5 Simple Dinners to Ease Back Into Cooking in the New Year

All of the following are made and served from a single skillet, guaranteeing easy cleanup.

I've made this dish for my family too many times to count, and still it's a favorite. Jacek Chabraszewski/Shutterstock

PITTSBURGH—Still suffering from a post-holiday drag? After the fun of Christmas and New Year’s, it’s completely understandable if you’re having a hard time snapping back into a routine.

The fact that it’s still getting light too late and dark too early—we won’t set our clocks forward for spring until March 8—only adds to the funk that is a Western Pennsylvania winter, marked by gray skies, a freezing mix of snow and rain and slushy sidewalks.