easy Pumpkin Spice Bread

A soft, tender loaf with pumpkin puree, brown sugar and warm spice. Add chocolate chips for pumpkin chocolate chip bread.

1 hr 10 min1 (9x5-inch) loaf, about 10 slices

05Free kitchen tools

Tools that do the thinking.

Plan the week, use up the fridge, convert a recipe or rescue a missing ingredient. No sign-up, nothing to install.

Weekly meal plannerPick a dinner for each night and get one combined grocery list, grouped by aisle.What can I make?Tick what is in your fridge and cupboard; see the dinners you can make tonight.Dinner deciderThree quick questions, three dinner ideas. For the nights you have no idea.Kitchen conversionsCups to grams, tablespoons to milliliters, °F to °C and butter sticks.Ingredient substitutionsOut of buttermilk, eggs or brown sugar? Find a swap that works.Pizza dough calculatorFlour, water, salt and yeast for any number and size of pizzas.Smoothie builderBuild a balanced smoothie from what you have, with amounts that work.Safe cooking temperaturesThe internal temperatures for chicken, beef, pork, fish, eggs and leftovers.
06Tips & tricks

Why it went wrong, and how to fix it.

All kitchen tips

Pasta & Noodles

The One-Pot Pasta Formula

Pasta, liquid and flavor cooked together in one pot. The ratio, the timing and five combinations to rotate.

5 min read

07Something to sip

A cold glass, a small pause.

All drinks

“No twelve-ingredient recipes. Real prep times. Real families fed.”

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Welcome to The Weekly Table

For the ordinary evenings.

The school-night dinners, the fridge-needs-clearing dinners and the “let’s just make something good” dinners. Every recipe lists real prep times, sensible portions and the temperatures that matter.

Every Monday brings a new five-night plan with one grocery list, and every recipe, guide and tool here is free to use.

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