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15 One-Pot Recipes for Quick Dinners

A fast and easy weekday dinner is great, but when there are practically no dishes, it’s even better! With these one-pot recipes, all the ingredients are cooked in a single pot or pan. Here are some deliciously simple recipes to add to your rotation.

1. Lemon and Artichoke Linguine

Here, the pasta cooking liquid is made from chicken broth combined with lemon zest, so the linguine is doused in flavour right from the start. Garnished with pancetta and artichoke hearts and heated up in the same pan, serve the pasta with a roasted lemon wedge.

2. One-Pot Rice with Sausages, Fennel and Peppers

We recreated an Italian rice dish in this one-pot recipe that includes sausage, fennel and red pepper. Parboiled rice is cooked in the pot with vegetables and broth for a meal that’s easy to prepare and full of taste.

3. One-Pot Burrito Casserole

We recreated an Italian rice dish in this one-pot recipe that includes sausage, fennel and red pepper. Parboiled rice is cooked in the pot with vegetables and broth for a meal that’s easy to prepare and full of taste.

4. One-Pot Lasagna

Lasagna is simplified to the max when prepared in a single large pan. To do this, brown the meat and veggies, then layer fresh lasagna pasta, tomatoes and cheese. All that remains is to bake and enjoy.

5. One-Pot-Meal Spicy Lentil and Beef Soup

A soup is the quintessential one-pot meal. For this hearty, nourishing one, add a good dose of protein with Le Puy green lentils and cubed beef.

6. One-Pot Gnocchi with Sausage, Fennel and Tomato Sauce

It only takes 25 minutes to make an Italian meal that everyone at the table will love. Made with commercial gnocchi, tomato passata, fennel, sausage meat, Parmesan cheese and fried capers, it’s a medley of tastes and textures. And a special shout-out to the mini bocconcini that finish this dish and melt in your mouth!

7. One-Pot Cheese Tortellini

A recipe that’s ready in 10 minutes is not to be overlooked! In this tortellini dish simply brown leeks and pancetta in a pan and add pasta and chicken broth. To finish, some cream and Parmesan cheese will make an irresistible sauce.

8. One-Pot Pasta with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Spinach

This is our version of a famous one-pot spaghetti. The pasta is cooked with chicken broth and milk, which also serves as the sauce. The result? A creamy dish, which will please both kids and parents alike.

9. Bean and Turmeric One-Pot-Meal Soup

Barley and legumes are the basis of this soup-meal. It can easily turn into a vegan recipe if you replace the chicken broth with a vegetable one.

10. White Bean and Sausage Stew

Sausage is always popular with the whole family, so in this recipe, it’s sliced with white beans, diced tomatoes and best served with toast on the side.

11. One-Pot Macaroni and Cheese

You’d be hard-pressed to find a simpler and more comforting mac and cheese recipe than this one. The pasta cooks directly in boiling milk and chicken broth, and you won’t even have to make béchamel sauce. It’s the starches that escape from the pasta that make everything creamy, on top of the mascarpone and cheddar cheese added at the end.

12. Hearty Chicken and Rice Soup

Here’s a recipe you can make with whatever leftovers you have in the fridge. Assuming that you have cooked chicken, carrots, celery—but any other veggie will do—and salted herbs (herbes salées), then you have everything you need to make this hearty, delicious soup. Add arugula as a final touch for a welcome hint of pepperiness.

13. One-Pot Chicken Cutlets with Sweet Potato and Olives

The cumin and paprika aromas bring incredible flavour to this chicken in tomato sauce recipe. Sweet potatoes also find their way into the dish. Add dried black olives for a Mediterranean touch and serve with couscous, if desired.

14. Lentil Stew with Sausage and Rapini

To make this tomatoey lentil stew, crumble the flesh of Italian sausages into a skillet and brown it, then add the pulses and broth. Since you’re using canned lentils, the cooking time will be very quick. Finish the dish with rapini, giving a pleasant bitterness to the dish.

15. One-Pot Couscous with Merguez Meatballs

You’ll adopt on the spot this colourful and summery one-pot dish that’s super easy to make. First, shape the sausage meatballs and brown them in a skillet, then add the zucchini and bell pepper. Pour the broth and cook the couscous in the same pan. Upon serving, add some freshness with cherry tomatoes, mint leaves and lemon wedges.

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