My favourite midweek supper recipes
One thing we are all often looking for is fairly easy and healthy supper recipes for the middle of the week. Ones that can be planned from pantry staples or that require fewer cooking steps and ingredients. I am very bad at planning my midweek meals and very often resort to foraging something out of the freezer. Here are a few of my favourite recipes that are easy to do when you need something fresh but when your brain can’t handle complicated.
Pasta dishes are always my go-to for quick and easy and I love these:
Pasta with tomato, olive, anchovy, capers, lemon, garlic and basil
Pasta with roasted tomato, red pepper, aubergine & olives
Pasta with broccoli, anchovies & garlic
This might seem ridiculously simple but it’s really the nicest way to eat broccoli.
Creamy pasta with artichokes, spinach & capers
Made with mainly pantry staples this vegetarian dish is quick and easy to whip up for a midweek supper.
Pasta con Ceci – made from pantry staples
Creamy salmon pasta with spinach, capers & lemon
Tortellini & Italian sausage bake with spinach
Creamy chicken with ravioli and spinach
Creamy oven risotto with roasted cauliflower & sage
With this oven-baked version of risotto, you bang it in the oven and carry on doing other things
Trout or salmon en papillote with fennel and tomato
I eat this at least twice a month and replace the wine with fish stock (in sachets). Its the perfect quick meal if you are feeding one or two people and tastes like it was made in a decent restaurant.
Roasted salmon with miso & orange glaze
Jamie Oliver’s fantastic fish pie
This is my ultimate fish pie recipe and is perfect for a family midweek supper or book club night (it was a favourite in ours).
Warm lentil salad with Italian sausages
Roast chicken with white wine herbs and garlic
This is a one-pan supper roast situation with new potatoes. It’s effortless in that it goes in the oven and it cooks itself.
Quick and easy chicken thighs cooked in lemon
Healthier veggie-loaded butter chicken curry
Ottolenghi’s roast chicken & three rice salad
Chicken & rice pilaf with orange and spices
This is my favourite one-pot rice pilaf dish and perfect for a weeknight supper.
Creamy chicken with red pepper & spinach
Chicken pie with bacon, leeks & mushrooms
Chicken, sausage & potato tray roast
Drenched in Marcelle Hazan’s life-changing tomato sauce (which is my go-to whenever I’m in a pinch and have nothing to cook for supper).
Morrocan meatballs with herby couscous (I blast from my past but a tasty recipe)
Meatballs with Napolitana sauce
Pork burgers with apple & sage
Meatball & spinach ravioli bake
Greek lamb souvlaki with easy homemade pita
This dish comes together in minutes and is perfect for a midweek supper packed with delicious Asian flavours.
Mussels have to be the easiest thing to make in a hurry so I have included a few. of my fave recipes:
Mussels with white wine, garlic & cream
Mussels steamed in orange and fennel
Panfried salmon with a lemony dill dressing
Chickpeas with chorizo and sherry
This is hands down my favourite recipe with chickpeas outside hummus
Eggs and breakfasty dishes are always a good idea for supper and very often when I don’t feel like cooking or if I get home very late I will whip up a quick wobbly omelette with a cheese filling. Served on a slice of sourdough toast this is perfection for me. All these egg recipes are perfect for a quick supper too:
Huevos rancheros with chipotle
Minty asparagus and zucchini frittata
Menemen – delicious Turkish scrambled eggs
This warm salad of broccoli, new potatoes, artichokes, pesto & egg
A substantial salad that works well for a light supper. You could cook the halved new potatoes and broccoli in the air fryer.
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What a generous share dear Sam! We just love your generosity and I am slowly going to work my way thorugh these magnificent recipes! At present I am thinking about putting a cooking class together with “A Taste of Ottolenghi” as the theme. You actually introduced me to his recipes several years ago! Carolie xxx