What to Cook on Busy Weeknights: 6 Dinners, with Maggie Hoffman

How do you make dinner happen every night without feeling like you’re starting from scratch?

If you’re staring into the fridge at 5 p.m. with no idea what to make, this week Maggie Hoffman, host of The Dinner Plan, shares smart strategies for making weeknight cooking easier, along with a lineup of deeply satisfying fall dinners that come together quickly.

Think: chewy noodles tossed in a 5-minute sauce, a crowd-pleasing sheet-pan meal, and a foolproof take on pasta e ceci.

By the end of this episode, you’ll discover:

Flexible meal-planning tricks that help ingredients stretch furtherFlavorful, low-effort meals that can pull you out of even the deepest cooking rutTwo meatless dinners that might end up in regular rotation in your kitchen

Press play now for practical strategies and quick fall dinners that will make answering the question, “What’s for dinner?” a little easier.

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