Sheet-Pan Dinners

The cranberry sauce for this holiday-ready side does double duty: It looks gorgeous (and tastes great) drizzled over roasted squash and sweet potatoes, but it’s also an excellent turkey condiment.

An easy herbed butter infuses fish and vegetables with rich flavor in this family-friendly dinner.

You don't have to fire up the grill to enjoy a taste of barbecue. This pork chop dinner makes use of the broiler to get those smoky, charred flavors on the table anytime you want them.

This recipe harnesses the goodness of schmaltz while adding great flavor to the vegetables. Plus, it cooks quite quickly compared to roasting a whole chicken.

Summer tomatoes and briny olives turn saucy as they cook underneath roast chicken in this simple weeknight dinner.

Guanciale, a type of Italian bacon, and ramps, an early-spring green onion, make this pasta unforgettable—but if you can't find them, pancetta and scallions will work too.

A #MeatlessMonday recipe you’ll want to serve with a steak knife.

So much more crispy topping per bite than your standard pasta casserole.

Sheet-pan chicken just might be the best thing since, ahem, unleavened bread.

The whole family gets what they want with this easy, customizable sheet-pan dinner.

A fun way to get children to eat asparagus: roasted and paired with hummus and creamy melted Havarti cheese.

Toss roasted squash and Brussels sprouts with a perfectly salty and spicy miso-harissa dressing for a refreshing change of pace.

These cumin-spiced chicken thighs and roasted potatoes are balanced by a zippy, jalapeño-spiked alternative to coleslaw.

A zesty-flavored mayonnaise spread is the secret to this super-tender flavorful fish, and holds the almond crust in place.

Our homage to lahmacun, the Middle Eastern flatbread.

Spice-rubbed chicken legs get roasted alongside spaghetti squash and onion for an easy sheet-pan dinner that’s bursting with bright, comforting flavors inspired by Persian cuisine.

This chicken takes about 10 minutes to pull together and then about a half hour of mostly hands-off time in the oven. In theory, you could time things so the chicken is ready as soon as the kids go to sleep. But if you can't for the life of you figure out a way to steal the few minutes needed for prep while the kids are awake, then just take care of step 1: Preheat the oven.

During the developing and testing process for this book, this dish became Hubby's new favorite. Totally unexpected—I was sure he'd steal a line from the kids and say, "Thank you anyway, but this is not my taste." (We taught them to say that instead of "Ooo, yick!") It's just not the usual stuff and spices he goes for, but apparently the combination was soooo his taste. And mine, too. It's one of those winner recipes that will make you dance around your kitchen. You may hug me now.