We’re rolling toward the most festive time of the year — and, naturally, the busiest one.

On the one hand, I’m dreaming of pie, especially now that our Thanksgiving 2024 pie recipes have arrived. Vaughn Vreeland created six new cozy-chic recipes for the season, and he stars in a video showing you how to make them all. (Watch it here.)

And that’s not all. We’re posting scores of new recipes that are meant for the holidays, though, frankly, I think you shouldn’t wait to make them. Gather your friends ASAP and feed them Andy Baraghani’s herby mashed potatoes with labneh or his caramelized squash with cinnamon toasted nuts. Bake Millie Peartree’s sweet potato poundcake, just because it’s good for the soul.But! Festive frenzy aside, you still have to make dinner at the end of long days of work, school, assorted events, planning, shopping, blah, blah, blah. That’s where the recipes below come in: five especially delicious options for the week ahead and those to come.

And one last note: I was recently on “The Wirecutter Show,” an excellent new podcast from my colleagues over at Wirecutter, to talk about home cooking and our “Easy Weeknight Dinners” cookbook. You can listen to the episode here. I was also on “The Dinner Plan,” another podcast, chatting about NYT Cooking, what I stock in my refrigerator and my weeknight go-tos. Listen here.

How are you doing? What are you cooking? Tell me everything at [email protected].

I’m also making:

Tomato-Parmesan soup, sheet-pan grilled cheese, roasted honey nut squash and chickpeas with hot honey and spinach dip with garlic, yogurt and dill.

ImageCredit...Ryan Liebe for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.1. Coconut Curry Chickpeas With Pumpkin and Lime

I love a pantry recipe, and this one from Melissa Clark is up there with the very best. It calls for canned chickpeas, coconut milk, ginger, garlic and spices, which mingle and merge into a creamy, bright curry that’s perfect for a chilly night.

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