Food & Cooking Recipes Healthy Recipes 25 Healthy One-Pot Meals You Can Feel Good About Making From pastas to soups, these one-pot meals are some of our tried-and-true favorites. By Riley Wofford Riley Wofford Riley is an associate food editor for Martha Stewart Living. Editorial Guidelines and Kirsten Nunez Kirsten Nunez Kirsten Nunez is a writer who focuses on food, health, nutrition, and DIY. She has a master's degree in nutrition, and has been writing professionally for nearly 10 years for digital and print publications, such as Martha Stewart, Shape, Real Simple, Healthline, and SELF. She also creates original recipes, which have appeared on product packaging in stores. Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 30, 2024 Close Photo: Johnny Miller If you're trying to incorporate a few quick and nutritious meals into your weekly dinner routine, look no further than these healthy one-pot recipes. Not only are they easy to prep and clean up, but they're packed with fiber-dense vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains. This means plenty of bright colors and unique flavors on your plate. 29 Healthy and Delicious Dinners You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less 01 of 25 Cannellini-Bean and Greens Stew Julia Gartland The combination of beans and greens is a nutrition powerhouse. The brothy mixture is simmered in one skillet and is perfect for spooning onto toasted bread or eating as is. View Recipe 02 of 25 Lemon Chicken With Potatoes and Escarole Nico Schinco Not only is this dish quick, easy, and flavor-packed, but it’s also a well-balanced meal—it has some protein, fiber, carbs, and good-for-you fats. To make it even more healthy, use leaner chicken breasts instead of thighs. View Recipe 03 of 25 Martha’s Greenhouse-Vegetable Soup Johnny Miller This soup is packed with so many hearty fresh vegetables, that you’ll think the pot is going to overflow. As they cook down and become tender, they meld with the vegetable stock to create a light yet filling vegetarian soup. View Recipe 04 of 25 Wild Salmon With Edamame-Cauliflower Rice Kate Mathis If you want to incorporate more vegetables into your dinner, start by turning the cauliflower into rice, then add some edamame. You can make it really healthy by serving with heart-healthy wild salmon. And with this sheet-pan dinner, the oven does the work and clean-up is simple. View Recipe 05 of 25 Broccoli-and-Chickpea Parmesan Johnny Miller Here's a healthy vegetarian one-pot meal that's sure to warm and satisfy any night of the week. This dinner starts with canned chickpeas and jarred marinara sauce, so it's quick to put together. But that's not our favorite thing about this dish. What we love most is the crunchy, cheesy panko and mozzarella topping for broccoli—in short, it's a total winner. View Recipe 06 of 25 One-Pan Pasta Marcus Nilsson So fresh and so easy! Our famous one-pan pasta recipe combines tomatoes, onion, garlic, herbs, water, and a drizzle of olive oil with dried pasta—everything cooks together in a straight-sided skillet. Once the water has evaporated, there's perfectly al dente pasta in a creamy sauce that coats every strand. View Recipe 07 of 25 Kitchari Emily Kate Roemer Versions of this comforting savory porridge abound across India and beyond. This recipe, which is a favorite among editors in our test-kitchen, combines yellow mung dal (split mung beans), basmati rice, warming spices, and a colorful medley of vegetables into a cozy and healthy meal. View Recipe 08 of 25 Sheet Pan Vegetable Hash With Eggs Chris Simpson Colorful, healthy, and made on one sheet pan, there's a lot to like about this hash. Finely chopped broccoli and cauliflower replace the usual potato, red bell pepper and baby spinach up the nutrition, and eggs bring protein. View Recipe 09 of 25 Shrimp With Spicy Green Rice Con Poulos On a chilly night, there's nothing more nourishing than this rice and peas dish. With plenty of spicy flavors and crisp green vegetables, it's our favorite one-pot, one-bowl dinner. View Recipe 10 of 25 Cauliflower-Sweet Potato Curry Con Poulos Hunks of sweet potato and cauliflower soak up a creamy sauce of garlic, ginger, onion, coconut milk, and red curry paste in this one-dish dinner. In the last moments of cooking, baby spinach, edamame, and zucchini are stirred in and then everything finished with cilantro and lime juice. View Recipe 11 of 25 Baked Cod With Tomatoes and Potatoes Bryan Gardner This is one of Martha's all-time favorite potato recipes and for good reason. Thinly sliced Yukon Gold potatoes, tomatoes, and shallots form a delicious bed for flaky cod. View Recipe 12 of 25 Chicken-and-Mushroom Congee Lennart Weibull If you love risotto, then you'll love this take on rice porridge, a dish that's beloved across Asia. Our recipe uses short-grain white rice, which gets creamy as it cooks with chicken broth, chicken thighs, fresh ginger, and scallions. View Recipe 13 of 25 Super-Grain Soup With Watercress and Mushrooms Justin Walker We're calling this the most exciting vegetable soup ever. There's so much to take in—meaty mixed mushrooms, sweet slices of onion, quinoa, flavorful stock (use vegetable or chicken), and plenty of Pecorino Romano cheese for an indulgent finish. View Recipe 14 of 25 Roasted Sea Bass With Sweet Potatoes, Spinach, and Salsa Rustica Justin Walker Another wonderful sheet pan dinner, this one features meaty bass fillets with healthy greens and sweet potatoes. The salsa rustica is a parsley, oil, caper, and vinegar sauce that's drizzled over the meal just before serving. View Recipe 15 of 25 Chicken and Vegetables in Parchment Bryan Gardner Cooking "en papillote" in the oven is a wonderful easy and healthy technique. The "one-pan" for this meal is a parchment packet, everything steams inside without the need for lot of butter or oil. View Recipe 16 of 25 Creamy Broccoli-and-Spinach Soup Yuki Sugiura It's easy being green with a soup this delicious. When you want to make a quick and nutritious meal for lunch or dinner, this 35-minute recipe hits the spot. View Recipe 17 of 25 Coconut, Fish, and Pumpkin Stew Lennart Weibull Looking for a new way to cook with pumpkin? Try this sweet and savory stew, which swaps in coconut milk for the usual heavy cream. Cod fillets cook gently in the slightly spicy sauce, alongside baby spinach and calabaza squash. View Recipe 18 of 25 Warm Quinoa and Chicken Salad Christina Holmes Quick-cooking quinoa is a nutritional powerhouse packed with protein, iron, and fiber. Here, it's the base for a main-course salad with chicken, peas, and asparagus. View Recipe 19 of 25 Black-Bean and Sweet-Potato Stew Lennart Weibull This nutritious stew is flavorful, hearty, and protein-packed thanks to the beans and quinoa. It packs in some heat thanks to a poblano pepper and minced chipotle in adobe. View Recipe 20 of 25 Sheet-Pan Chicken Fajitas Jake Sternquist Cook dinner for a crowd with these one-pan chicken fajitas. Onions and bell peppers are broiled until lightly charred, then returned to the oven seasoned chicken breasts. Even the tortillas are warmed in the oven, saving you valuable space on the stove top. View Recipe 21 of 25 Roasted-Vegetable Couscous Bowl Justin Walker Here's a sheet pan dinner with chickpeas, cauliflower, and carrots. Couscous is added after the other ingredients have roasted for a spell. (Yes, you can cook couscous in the oven!) Feta, cilantro, and a squeeze of lemon bring it all together for serving. View Recipe 22 of 25 Braised Chicken With Artichokes, Olives, and Lemon GEORGE BARBERIS Cook a whole chicken low and slow with artichoke hearts, Castelvetrano olives, fresh oregano, and lemon. You'll be rewarded with super tender, flavorful meat in this bright yet homey dinner. View Recipe 23 of 25 Roasted Salmon, Red Cabbage, and New Potatoes Jonathan Lovekin This vibrant one-pan wonder features salmon (good for your heart), red cabbage (high in vitamin C), and new potatoes (high in fiber). And did we mention it tastes really delicious? View Recipe 24 of 25 Vegan Sweet Potato Chili Bryan Gardner This black bean and sweet potato chili is a colorful and healthy dinner. Extra points for flavor and protein if you top it with avocado. View Recipe 25 of 25 One-Pot Chicken and Brown Rice A delicious, healthy dish for the whole family, this all-in-one meal is a smart way to use up the vegetables you probably already have on hand. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! 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