Sheet Pan Meal Plan: 7 One-Pan Dinners
The short answer
This sheet pan meal plan puts a full dinner on one pan every night — protein, vegetables and often the starch roasting together at 400 to 425°F — so cleanup is one pan and a cutting board. It includes chicken fajitas, lemon salmon, sausage and potatoes, crispy gnocchi, teriyaki chicken, roasted chicken thighs and vegetarian chickpea shawarma.
- 7 dinners
- About 13 min of prep a night
- 50 items on one grocery list
- 2 meatless
Best for: Anyone who hates doing dishes.
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The week
- MondaySheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
Peppers, onions and spiced chicken roasted on one pan while you warm the tortillas. Everyone builds their own, so picky eaters are covered.
37 min - TuesdaySheet Pan Lemon Salmon and Green Beans
Salmon and green beans roast together in about 15 minutes with a lemon-garlic butter. Fast, high in protein, and minimal cleanup.
25 min - WednesdaySheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables
Smoked sausage roasted with potatoes, green beans and onion. Fully cooked sausage keeps this fast, cheap and nearly foolproof.
40 min - ThursdaySheet Pan Gnocchi with Roasted Vegetables
Shelf-stable gnocchi roasts crisp on the outside and pillowy inside alongside tomatoes and zucchini — no pot of water required.
35 minVegetarian - FridaySheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken and Broccoli
A homemade teriyaki glaze beats the bottled kind and takes two minutes. Chicken and broccoli roast together while the rice cooks.
35 min - SaturdaySheet Pan Chicken Thighs and Potatoes
Crisp-skinned chicken thighs roasted over potatoes and carrots, which soak up the drippings. A Sunday-dinner feel on a Tuesday.
55 min - SundaySheet Pan Chickpea Shawarma Bowls
Warm-spiced roasted chickpeas and cauliflower with a quick lemon-tahini sauce. Vegetarian, gluten-free and great for packed lunches.
40 minVegetarian
Grocery list for the week
Every ingredient from all seven recipes, combined and sorted by store aisle. Check your pantry for oils, salt and spices before you shop.
Produce
- 1 1/2 lbbaby potatoes
- 3bell peppers
- 1 lbbroccoli florets
- 4carrots
- 1cauliflower head
- 3 cupcherry tomatoes
- 1cucumber
- 1/4 cupfresh basil
- 1 tspfresh ginger
- 2 tbspfresh parsley
- 6 clovesgarlic
- 1 3/4 lbgreen beans
- 3lemon
- 1lime
- 3red onion
- 1yellow onion
- 1 1/2 lbYukon Gold potatoes
- 2zucchini
Dairy & Eggs
- 3 tbspbutter
- 8 ozfresh mozzarella pearls
- 1/4 cupgrated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cupsour cream
Meat & Poultry
- 8bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
- 1 1/2 lbboneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 lbboneless skinless chicken thighs
- 14 ozsmoked sausage
Seafood
- 4salmon fillets
Bakery
- 8corn tortillas
Grains & Pasta
- 1 1/2 cupjasmine rice
- 1 1/2 cuplong-grain white rice
- 1 1/2 cupquinoa
Canned Goods
- 2 canschickpeas
Condiments & Sauces
- 3 tbsphoney
- 1/2 cuplow-sodium soy sauce
- about 1 1/4 cupsolive oil
- 1 tbsprice vinegar
- 1/3 cuptahini
- 2 tbspvegetable oil
Spices & Seasonings
- 1 tspblack pepper
- 2 tspchili powder
- 1 tspdried thyme
- 2 1/2 tspgarlic powder
- 1/2 tspground cinnamon
- 3 tspground cumin
- 2 tspItalian seasoning
- 2 1/3 tbspkosher salt
- 3 tspsmoked paprika
Baking
- 1 tbspcornstarch
Pantry
- 2 packagesshelf-stable potato gnocchi
Other
- 1 tbspsesame seeds
Prep ahead
- Line pans with parchment to make cleanup nearly zero.
- Slice the fajita vegetables and chicken the night before and store them with the spices in a bag.
- Cut the potatoes and carrots ahead and keep them in water in the fridge; pat them dry before roasting so they brown.
Questions
Why are my sheet pan vegetables soggy?
The pan is too crowded. Vegetables need space to brown; if they overlap, they steam. Use two pans, or a larger one, and keep the oven at 425°F.
What size sheet pan do I need?
A standard half-sheet pan (18 x 13 inches) fits each recipe for four. Use two if your oven only fits quarter sheets.