Six Quick-and-Easy Dinner Menus

#1: Shrimp and pasta dinner

This quick dinner features Shrimp Fusilli with Sweet-Pea Pesto, garlic bread and a simple dessert. Frozen seafood is the rushed cook's friend—here, peeled and deveined shrimp let you skip the prep work. Peas, garlic, mint, butter and vinegar form the pesto. For dessert, a build-it-yourself ice cream sundae bar can be elegant or simple, depending on your topping choices. This menu is from Ruthann Kostadinov at International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute (ICASI) in Chesterland, Ohio (for school information: 440/729-7340; www.icasi.net).