19 Quick Sunday Suppers to Bring the Family Together

Creamy rice with shrimp and a hint of garlic and Parmesan cheese makes the perfect, easy, weeknight meal. To make it vegetarian, swap vegetable broth for the chicken broth and replace the shrimp with roasted vegetables like mushrooms or cherry tomatoes.

Recipe: Shrimp-and-Herb Risotto

The oven's high heat concentrates the flavor of carrots, making them as sweet as honey. For an easy dinner, roast a juicy pork loin alongside, and finish with a quick pan sauce.

Recipe: Roast Pork Loin with Carrots and Mustard Gravy

Here is a meaty tomato sauce that doesn't need to cook for a long time to be delicious. The sauce is based on the famed Ragu alla Bolognese (sauce in the style of Bologna). The addition of milk might seem unusual, but it's traditional in northern Italy — where butter and cream, as well as milk, are essential to the cuisine.

Recipe: Pasta and Easy Italian Meat Sauce

Broiled pork tenderloin gets tender and tasty in the blink of an eye; a side of cooked apples is gussied up with leeks, sherry vinegar, and honey.

Recipe: Pork Tenderloin with Sauteed Apples and Leeks

Few recipes scream "comfort food" like chicken and dumplings. This hearty recipe combines chicken thighs, plump dumplings, and plenty of vegetables for a meal that's warm and filling. These chicken and dumplings are ready in just an hour, so they're totally doable for busy weeknight meals.

Recipe: Chicken and Dumplings

Juicy bone-in pork chops and flavorful white beans in only 30 minutes. While the bean mixture is simmering in step 2, start working on the pork chops. This way, the entire dish will be ready at about the same time.

Recipe: Pork Chops with White Beans

Jambalaya, a one-pot New Orleans favorite, always includes meat or seafood and vegetables; this easy rendition is full of chicken, spicy andouille sausage, bell pepper, and onion.

Recipe: Quick Jambalaya

Stir in the sour cream just before serving this hearty Russian dish. We chose tenderloin, but you can substitute trimmed rib-eye, which is less expensive.

Recipe: Beef Stroganoff

In this recipe, all of the ingredients go into just one skillet — and come out as one delicious meal.

Recipe: Cod with Fennel and Potatoes

Work on the orzo and salad while the chicken roasts — the whole meal will hit the table in about a half hour. When cut into small pieces and roasted at high heat, even bone-in chicken cooks quickly. Buy a cut-up chicken, and divide the breast halves into two at home.

Recipe: Lemon-Roasted Chicken with Arugula Salad and Dilled Orzo

Although this dish is traditionally served with a side of pasta, a crisp salad dressed with oil, vinegar, and herbs is also a nice accompaniment. This chicken also makes wonderful leftovers. Reheat it for 10 minutes; try it in a sandwich with a little extra sauce on the side.

Recipe: Chicken Parmigiana

This hearty, one-skillet dish combines lamb chops, white beans, and fragrant rosemary — it's dinner in under an hour.

Recipe: Lamb with White Beans and Rosemary

Our quick version of pizzaiola is brimming with Italian flavors: tomatoes, mozzarella, and oregano. Serve it with a side of your favorite pasta. This dish cooks all in one skillet.

Recipe: Steak Pizzaiola

Pork tenderloin is juicier than most other cuts of pork and is quick-cooking and lean. Browning the meat in butter and honey before roasting gives it a hint of sweetness.

Recipe: Pork Tenderloin with Honeyed Butter

This Scandinavian favorite goes from appetizer to main in a flash (just add noodles), and it's ready when you are. It's traditional to serve these meatballs with sweet-tart lingonberry jam.

Recipe: Swedish Meatballs

A picnic and potluck must-have, this chicken contains a hint of fresh rosemary in the flour and is fried in rosemary-scented oil. Rosemary elevated this recipe from simple finger food to a dinner worthy of even the more formal Sunday supper.

Recipe: Rosemary Fried Chicken

This lasagna is fast, thanks to no-boil noodles, frozen spinach, and jarred sauce. Chopped prosciutto adds a rich, savory element, and melted cheese is sure to please all of your dinner guests.

Recipe: Spinach and Prosciutto Lasagna

This is a grown-up alternative to macaroni and cheese, but even kids might approve. After all, who can argue with warm, gooey pasta for dinner?

Recipe: Baked Shells with Winter Squash

Sweet paprika and sour cream characterize this classic Hungarian dish, which is traditionally served over buttered egg noodles that soak up the sauce.

Recipe: Pork Paprikash

Looking for more meals that will get the kids to put their phones away? Try some of these warm, comforting ideas from Martha Stewart:

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