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Our readers agree, and Simply Recipes delivers when it comes to weeknight magic.

Let us help answer the age-old question: whats for dinner?

5-ingredient pasta bake

Simply Recipes / Sara Haas

Simply Recipes / Sara Haas

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Serve it with agreen salad.

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Two Bowls of One-Pot Taco Pasta Topped With Sour Cream, Sliced Scallions and a Lime Wedge, and in the Surroundings, a Bowl With Lime Wedges, a Bowl With Sliced Green Onions, a Bowl With Sour Cream, Glasses With a Drink, and a Mustard Colored Table Napkin With a Pair of Silverware

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

One-Pot Taco Pasta

This one-pot wonder is packed to the brim with cozy satisfaction.

Dont skimp on your favorite taco toppings like chopped green onions, sour cream, and lime wedges.

Black Bean Toasts

These quick black bean toasts will come to the rescue any night of the week.

Black bean toast on a platter with lots more

Simply Recipes / Sara Haas

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Million Dollar Chicken

The best way to turn up the volume on ho-hum chicken breasts?

Pile them with a cheesy bacon topping before baking.

A million dollar chicken breast on a plate with a fork, and in the surroundings, a parchment paper lined baking tray with more, a glass of water, and a table napkin

Simply Recipes / Sara Haas, RDN

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Thats why contributorClaudia Cashleans on this recipe hard to feed her family of seven.

It also features a surprise trick to make it creamy without tons of actual cream: pureed white beans.

Tortellini and Sausage Soup in a white bowl

Simply Recipes / Alison Bickel

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Lemon pepper and dill salmon on a white platter

Simply Recipes / Coco Morante

This twist adds chopped green olives to the equation to give every twirl a briny, buttery boost.

Easy Meatloaf

Meatloaf shouldnt be complicated, and this recipe is proof.

Use a stand mixer!

Copycat Cracker Barrel hash brown casserole in a casserole dish at a table setting with a plate, a basketful of bisquits, a stack of plates, and spoons on the counter

Simply Recipes / Mark Beahm

Serve it withmashed potatoesandbroccolito round out the meal.

Even better is that leftovers make a great lunch cold, straight out of the fridge.

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with garlic

Simply Recipes / Molly Adams

Easy Meatloaf With Some of It Cut Into Slices on a Platter and Sitting on a Sage Table Napkin Next to a Small Bowl With Sliced Parsley

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

Bowl of roasted artichokes and chickpeas

Simply Recipes / Molly Adams.