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24 Healthy One Pot Meals

Published: Aug 1, 2021 · Modified: Jan 30, 2023 by Ginny · This post may contain affiliate links.

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These healthy one-pot meal ideas are tasty, things you can feel good about serving AND let you get away with doing fewer dishes! Plus, who doesn’t love recipes where cleanup is so easy.

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1 🍽️ Advantages
2 ❗ Expert Tips
3 Healthy Chicken Meals
4 Healthy Seafood Meals
5 Even More Healthy One Pot Meals
6 ❓ Common Questions
7 Related Recipes

🍽️ Advantages

There are many advantages to making these types of meals. I try to keep them in our food rotation because they save me a lot of time and energy!

  • They are healthy! Now, keep in mind not all one-pot meals are healthy, but the ones in this list absolutely are. It’s a great feeling to make your family a meal that is loaded with vitamins and nutrients. That’s a huge win in my book. 
  • Cleanup is a breeze. Part of cooking that drives many of us crazy is the cleanup. You know how it feels when your kitchen is clean and organized, you cook a meal, and it looks like your kitchen exploded! Meals using one pot means fewer dishes!
  • The recipes are versatile. Most one-pot dishes are super easy to adjust to your liking. If you don’t like onions, then skip them! Feel like having some sweet potatoes? Toss a few in the pot. Don’t be afraid to take these dishes and add your own unique flavor spin to them. 
  • Great opportunities to double a recipe. Most of these recipes work so well for doubling for lunches or leftovers for the freezer.
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One Pot = Less Cleanup!

❗ Expert Tips

Pan Used – One big thing I find that is very helpful is making sure the pot you use is sturdy. A heavy duty pot usually helps your food cooks evenly.

Look At Ingredients In Recipe – Look at the ingredients in the recipe. If you find you enjoy all the ingredients, more than likely you will enjoy the dish. If you happen to not like an ingredient or two, try and swap it out for something you might enjoy. If you are not a fan of broccoli, swap it with cauliflower, or another vegetable.

Pull Together Recipes with Overlapping Ingredients – Look for recipes in the list that have similar ingredients so you can use “green onions” in both recipes instead of just one and have waste.

Leftovers – Store the leftovers in the fridge, and use for meal prepping for a quick lunch the next day or dinner. Most of these recipes reheat really nicely! Make sure to use sturdy containers like our 10 Best Meal Prepping Containers that don’t leak and travel great for work.

Healthy Chicken Meals

Healthy Chicken One Pot Meals that you can use up the chicken in your fridge or freezer. Here are some of the top chicken recipes that will fuel your body, and leave you feeling satisfying.

One Pan Cranberry Chicken Thighs Recipe

Sweet and savory cranberry chicken thighs are so simple to prepare, and offer great flavor. GIve this recipe a try today.

Photo Credit: www.tastesoflizzyt.com

One Skillet Mediterranean Chicken

Fill up on this meal, and you will be satisfied with the incredible flavors and heartiness. Chicken and veggies piled on a bed of fluffy rice. Sorry, I know this is probably making you drool right now.

Photo Credit: www.mysuburbankitchen.com

One Pot Chicken and Kale

This dish is filled with vibrant and colorful ingredients and flavors. It’s hearty with chicken breasts, artichoke hearts, carrots, onions, sweet potato, kale, and has the perfect amount of seasonings.

Easy Slow Cooker Burrito Bowl Recipe

These chicken burrito bowls will make your taste buds do a little happy dance! They are so simple and healthy. Not to mention, you can easily adjust the ingredients.

Photo Credit: www.deliciousmeetshealthy.com

One Skillet Tuscan Chicken

If you’ve been on the hunt for an incredible Italian dish that will please the entire family, this is it. This satisfying chicken is paired with mushrooms, onions, garlic, juicy tomatoes, beans, sun-dried tomatoes, seasonings, and has a balsamic vinegar and honey sauce. It’s divine!

Photo Credit: www.createcraftlove.com

One Pot Spinach, Bacon and Chicken Risotto

This creamy chicken risotto is packed with spinach and bacon to round out this meal idea. You just need seven ingredients and a little less than an hour to make this amazing recipe.

Photo Credit: www.deliciousmeetshealthy.com

Chicken in Creamy Mushroom Sauce

This dinner idea is just plain fancy! It not only looks gorgeous, but it tastes like it was made in a gourmet restaurant. When you bite into the juicy chicken with mushrooms and wine sauce, your heart practically skips a beat.

Photo Credit: www.mamalovesfood.com

Whole Roasted Chicken and Carrots {One Pot Meal}

This chicken dinner idea has two whole chickens, chopped red onions, baby carrots, mushrooms, garlic, and salt and pepper. The aroma of the chicken and carrots cooking will make your mouth water.

Photo Credit: domesticsuperhero.com

Skinny Bruschetta Chicken (easy healthy meal)

Try this bruschetta chicken, and you’ll find yourself addicted to it. You can grill it, bake it, or even cook it on the stovetop because it’s that versatile. It makes a lovely dinner if you are feeding guests or even leftovers for lunch.

Healthy Seafood Meals

Serve up one or more of these healthy seafood one pot meals. Seafood recipes that are going to fill you up and give you an energy boost to tackle the rest of the day.

Photo Credit: maisoncupcake.com

Smoked Salmon Frittata

If you are a fan of smoked salmon, you really need to try this beauty! Every bite is filled with leeks, potatoes, salmon, peas, chives, cheese, and a flavorful sauce.

Photo Credit: 2cookinmamas.com

One Pot 30 Minute Seafood Stew

30 minutes is all it takes to make this seafood stew. Loaded with a savory light broth, filled with veggies and seafood in each bite.

Photo Credit: bakemesomesugar.com

Easy Instant Pot Shrimp Boil Recipe (with video)

This is an easy and tasty shrimp boil that all gets cooked in the Instant Pot. Shrimp, smoked sausage, potatoes, corn and more.

Photo Credit: www.deliciousmeetshealthy.com

Spicy Sausage and Shrimp Skillet (Paleo)

I feel like you can never go wrong with shrimp! This shrimp skillet idea is hearty enough to feed a hungry group and delicious enough that even kids will eat it. Try it and see!

Photo Credit: eatthegains.com

Air Fryer Salmon & Asparagus

Air fryer salmon and asparagus is loaded with nutrients and full of flavor. The air fryer creates the perfect cooking condition for tender and moist salmon.

Photo Credit: simpleseasonal.com

Sheet Pan Pistachio Parmesan Crusted Tilapia with Carrots

Here is a one pan sheet pan tilapia recipe that gives you a crusted fish and sliced carrots. Serve up and enjoy this easy fish dinner idea.

Photo Credit: www.mantitlement.com

Skillet Shrimp and Artichoke Pasta

This is a pasta dish that is studded with artichokes and shrimp in each bite. This is a very delicious and healthy dish to serve up.

Photo Credit: ministryofcurry.com

EASY Fish Curry with Rice

Fish curry is a great alternative to a classic chicken curry. Serve with some basmati rice or lighten it up with cauliflower rice.

Photo Credit: www.watchwhatueat.com

One Pan Baked Salmon And Vegetables

A meal in one is what you get with this veggie and salmon baked one pot dish. Totally delicious, easy prep, and family friendly.

Even More Healthy One Pot Meals

Here are a few more tasty meals that are healthy and family friendly recipes. You can even save the leftovers for meal prepping for lunches or quick dinners down the line.

Photo Credit: domesticsuperhero.com

One Pot Spicy Thai Noodles

This dish has just the perfect amount of heat and spice from the sriracha sauce! It’s a vegetarian meal, and you won’t even miss the meat because there is so much flavor and vegetables.

Photo Credit: thecrumbykitchen.com

One Pan Vegan Quinoa Chili

Quinoa gives this vegan chili a whole new level of flavor. This dish is great for dinner, lunch, or use to meal prep for the week!

Photo Credit: www.thepinningmama.com

One Pot Summer Pasta • The Pinning Mama

I know that it’s called a Summer Pasta, but in reality, I could eat this any time! It’s a lovely option to cool you down after an especially hot day, but it’s also great for a light lunch or dinner at any time of year.

Photo Credit: avirtualvegan.com

One-Pot Spicy Vegetable Rice

If you are looking for a vegetable dish, here is a spicy rice that is going to tickle those taste buds in a whole new way! This is a must-make dinner for the family.

Photo Credit: www.simplystacie.net

Spring Vegetable & Goat Cheese Frittata

Frittatas are so easy and tasty to make. I will eat them for literally any meal of the day, and once you try it, you will feel the same. Plus, if you are eating keto or low-carb, you are in luck because this fits the bill!

Photo Credit: domesticsuperhero.com

Mexican Baked Eggs (One Skillet)

You can easily make these Mexican baked eggs for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. They give you the spices and flavors of traditional Mexican food, and they are super easy. Kids and adults will devour them in no time.

❓ Common Questions

What is a one pot recipe?

One pot recipes are when you are making a dish that all ingredients cook in the same pot. You will find some recipes use stock pots, Dutch Ovens, sheet pans, or even a cast iron skillet on the stove.

Do one pot pasta recipes work?

Pasta recipes do work really well. Now, you just have to cook the recipe as directed to ensure the pasta doesn’t overcook and become soggy.

How to know when one pot dinners are done?

The biggest thing when making a one pot dinner is watching when the meat is cooked in the recipe. Use a meat thermometer to check the protein to ensure it is fully cooked.

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About Ginny

Hi! My name is Ginny and I know how busy life can be! I am a mom working hard to prepare healthy meals for my family that is always on the go!

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  1. Neli @ Delicious Meets Healthy says

    December 05, 2015 at 7:57 pm

    What a great recipe roundup for one pot meals!! Love it! All these meals look so delicious and comforting! Perfect for this cold season! Thanks for sharing some of my recipes! I am pinning it to some of my boards.

    Reply
    • Jazmin Rode says

      December 09, 2015 at 11:14 am

      Thanks so much, Neli!

      Reply
  2. Selima Tate says

    December 05, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    It would be awesome if these recipes were printable!!!!

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    • Jazmin Rode says

      December 09, 2015 at 11:14 am

      Hi there! If you click over to the recipes you’re interested in, the featured bloggers may have printable recipes on their site! 🙂

      Reply

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