Sara's Weeknight Meals

The fewer the ingredients, the faster dinner gets to the table - that's why Sara's rustled up some delicious recipes featuring only 5 ingredients, and boy are they good!

To truly save time in the kitchen, Sara's got a simple solution: cook once, eat two completely different meals.

Women of America, pick up your tongs, put on your aprons and man the grill!

Turn the day upside down with easy egg-based meals like Indian Scrambled Eggs, infused with exotic flavors on a crispy platform of pappadam.

Who doesn't love a sandwich? Sara's are hearty and juicy and a snap to prepare and serve.

Versatile, easy-to-make salads will please even the hungriest eater the way Sara does it, with enough protein to stick to your ribs and a huge supporting cast of vegetables.

Newly crowned "Top Chef Masters" winner Floyd Cardoz joins Sara to cook the food he grew up with in India.

Every Thanksgiving, America tunes in to hear Sara Moulton answer their turkey questions live, and now her public television viewers will get her infallible guidance.

Hearty soups are meals in themselves, and Sara's are both substantial and easy to make.

A thoughtful gift you make yourself speaks volumes, and food is the present everyone loves!

Sara travels to a beautiful vineyard in Napa, California to cook farm fresh meals locally sourced with Bay Area chef Joey Altman.

Seafood expert David Pasternack, from New York's fish temple Esca, shows why he loves food with fins with three favorite recipes from his arsenal: Fettuccine with Rock Shrimp, Corn and Jalapeno; Grilled Mahi Mahi with Panella and Chickpeas and Salt-Baked Pesce per Due with Braised Greens.

Why rush? Sunday meals are all about comfort, familiar dishes made with love and eaten with family and friends.

Guiseppe Fanelli is the chef of one of Sara's favorite Italian restaurants, Tre Dici, and today he shares home-style Italian recipes like Bruschetta al Tonno - a simple and delicious tuna bruschetta.

Flavorful, rich, satisfying vegetarian food? It seems impossible, but when you try these heart veggie entrees, you won't even miss the meat.

Sara's old friend Ming Tsai shares his favorite one-pot meals with an Asian twist.

We get it: most of America runs on beef, pork and chicken.

It's Super Bowl time, and for the big game try appetizers - simple foods you can eat with your hands.

Famed Latin American chef and food historian Maricel Presilla shares her favorite dishes and cooking techniques with Sara.

Shopping and cooking for two has its own challenges, but Sara has tips and tricks to make these intimate dinners both easy and romantic.

Sara gets tons of winter veggies from a farm where her nephew works and learns how they are grown in the winter months.

America's favorite food just gets better as Sara pursues the ultimate burger.

Sara and chef Marc Vetri plunge into Philadelphia's Italian Market to source the rustic ingredients his Philly eateries are known for.

How does Sara get great food on the table every night with no effort at all?

Top Chef contestant and Asian-American restaurateur Dale Talde shows Sara his secret sources in Chinatown for pulled noodles and other ingredients, then they come back to Sara's home kitchen to cook up Pad Thai with Oysters and Bacon and his signature dish, Angry Chicken, spiced like kim chee and marinated in yogurt with lots of potatoes to soak up the sauce.

Sara pays tribute to her mentor, Julia Child, by cooking favorite dishes from their years together on Julia Child and More Company and Good Morning America.

The flavors of Brazil come alive as Brazilian chef Leticia Moreinos Schwartz takes Sara to some of her favorite bodegas and Brazilian neighborhoods in Connecticut.

Sara's easy strategy for quick meals is to cook once, eat twice.

Friends drop by at the last minute, but even on a weeknight, it's not a problem for Sara because she just pulls ingredients from the pantry.

Every country has its own weeknight food. Sara takes a special journey to Turkey to discover how home cooks in Turkey use its abundant natural resources to cook delicious everyday meals.

A salute to the big spicy flavors of the Southwest with three winning recipes: first, Sara's Duck Tacos and then Spicy Mushroom Enchiladas.

Sometimes it's just too hot to turn on the oven. Sara's got the summertime solution with two easy heat free recipes.

Food just tastes better outside, especially at sporting events, outdoor concerts and holiday celebrations.

Both Huffington Post and Buzzfeed named Chef Adam Sobel's Cinnamon Snail one of the Top 5 Food Trucks in America.

Less is more when you use just 5 ingredients: less time, less money but with Sara's easy recipes, much more flavor.

Sometimes the fastest route to dinner is to saute or quick fry a piece of meat or fish.

The French call cooking fish in a wrapper of foil or parchment en papillote.

Parents rejoice!

Sometimes the easiest way to get dinner on the table on a weeknight is to cook ahead on Sunday.

Embrace your leftovers with Sara's quick and clever recipes using last night's meal in an entirely new way.

Michele Scicolone has elevated the humble slow cooker to an instrument of high art, and we've got two of her best recipes: Pork Ragu with Broken Lasagna and Meatball Tagine with Couscous.

Spending less doesn't mean less flavor or less healthy.

What's faster and easier than cooking a meal in one pan? Sara shares this secret for weeknight success with two flavorful recipes: A beautiful Yellow Squash Soup, and a fast but elegant Pearl Couscous with Shellfish.

Chef Joey Campanaro has such a cult following in New York City that it's impossible to get seats in his restaurant, the Little Owl.

Give Mom a break for a day with Sara's easy but elegant recipes, with step-by-step instructions even cooking novices (like Dad and the kids) can master in a snap.

Dinner is in the pan with Sara's Dinner Pies: savory meat and vegetables enclosed in a hearty crust.

The Chinese have mastered the quick weeknight meal with stir fry, and the master of stir fry is Chef Grace Young.

Entertaining is easy with Sara's elegant but super simple recipes, even if your only guests are your immediate family on a weeknight.

Who doesn't like chicken? In a salute to our favorite bird, Sara presents two of her most loved recipes: White Bean Chicken Chili and Angry Chicken, cooked with special guest, Top Chef's Dale Talde.

Lamb is the go-to meat of the Middle East and in this episode, Sara combines two favorite lamb dishes with recipes she learned on a recent trip to Turkey.

Sara is passionate about seafood, but also about eating it responsibly, without depleting the vast culinary gift the ocean offers.

Tailgating is even more enjoyable with a fun, substantial and easy to make sandwich, along with portable salads and desserts.

Sara's guest Einat Admony of New York's Balaboosta has legions of fans for her Israeli/Mediterranean cuisine, and she's bringing it to our kitchen with a traditional sinaya - a Middle Eastern shepherd's pie.

Sara's son Sam stops by to cook a fast favorite based on a simple technique - sauteed lemon chicken with capers.

What's not to like about Spanish food? Ham, chorizo, great seafood, tapas - Sara has some great recipes like pork with spanish olives and fideo, a paella like dish that uses noodles instead of rice.

Are you a fan of takeout?

Were you bad over the weekend? Get back on track as you clean out and veg out with the hottest vegetarian chef around Amanda Cohen.

Sara has two kids of her own, so she's always found ways to please finicky palates with food adults love too.

Plain old pasta it's not, but it's just as simple to make as your weeknight favorites.

Bivalves are the name of the game today when Sara makes a flavorful mussels and bok choy dish with a side of tea pilaf.

There has to be one day to kick back and enjoy cooking and that's Sunday.

Turn the day upside down by having breakfast for dinner.

It's everything you wanted to know about burgers, plus two delicious recipes.

Farm fresh food is a mantra for Sara and so many chefs.

When it comes to comfort food, chicken is the number one ingredient.

It's Mardi Gras any time of the year with Sara's easy duck creole.

Summer means more of everything and if you have extra herbs, this is the show for you.

Using just one pan for dinner makes both the cook and the dishwasher happy, plus it's so easy.

If you've packed on the pounds lately, we have solution - salads that cut the calories without cutting the flavor, Sara's steak, mushroom and tomato salad, or scallop and grapefruit salad.

Five ingredients all cooked outside -- what's not to love about Sara's scallop, basil and prosciutto kebabs? Since we're barbecuing, we decided to go to the master, Hill Country Barbecue's Elizabeth Karmel for her definitive Texas barbeque brisket.

No time to cook? No problem. Sara's got great recipes to help you get food on the table fast.

They say opposites attract. There's something sensational about the sweetness of fruit with the savory taste of meat.

The winter is full of big family meals where you really have to be on your game to get food on the table all at once.

It's a well-known fact that honeybees are a precious resource for pollinating the food we eat, but they are mysteriously dying off.

The big game and a cold night are both perfect times to enjoy a heart bowl of soup, like Sara's take on traditional New England chowder, her smoky fish chowder, made even more delicious with bacon.

A sandwich might be the ultimate weeknight meal - hearty, portable and easy enough for anyone to make.

Sara travels to Charleston, South Carolina to learn the secrets to the legendary fried chicken of Martha Lou Gadsden of Martha Lou's Kitchen.

Sara is all about empowering women in the kitchen, whether it's at home or in a restaurant.

There is nothing like the height of summer for delicious produce, simply prepared.

Sara celebrates the Jewish holidays with two traditional dishes that are often tricky to prepare.

Sara travels to Charleston, South Carolina to learn the secrets to the legendary fried chicken of Martha Lou Gadsden of Martha Lou's Kitchen; then, a hidden history of Southern cooking and ingredients developed by African American cooks.

Everyone loves Italian and we have the best Italian recipes.

The best chefs know that beans can round out a meal with extra flavor and texture, and today we have two of the best chefs.

Sara has got nearly a week's full of meals with the simplest idea - cook once, eat twice.

Sara travels to Arkansas to prepare deep fried rice puppies and catfish with a local farmer and his family.

Nothing is quicker and easier than a five-ingredient dish, and in Sara's hands, super flavorful.

Good and good for you, fish is a staple in so many cuisines.

Pizza started in Italy, but has become America's favorite food and today we have all kinds.

Two of our favorite things come together in this episode - pasta and one-pan meals.

Leftovers are a blessing, not a curse, when Sara transforms them with these simple recipes.

The rich flavors of Tuscany are ours to taste at Villa Dianella, a 15th century hunting lodge once owned by the Medicis.

To visit the Amalfi Coast is to taste lemons in every form, so what better place to visit than a lemon farm in Sorrento.

The fairy tale village of Madremanya north of Barcelona is the place for making the most Spanish of foods, the small bites called tapas.

If you love Paella, the area around Valencia, Spain is the place to go.

Home cooking of Puerto Rico is the focus of this episode.

The clean eating of the Middle East is on display when Sara visits Israeli-American chef Einat Admony to make her signature casserole, sinaya.

There are cooking clubs and there are book clubs, and this one is both.

California is farming country, and on this episode Sara visits a young farmer who documents his farming life on the vlog, ricefarmingtv.

Asian immigrants of all kinds have come to America and adapted their cuisine to ours in fascinating ways.

Vegetables and herbs, whether they are harvested or found, are part of a heritage of flavors some feel have been lost in modern farming.