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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Easy Dinners
These dinners are built for a night when you still have to pack tomorrow's lunch. Most of them use one pan or one pot, and the chicken, pork, and turkey recipes include a temperature to check before you serve.
12 recipes in this collection
Start with a sheet-pan chicken, a skillet pasta, or the beef and broccoli if you want dinner in about half an hour. The meal planner can turn a few of these into a grocery list so you are not deciding again at 6 p.m.
30-minute skillet 
Fall favorite Sheet-Pan Maple Chicken and Sweet Potatoes
Chicken thighs and sweet potatoes roast on one pan under a maple-Dijon glaze.
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One-pot wonder One-Pot Tomato Basil Pasta
Linguine cooked in one pot with cherry tomatoes, garlic, basil, and Parmesan.
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Sheet-pan dinner Lemon Garlic Salmon and Broccoli
Salmon fillets and broccoli roast on one pan with garlic, lemon, and olive oil.
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20-minute dinner Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry
Thinly sliced beef and broccoli in a soy-garlic sauce, served over rice.
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Family dinner Turkey Taco Skillet
Ground turkey simmered with peppers, tomatoes, and taco seasoning, served with tortillas.
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Skillet dinner Honey Garlic Chicken Thighs
Boneless chicken thighs with a sticky honey, soy, and garlic pan sauce.
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Sheet-pan dinner Sheet-Pan Chicken Fajitas
Sliced chicken, peppers, and onion roasted with chili powder and lime, served in tortillas.
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Family dinner Skillet Turkey Meatballs
Browned turkey meatballs simmered in marinara and served with spaghetti.
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One-pan pasta Sausage, Pepper, and Onion Pasta
Italian sausage, sweet peppers, and onion tossed with short pasta and a light tomato sauce.
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Fall favorite Baked Pork Chops with Apples
Bone-in pork chops baked with sliced apples, onion, and a little Dijon.
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20-minute dinner Shrimp Garlic Pasta
A fast pasta of shrimp, garlic, lemon, and parsley finished with pasta water.
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Use this collection on nights you are home and cooking for the people who live there. A 20-minute skillet fits a late evening. A sheet-pan recipe fits a night when the oven can run while you unpack. Leave one night for leftovers instead of cooking all seven days.
Start with these three
- Sheet-Pan Maple Chicken and Sweet Potatoes. Chicken thighs and sweet potatoes roast on one pan under a maple-Dijon glaze.
- Creamy Tuscan Chicken Orzo. A one-pan dinner of chicken, orzo, sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, and a Parmesan cream sauce.
- Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry. Thinly sliced beef and broccoli in a soy-garlic sauce, served over rice.