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30 One-Pot, 30-Minute Dinner Recipes for Lazy Nights

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Chelsea’s Messy Apron

The dream: Dinner should be delicious, gorgeous, easy to whip up and ideally, end with washing little to no dishes. But before you throw in the dish towel and order takeout, give one of these one-pot, 30-minute dinner recipes a whirl. They’re all this and more.

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Photo: Liz Andrew/Styling: Erin McDowell

1.

One-Pot, 15-Minute Pasta Limone

Throw in the ingredients, heat and serve.

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Joyful Healthy Eats

2.

Easy Mexican Shakshuka

Scrambled eggs? Yawn. Try this spicy baked egg dish instead.

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Life Made Sweeter

3.

Teriyaki Chicken Zoodles

Ready thy spiralizer.

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Photo: Liz Andrew/Styling: Erin McDowell

4.

Mac and Cheese

We kind of want to swim around in this cheese sauce.

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Carlsbad Cravings

5.

Italian Chicken and Orzo

Give the penne a rest.

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Chelsea’s Messy Apron

6.

Chicken Penne Pasta with Lightened-Up Parmesan Sauce

Oh penne, we missed you too much.

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Making Thyme For Health

7.

Chicken Chickpea Tikka Masala

Make some garlic butter naan for dipping.

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Jo Cooks

8.

Cheesy Taco Orzo

Grab a big bag of tortilla chips, too.

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Holy Cow Vegan

9.

Curried Spaghetti with Kale

Extra bonus: It’s vegan. 

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Carlsbad Cravings

10.

Thai Red Curry Chicken

Chopsticks optional (but highly encouraged).

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Feasting at Home

11.

Mexican Chicken (or Chickpea) Noodle Soup

A few simple swaps makes it vegetarian.

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The Recipe Critic

12.

Creamy Chicken Mushroom Florentine

Make it once, eat it all week.

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Half Baked Harvest

13.

Creamy Tomato Basil Pasta Bake

It’s like pizza and pasta had a really delicious baby. 

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Cotter Crunch

14.

Creamy Sweet Corn Cauliflower Grits

Is there anything cauli can’t do?

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Sweet Peas and Saffron

15.

Gnocchi with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and White Beans

Packed with protein (and topped with a sprinkle of Parm).

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Le Crème De La Crumb

16.

Lemon Herb Chicken and Rice

Have seconds. (And thirds.)

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A Healthy Life For Me

17.

Paleo Skillet Beef Fajitas

Serve with tortilla chips (or if you want to get really fancy, lettuce wraps).

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Damn Delicious

18.

Andouille Sausage Skillet Pasta

The whole family will be requesting this one. 

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Carlsbad Cravings

19.

Lemon Garlic Cream Ravioli with Shrimp and Asparagus

Cooking seafood just got a billion times easier.

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Choosing Chia

20.

Vegan Minestrone Soup

Freeze the leftovers for a rainy day.

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Le Crème De La Crumb

21.

Skillet Tuscan Garlic Chicken Tortellini

Close your eyes and you’re in Italy.

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The Recipe Critic

22.

Creamy Parmesan Garlic Mushroom Chicken

We’re bookmarking this for Sunday dinner.

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My Sugar Free Kitchen

23.

Moroccan Fish Stew

Can you handle the heat?

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Jo Cooks

24.

Beef Stroganoff Soup

A simplified version of an old classic. 

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I Heart Naptime

25.

Burrito Bowls

Entering food coma in three, two, one…

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Whole and Heavenly Oven

26.

Parmesan Risotto with Sausage and Kale

All of our favorite foods, combined.

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Flavor the Moments

27.

Pasta E Fagioli

Yeah, we’re gonna need seconds.

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Eazy Peazy Mealz

28.

Beefy Tomato Tortellini Soup

With lots of crusty bread for dipping. 

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Life Made Sweeter

29.

Skinny Skillet Lasagna

Giada would approve.

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The Wanderlust Kitchen

30.

Spicy Southern Sausage and Rice

The next best thing to a trip to New Orleans.


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Freelance Editor

From 2015-2020 Lindsay Champion held the role of Food and Wellness Director. She continues to write for PureWow as a Freelance Editor.