1. Ginger Chicken With Sesame-Peanut Sauce
The peanut sauce is so dominant and delicious that you could skip marinating the chicken in this Melissa Clark recipe and still get a great dinner. A tip for parents: Slather that sauce on anything you want kids to try.
4. Dumpling Tomato Salad With Chile Crisp Vinaigrette
Commenters are loving this recipe (“a stroke of simple brilliance!”) as an inspired way to put freezer dumplings to work and take advantage of those aforementioned tomatoes. Read through those comments for a lot of ideas on how to riff on this dish from Hetty Lui McKinnon.
5. Grilled Fish With Salsa Verde
A truly simple recipe to put in your back pocket, by Martha Rose Shulman. Broil the fish in the oven if you can’t grill.
