The fastest dinner in this collection that still feels like a real meal.
Under 30 min · Cheap · Vegetarian · One pot
One Pot Meals
One pot, one pan, or one skillet — and one thing to wash afterwards. Many of these also cook the starch right in the sauce, which thickens it for free.
24 recipes, fastest first.
Stirring as you pour is what makes silky ribbons.
Under 30 min · Cheap · One pot
Taking the pot off the heat before adding cheese stops it going grainy.
Vegetarian · Family · Cheap · Under 30 min · One pot
Cold rice fries instead of steaming, which is why leftovers make the best version.
Under 30 min · Cheap · Family · One pot
Two cans and a spice jar become dinner for four.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Under 30 min · One pot · Cheap
Crumbled tofu browns like mince and soaks up soy sauce.
Vegetarian · Cheap · One pot
Lean, fast and one pan.
Healthy · Under 30 min · One pot
Pasta cooks right in the sauce, so the starch thickens it.
One pot · Family · Cheap · Under 30 min
Eggs poached in spiced tomato: a pantry dinner that looks like brunch.
Vegetarian · Healthy · One pot · Cheap
Red lentils need no soaking and melt into a thick sauce in twenty minutes.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap · One pot
Half a cabbage costs little and wilts down to a hearty dinner.
Cheap · One pot
Par-cooking in the microwave halves the frying time.
Cheap · One pot · Family
Mashing a few beans makes it creamy without cream.
One pot · Healthy
Covering the pan steams the sweet potato through first.
Healthy · One pot
Eight eggs and a pound of potatoes make four filling portions.
Vegetarian · Cheap · One pot
Covering the potatoes first steams them tender before they crisp.
One pot · Family
Everyday ingredients, zero special shopping.
Cheap · One pot · Family
Poaching the chicken in the broth seasons both at once.
Healthy · Family · One pot
Leaving some chunks gives body without a blender. Use veg broth and skip bacon to keep it vegetarian.
Vegetarian · Cheap · Family · One pot
A home for the half-bags of vegetables at the back of the fridge.
Vegetarian · Healthy · Cheap · One pot
Sweet potato thickens and sweetens the chili without meat.
Vegetarian · Healthy · One pot · Cheap
The rice cooks in the chicken drippings, so there is only one pan to wash.
One pot · Family · Cheap
Baking skips the 20 minutes of stirring and still comes out creamy.
Vegetarian · One pot
Makes six portions and tastes better the next day.
One pot · Family · Cheap