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Lately by the end of the week, I have absolutely zero energy to cook. That’s when I lean on dinners with the fewest possible ingredients and the smartest grocery-store shortcuts. Some rely on ready-made items like salad dressing or a bag of coleslaw mix, while others start with pre-prepped produce to save time. Whatever helps get dinner on the table.

A big casserole dish filled with baked pasta is the easiest (and tastiest) way to feed all of your family and friends.

One thing I always keep stashed in my fridge: a pack (or two) of chicken sausage. I consider it my in-case-of-emergency dinner solution. May I suggest you do the same? Partnered with a few items from the pantry or the freezer, it’s a super-handy ingredient for easy weeknight dinners. It also comes in a ton of different flavors — spicy andouille, Italian herb, apple-chardonnay, and pesto, to name a few.

A s’mores party is most fun, I think, when you have a creative array of options to cobble together over-the-top treats. My sister and I brainstormed crazy s’mores for weeks, including these pretty rad key lime s’mores. Together, we rounded up 12 of the most popular s’mores ideas, including two savory s’more sandwiches.

On our sister site, The Kitchn, the most popular recipe of 2024 by far was Kelli Foster’s classic lasagna. (Kelli is The Kitchn’s official Dinner Therapist and the person behind some of our most beloved recipes like Tuscan Chicken and our Best-Ever French Toast.)  I’m not usually a lasagna girl (I wasn’t even when everyone else was in 2020!). They take forever, and I’m never that impressed. Baked ziti? So much easier, just as good.

Use it on chicken, salmon, chips, and more.

It’s barely bread-making.

They’re free of all nine of the top food allergens.

You might even find a new favorite meal.

Shout-out to the Pumpkin Patch Brownies, which are equal parts cute and delicious.

It’s popular for a reason.

So simple and so good.

You don't need meat to keep everyone well-fed and happy.

Rotisserie chicken is a weeknight hero, riding in to save the day by helping you make quick work of dinner. The pre-cooked, pre-seasoned chicken can be added to soups, pastas, rice dishes, and more to create delicious, protein-based dinners with ease.This snapshot will give you five quick chicken dinners that are guaranteed to become instant family favorites. The chicken: Each recipe uses half of a rotisserie chicken (about 14 ounces), which equals 1 1/2 to 2 cups shredded meat.

Good for snacking.

They make weeknights so much easier.

Summer has given way to fall, and gone are the long days, trips to the beach, and perfectly ripe heirloom tomatoes at the farmers market. But there are some pretty great things about fall as well — there’s pumpkin, for example, not to mention all the apples, hearty greens, and root vegetables that start showing up at the market.

We're never going back.

It’s so smart!

I can’t believe I’ve never done this before.

My 12-inch cast iron skillet is my very best friend in the kitchen and a close second is its 12-inch stainless steel counterpart. Both pans cook more meals than any others thanks to their ability to go from stovetop to oven and sometimes to the table to serve. In general, one pan meals are ideal for weeknight cooking; they make dinner possible on busy nights and they cut down on dishwashing.

Life happens, pizza helps.

It’s great on everything from pasta to sandwiches to fries.

Feels so wrong, but it’s so right.