If you’re a longtime reader of The Health Sessions or a follower on Facebook or Pinterest, you might have noticed my love for sheet pan dinners.
And for good reason: these meals made on one oven tray require little hands-on cooking, especially if you’re able to buy pre-cut vegetables or proteins. Not having to constantly keep an eye on the stove helps you to save precious energy and reduces your mental load, while still putting a healthy dinner on the table. Plus, you also have less cleaning up to do – who doesn’t love that?
Because you can keep the meal components separately on the sheet pan, one-tray dinners can also be a good solution for households with food intolerances, picky eaters and different dietary needs. Sheet pan dinners are also a great way to reduce food waste, since they allow you to use up a mix of leftover produce.
Want to experience these benefits for yourself? Try one of these tasty sheet pan dinners to make healthy cooking a little easier.
Chicken Sheet Pan Dinners
Baked Tandoori Chicken and Veggies from Feasting at Home
Autumn Turkey Sausage Veggie and Apple Sheet Pan Dinner from Cooking Classy
Sheet Pan Bruschetta Chicken from Damn Delicious
Sheet Pan Poblano Chicken Fajitas from Half Baked Harvest
Sheet Pan Thai Coconut Peanut Chicken from Carl’s Bad Cravings
Greek Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs from Erin Lives Wholesome
Meat Sheet Pan Dinners
Sheet Pan Steak and Vegetables from Olivia’s Cuisine
Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Mushroom, Sausage and Butternut Squash from The Kitchn
Greek Lamb Burger Sheet Pan from Campbell Comfort
Sheet Pan Italian Pork Chops with Potatoes and Carrots from Six Sisters’ Stuff
Sheet Pan Spicy Ginger Sesame Beef and Broccoli from Half Baked Harvest
Fish Sheet Pan Dinners
Sheet Pan Salmon Primavera from The View from Great Island
Sheet Pan Mediterranean Cod from Garden in the Kitchen
Sheet Pan Salmon with Citrus Avocado Salsa and Potatoes from Half Baked Harvest
Spicy Thai Sweet Chili Shrimp from Killing Thyme
Blueberry Salmon from Cotter Crunch
Vegetarian Sheet Pan Dinners
Sheet Pan Fried Rice from This Mess is Ours
Sheet Pan Lemon & Rosemary Tofu with Potatoes from Plantifully Based
Sheet Pan Quesadillas from Ahead of Thyme
Vegan Sheet Pan Shawarma from This Mess is Ours
Roasted Vegetable and Tofu Sheet Pan Dinner from Crowded Kitchen
Chickpea and Aubergine Harissa Tray Bake from Happy Skin Kitchen
Sheet Pan Roasted Winter Vegetables from Full of Plants
Do you love sheet pan dinners too? What’s your go-to recipe, and which one of these one-tray meals would you try out?
For more tricks to put a healthy diner on the table, even when you’re tired and in pain, check out these 20 make-ahead meals, whip up one of these 18 quick dinner ideas for tiring days, or prep foil packet recipes for an easy dinner.