30-minute skillet Creamy Tuscan Chicken Orzo
A one-pan dinner of chicken, orzo, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and a Parmesan cream sauce.
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About 25 minutes
A hot skillet and almost no oven time.
About 30 to 35 minutes
One pan, started after work.
40 minutes or more
The oven or a soup pot does the longer part.
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A short US pantry for weeknights
These are the staples the recipes draw from. Amounts on each recipe are in US cups, tablespoons, and ounces.
Oil, salt, pepper
Olive oil for the skillet, plus kosher salt and black pepper. Most recipes season to taste instead of listing a fixed salt amount.
Onion and garlic
Yellow onions and a head of garlic cover the soups, skillets, and pasta. Buy them every week. They show up more often than fresh herbs.
Broth and tomatoes
Low-sodium chicken broth and a can of tomatoes. Low-sodium leaves room to salt the pot yourself.
A starch
Rice, a box of pasta, and a pack of tortillas. Cook extra rice once if you want fried rice later in the week. Cool it in the refrigerator, not on the counter.
Eggs and dairy
Eggs, butter, and milk for breakfasts. Parmesan and a small carton of cream or half-and-half cover the creamy skillets.
A few spices
Cumin, chili powder, Italian seasoning, and Dijon mustard. That set seasons the tacos, the sheet-pan chicken, and the pasta.
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US cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and ounces. Temperatures in the methods are Fahrenheit. A food-safety temperature also shows the Celsius figure.
Each recipe lists prep time and cook time separately. Many weeknight skillets are about 30 minutes from start to plate. Sheet-pan dinners can spend longer in the oven after a short prep.
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