30 Minutes or Less

This dish is great alongside the Lemony Chicken Milanese .

Super-easy to make and packed with flavor. Look for panko in the Asian foods section of the supermarket.

This easy main-course soup is great on its own or with toppings, such as tortilla chips, avocado, and sour cream.

These flavorful pancakes make a great breakfast (drizzled with maple syrup) or appetizer (topped with chives).

This drink was featured as a Cocktail of the Month.

Spaghetti con Salsa di Olive e Pinoli All'arturo This pretty, confetti-like dish is sure to become one of your weekday standbys. Not only is it easy to prepare, but you've likely got all the ingredients right there in your fridge. The trick is to hand-chop everything very finely, so that you get just the right amount of fiery crunch in every bite.

Sweet sun-dried tomatoes and earthy black olives enliven thin veal slices with the vibrant flavors of a sunny coast.

A colorful and satisfying stew is priceless this time of year, and you can't do much better than a tomatoey broth full of hearty cannellini beans, baby greens, and cubes of baked ham.

Corkscrew pasta gets a wake-up call with the unexpected übercrunch of toasted panko and a salty jolt from anchovies.

Think beyond the salad bowl: Cooking escarole tempers its slight bitterness; pine nuts are a mellow complement.

Rustic, tangy salmoriglio is the Italian equivalent of chimichurri, the popular Argentinean herb sauce.

Doughnuts meet bananas Foster in this playful dessert.

This will be a hit with fans of blue cheese. It's so rich that small portions would also be great as a starter or side dish.

This is a soft-style version of chilaquiles, tortilla chips sautéed with chiles and meat and topped with melted cheese. Crema mexicana, a cultured Mexican cream, is available in the cheese and deli section of many supermarkets and at Latin markets.