Week of Meals: Recipe developer and writer Thea Baumann’s recipes

This is the seventh installment in our Week of Meals series, which gives you five weeknight dinner recipes with all the planning and strategizing built in. Each meal makes four servings, comes together — start to finish — in less than 60 minutes, and requires 10 or fewer ingredients (not counting cooking oil, salt and pepper or water). The groceries for all five meals can be bought from a single grocery store in a single shopping trip and will cost less than $100.

This round of weeknight recipes comes from Thea Baumann, a writer and recipe developer who lives in the Frogtown neighborhood. Her recipes maximize Italian flavors in the shortest amount of time possible and with the least amount of work, relying on consistent seasoning, healthy doses of lemon juice to perk up everything, and plenty of olive oil to maximize crunchy, rich and bold flavors.

Food

Everything you need to buy for Thea Baumann’s Week of Meals recipes

The grocery list for the next round of dishes in our monthly series.

Sept. 30, 2021

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Penne with Caramelized Cauliflower, Garlic and Chile

Time 35 minutes

Yields Serves 4

Roasted Chicken and Bread (Like a Giant Crouton) with Fennel-Arugula Salad

Time 1 hour

Yields Serves 4

Lentil and Rice Bowls with Grated Cauliflower, Spinach and Yogurt

Time 45 minutes

Yields Serves 4

Chickpea and Escarole Soup With Crispy Bread Crumbs

Time 50 minutes

Yields Serves 4

Lamb and Zucchini Burgers with Yogurt and Arugula

Time 40 minutes

Yields Serves 4