35 Delicious One-Skillet Family Meals for Back-to-School Season

All the delicious filling in Chinese egg rolls can easily be turned into a weeknight dinner all on its own or with some steamed rice.

The creamy sun-dried tomato sauce is everything! This Tuscan chicken gnocchi is a one-pan meal inspired by the popular recipe for Tuscan chicken.

This version of harissa orange chicken swaps the bone-in thighs for juicy chicken breast and crisp-tender broccoli florets.

This Greek chicken meatballs and lemon orzo dinner is inspired by Greek chicken thighs and feta-stuffed lamb meatballs, and the juicy meatballs are packed with lots of garlic, herbs, and lemon for a light, bright flavor.

With just 5 ingredients and 30 minutes, dinner is served! We love serving it with a bowl of rice pilaf, but it’s equally delicious with warm rolls or crusty bread.

Make this cozy skillet dinner with crispy-skinned chicken thighs, creamy potatoes, and tangy feta.

This skillet dinner combines creamy white beans, smoky sausage, and hearty kale into an irresistibly cozy dinner.

With just eight ingredients, it’s great for weeknights when you want to do minimal cooking and use up things in the pantry.

This one-pan dinner has it all: juicy chicken thighs, garlic and herb tomato rice, and a 10-minute prep time.

This one-pan chicken dinner cooks in less than 30 minutes — and packs in a ton of flavor.

With just 4 ingredients and less than 30 minutes, dinner is served. Serve it with crusty bread or with mashed potatoes to round out the meal.

It has all the flavors of Greek chicken in a hearty one-pan meal.

Instead of making béchamel, store-bought Boursin cheese acts as the sauce, melting into the sausage and kale, making it the perfect backdrop for the garlic and herbs.

This Philly cheesesteak skillet is a dinner that’s ideal for weeknights! You’ll use a cast iron skillet to make a cheesesteak with all of the tasty hallmarks of the classic sandwich, but you aren’t confined to just sub rolls. This tastes equally delicious served with a salad, atop al dente noodles, or with steamed rice.

Stir together uncooked rice, your favorite marinara sauce, spinach, and frozen store-bought meatballs in a skillet. Cover and bake until the rice is perfectly cooked. Then sprinkle the whole thing with Parmesan and mozzarella cheese, put it under the broiler until ooey-gooey, and dig in!

This one-pan dinner with sausage, sweet corn, and fresh zucchini packs in a ton of flavor.

Soft pillows of gnocchi and quick-cooking chicken thighs, plus the most luxurious garlic-Parmesan cream sauce.

Pan-fried gnocchi joins tender eggplant, melty mozzarella, and marinara in this saucy skillet dinner.

This one-pan dinner combines deeply browned slices of andouille sausage with crisp-tender broccoli for a weeknight dinner that’s almost too simple to believe.

Thanks to an ingredient shortcut and a package of ground beef, this dish comes together in just about 30 minutes and has a complexity of flavors that is just as satisfying as something that’s been simmering all day.

If you’re looking for a one-pan dinner to help you ease into fall, we've got an easy recipe that starts with links of store-bought chicken sausage. The sausages are nestled among wedges of sautéed apples and onion and finished with a creamy apple cider sauce.

A one-pot, no-fuss meal that is sure to please even the pickiest of eaters. Chicken thighs gets seared until golden and crispy, and the couscous is toasted in the rendered schmaltz. Stir in the secret ingredient – chicken bouillon – for that ultimate chicken-soup flavor.

Ditch the big pot and cook everything quickly in a skillet instead! All the tasty sauce is perfect sopped up with crusty bread, buttery cornbread, garlic toast, or rice pilaf to round out the meal.

A one-pan orzo and chicken dinner that’s creamy, yet light and packs in a full pound of zucchini.

This one-skillet dish features crispy chicken thighs, pearl couscous, and eggplant simmered in a flavorful tomato base. A complete dinner with minimal dishes to wash? Yes, please!

We fully embrace the magic that is store-bought tortellini! We paired it with a rich, creamy sauce that’s bursting with the fresh flavors of lemon and dill.

This one-pan recipe is loaded with cauliflower gnocchi (or potato gnocchi) and crisp-tender veggies, all tossed in a lightly creamy sauce.

Crispy-skinned salmon fillets sit on top of a bed of savory sautéed cabbage in this easy skillet dinner.

Turn chicken sausage, quick-cooking orzo, and tender broccolini into an easy one-skillet pasta dinner with this weeknight-friendly recipe.

Tender pieces of chicken are tossed with charred sweet corn and tender zucchini.

Golden brown chicken thighs, leeks, cabbage, and hearty chickpeas are simmered with curry powder and coconut milk all in one skillet.

Juicy chicken thighs, sweet apples, heavy cream, and fresh herbs capture the flavors of fall.

This weeknight-friendly chicken and rice dish cooks all in one skillet, making cleanup a breeze. It's also extremely adaptable based on what's in your pantry.

What it lacks in dirty dishes, this chicken and hearty cabbage dinner more than makes up for with its overload of umami.

You only need 10 minutes to cook this saucy skillet.