The best part about sheet pan dinners is that there is only one pan to clean up when you’re done cooking. Get some ideas of ones to make in this list.
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I enjoy cooking dinner because I really like my food. I know that sounds a little conceited, but the good thing about cooking is you can season things to fit your taste buds. So, I really enjoy everything that I make.
But I don’t enjoy the cleanup.
Sometimes I’m making multiple things in multiple bowls on the stove and the cleanup takes longer than the eating does.
That’s why I really like sheet pan dinners. Everything is cooked in the same pan, so when you’re done with dinner, the only thing to clean is that pan.
Okay, fine. You have some cutting boards and knives to clean too, but you know what I mean. If you like this, well, this list of sheet pan recipes for you.
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Sheet Pan Dinner Recipes
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Sheet Pan Chicken Vesuvio
Chicken Vesuvio is a really hardy Italian dish that will please the whole family. Potatoes, carrots, onions, bell peppers, chicken, and sausage are all cooked together, so the flavors mingle to make a really delicious dinner.
The easiest way to do this is by making Sheet Pan Chicken Vesuvio. All of the ingredients cooked together at the same time leave you with just one large sheet pan to clean.
Sheet Pan Eggplant Parmesan
Eggplant parmesan is one of my absolute favorite meals, but it’s so much work, so I only eat it on special occasions, like when Pete makes it for my birthday.
This sheet pan eggplant parmesan version is so much easier.
You’ll use a sheet pan a couple times because you start roasting by the eggplant on sheet pans and then assemble a large, but thin eggplant parmesan on that sheet pan, and bake it for a delicious vegetarian dinner.
Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
One of my new favorite staples is Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas. It’s so flavorful and is such an easy dinner.
Three colorful bell peppers and an onion, plus chicken, lime, garlic, and seasoning are all added to a large sheet pan and baked. When it’s almost done, you warm tortillas in the oven. Everything finishes at the same time and all your cleaning up is that one pan.
We usually serve this with cilantro lime rice, which means we’re also washing a rice cooker, but it’s still only two things to clean.
Sheet Pan Sausage And Peppers
Sausage and peppers is such a popular party dish up north. It’s usually served in a large tray, sometimes with bread so you can make it into a sandwich.
Regardless of how you serve it, you can make Sheet Pan Sausage And Peppers. It’s so much easier because it all cooks on one pan.
The juice from the sausage adds so much flavor to the peppers and onions without you even having to add extra seasoning. So you come out looking like a great chef even though you put in minimal effort.
Cheeseburger Sliders With Hawaiian Rolls
Hawaiian roll sliders got to be so popular a few years ago, and once you make them, you’ll understand why. You cut the Hawaiian roll in half and make 12 sandwiches at once. So much easier than making one at a time.
One of our favorite variations of this are Cheeseburger Sliders With Hawaiian Rolls. You do have to cook the meat in its own pan first, but you build and bake the sandwiches on a sheet pan.
Sausage And Peppers Hawaiian Roll Sliders
If you like the sliders above and want another version, these Sausage And Peppers Hawaiian Roll Sliders are for you.
Again, because there’s meat, you want to cook that (and the peppers) first, then assemble on a sheet pan and bake until it’s done. It’s not as easy at the other sausage and peppers recipe on this list, but I promise it’s worth it.
Sheet Pan Sausage And Potatoes With Green Beans
One of the easiest meals we’ve ever made is this sheet pan sausage and potatoes with green beans. You cut everything, put it in sections on a sheet pan, top with butter and seasoning, and bake. That’s it. It’s the perfect weeknight dinner.
You can change the veggies every time, so it feels like a different dinner. But the process (and cleanup) is the same easy method.
Have you made any of these sheet pan dinners? Be sure to let us know how it went in the comments.