One tray. A handful of ingredients. Thirty minutes of your time. No sink full of pans, no complex techniques, no last-minute dash to the shops. One-Pan Dinners is written for the nights when you are too tired to think, let alone cook. Every recipe is designed to fit on a single sheet pan or baking dish, using ordinary supermarket ingredients and basic equipment. Real quantities, real timings, and honest shortcuts. Roast chicken thighs alongside potatoes and carrots until everything is golden. Bake a creamy pasta in the same dish you toss together. Let fish cook on a bed of greens while the oven does the work. There are no separate saucepans, no multiple timers, no extra bowls to wash. Each chapter builds your confidence with simple principles: how to choose the right tray, which foods roast at the same temperature, and how to season without dirtying a cup. This is not a hobbyist's project; it is practical dinner help for the exhausted. Part of The Tired Cook's Library.
About the author
Ruaridh Lochranza Pittendrigh writes for The Tired Cook's Library.
