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One-pan dinners

One tray or one skillet, start to finish — the side dish cooks itself alongside.

The recipes

Lemon-Herb Baked Salmon with Green Beans One tray, twenty minutes, and the kind of dinner that looks like more effort than it was. 25 min

Sheet-Pan Paprika Chicken with Peppers Everything on one tray: chicken thighs, sweet peppers and red onion under smoked paprika. 40 min · mostly hands-off

One-Skillet Turkey and Sweet Potato Hash Ground turkey, cubed sweet potato and smoked paprika in one pan, finished with a fried egg if it is that kind of evening. 30 min

Pesto-Crusted White Fish with Roasted Zucchini Cod or another white fish under a parmesan-pesto crust, on a tray of zucchini. 22 min

Creamy Chicken Skillet with Spinach and Sun-Dried Tomatoes Seared chicken thighs in a parmesan cream sauce with sun-dried tomatoes and a mountain of spinach that cooks down to nothing. 30 min

Sesame-Ginger Salmon with Charred Bok Choy Salmon fillets glazed with tamari, fresh ginger and toasted sesame, next to bok choy charred in the same skillet. 20 min

Garlic Butter Shrimp with Zucchini Noodles Shrimp seared in garlic butter with lemon and chili, tossed with zucchini noodles for just long enough to warm them. 20 min

Halloumi Tray Bake with Peppers, Tomatoes and Olives Thick slabs of halloumi roasted over peppers, cherry tomatoes and kalamata olives until golden at the edges. 35 min · mostly hands-off

Roasted Shrimp and Fennel Tray with Burst Tomatoes Fennel and cherry tomatoes get a head start in a hot oven, then the shrimp joins for the last eight minutes. 30 min

Seared Salmon with Garlicky White Beans and Spinach Crisp-skinned salmon over white beans warmed in olive oil with garlic and wilted spinach. 25 min

Red Pepper Shakshuka with Smoked Paprika Eggs poached straight in a skillet of slow-cooked peppers, tomatoes and smoked paprika. 40 min · mostly hands-off

Skillet Beef Picadillo with Olives and Raisins The Cuban-style skillet of ground beef with green olives, raisins and cumin — savoury, briny, a little sweet. 30 min

Smoky Black Bean and Sweet Potato Chili A deep, smoky chili built on black beans and sweet potato instead of meat, and nobody asks where the meat went. 45 min · mostly hands-off

Greek Butter Beans Baked in Tomato and Dill Big, creamy butter beans baked in a thick tomato sauce with olive oil and plenty of dill — Greek taverna food from three cans and a skillet. 50 min · mostly hands-off

Smoky Skillet Shakshuka Eggs poached straight into a smoky tomato-and-pepper sauce, all in one skillet. 30 min

Skillet Pork Chops with Apples and Cabbage Seared pork chops resting on cabbage and apples that catch every browned bit from the pan, finished with a mustard-cider sauce. 35 min · mostly hands-off

Sheet-Pan Turkey Meatballs with Broccoli and Lemon Lemony turkey meatballs roasted on the same tray as crisp-tipped broccoli. 35 min · mostly hands-off

Skillet Pork Chops with Apples and Sage Chops seared hard in the pan, then apples, sage and a splash of stock turned into the sauce behind them. 25 min

Sheet-Pan Shrimp with Broccoli, Lemon and Garlic Broccoli gets a head start, shrimp join for the last seven minutes, lemon goes over everything. 25 min

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