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One-Pot Meals

Easy One-Pot Caprese Pasta

It truly doesn’t get any easier than this one-pot sensation.

3-Ingredient Shakshuka

This delicious breakfast dish comes together fast, thanks to prepared salsa.

Irish Lamb Stew with Barley

This riff on Ireland's national dish comes from famed Irish chef and cookbook author Rachel Allen.

Chili of Forgiveness

Sub in whatever you have on hand in Dana Cowin's mix-and-match chili recipe

Easy Slow-Cooker Pot Roast

I used to shy away from making pot roasts for my family because choosing the right cut of beef among all the various cuts seemed overwhelming. Take it from me, picking up a relatively inexpensive chuck roast (like the one I use here) provides a moist, juicy, and tender roast every time.

Egg Curry with Tomatoes and Cilantro

While this easy curry is super satisfying served over rice or with naan, we wrapped it in some leftover crepes for a convincing dosa-like experience.

Black-Eyed Pea Chile Verde

Smoked pork hocks don’t just add meatiness and body; they release smoky, salty notes as they cook, seasoning the beans in the process.

Simple Shrimp, Coconut and Eggplant Curry

This fast one-pot dinner is rich enough to comfort, but light enough that it won’t weigh you down.

Red Wine-Braised Short Rib Stew with Potatoes, Carrots, and Mushrooms

If you haven't noticed by now, we love braising. This stew wraps itself around your soul and squeezes ever so gently. And while it truly embodies the concept of a one-pot meal, we do like to roast the vegetables separately so they retain their individual flavor, creating even greater depth of flavor.

Anything Goes Donabe

Chicken, seafood, glass noodles, and vegetables get briefly poached in dashi-based broth. Cutting the ingredients into uniform pieces ensures they cook in the same amount of time.

Sake-Steamed Chicken and Kabocha Squash

The secret to juicy, tender, delicately steamed white-meat chicken and squash? Going slow.

Chicken & Squash Cacciatore, Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Olives, Bread

This truly comforting one-pan supper contains three of our 5-a-day, and the chicken fulfills half of our daily vitamin B12 needs, helping us make healthy red blood cells.

Shellfish Boil with Spicy Green Dipping Sauce

With a mega-flame and a gargantuan pot, you can cook an ocean's worth of seafood in a fraction of the time it would take on the stovetop—without stepping foot in a steamy kitchen.

Steamed Mussels with Tomato and Chorizo Broth

Don't Move a Mussel—Seriously—this one-pot dinner is that easy. Sweet cherry tomatoes, earthy chorizo, and a splash of wine do the heavy lifting.

Ratatouille Sandwich

Everything about these sandwiches screams "backyard summer party" to me. Simmering vegetables all day really brings out the individual flavors, and I love how I can get so many good-for-you vitamins into such a delicious package.

Spiced Chicken Stew with Carrots

We use a slow cooker with a browning option to crisp the chicken skin for this Moroccan-flavored dish. The stew is great on its own but couscous would be an easy and fitting side dish.

Ropa Vieja

Four Corners Lentil Soup

My favorite recipe that I've ever posted on the blog is my Four Corners lentil soup, and it remains the most frequently cooked dish in my kitchen. It is so fast and simple to make, really inexpensive, and uses ingredients that are all found in the pantry. It freezes well, too, so I often make a double batch and store some away for when I need a wholesome meal in a hurry. And why the name "Four Corners"? Besides being my favorite soup, it is also much loved by many people I know all around the world. From the busy streets of Singapore to the remote wilderness of northern Ontario, from the scorched deserts in the American Southwest to the rainy shores of Denmark, this soup really has traveled the four corners of the Earth! Highly nutritious and packed with flavor, this lentil soup is a crowd-pleaser that will warm the heart of anyone you serve it to.

Shakshuka With Red Peppers and Cumin

Shakshuka is Tunisian in origin but has become hugely popular in Jerusalem and all over Israel as substantial breakfast or lunch fare. Tunisian cuisine has a passionate love affair with eggs and this particular version of shakshuka is the seasonal variant for the summer and early autumn. Potatoes are used during the winter and eggplants in spring. Having published recipes for shakshuka once or twice before, we are well aware of the risk of repeating ourselves. Still, we are happy to add another version of this splendid dish, seeing how popular it is and how convenient it is to prepare. This time the focus is on tomato and spice. But we encourage you to play around with different ingredients and adjust the amount of heat to your taste. Serve with good white bread and nothing else.
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