Last week, we were all about the pasta, from creamy bowties to swirls with herby pesto. It's good stuff. But as much as you may love pasta, it's understandable if you don’t feel like carbing up every single night.
Here are five simple dinners that pack Italian-inspired flavor without weighing you down.
Sausage is a weeknight dinner hero. Mix it with some quickly sauteed broccoli rabe greens for a garlicky main that's great with bread or polenta alongside.
Handled in the correct way, a chicken cutlet can be transcendent, and you can serve them with almost anything (polenta would be fantastic). Insider tip: you can even bread and freeze these cutlets three months in advance, so if you don’t feel like frying chicken tonight, you save them for another time.
Panzanella seems fancy, but it’s really just a simple salad of toasted day-old bread. Radicchio doesn't get wilty, making this a great salad to also have the next day (hello, Thursday lunch!). With a simple strawberry dessert, you’re looking at the perfect mid-week meal.
Parchment paper is your easy way to make baked fish seem a lot fancier. Use late-season summer squash and plenty of cherry tomatoes in this simple treatment for white flaky fish. Serve with olives, a light green salad, and whatever bread you have on hand.
Repeat after me: "saltimbocca." Sure, it sounds fancy—but it’s a simple chicken dish that you can pull off in a snap with two sheet pans. Use one pan for the sage and prosciuttto-wrapped chicken breasts, and the other for the kale and potato side.
