Hero Dinners: Complete One-Pan Meals That Save the Day

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An NPR Best Book of the Year—create 100 delicious complete meals with just one skillet or sheet pan with this collection of easy-to-follow recipes.
Even if you love to cook, the last thing you want to do at the end of a long day is wash a sink full of pots and pans. Hero Dinners gives you the superpower to make delicious, well-balanced meals using fresh, wholesome ingredients—all in just one sheetpan or skillet. The wizardry behind these complete meals is in super smart, innovative—and simple!—techniques that ensure you won't end up with muddled flavors and textures. With these inventive recipes, you'll maximize the impact of each and every ingredient and flavor. And every recipe truly makes a complete meal, including protein and a vegetable or grain—and usually both.
In clear, easy-to-follow instructions, cooking experts Marge Perry and David Bonom show you how to magically elevate commonplace ingredients into delicious meals you'll make again and again. Sometimes the "magic" lies in respecting the inherently good flavors of the ingredients, as in bronzino roasted with orange slices, drizzled with a simple caper vinaigrette and accompanied by crisp roast potato slices layered with tomato and fennel. Other times, savvy use of interesting condiments, such as Moroccan harissa paste or pomegranate molasses, lend robust flavor with very little work.
Hero Dinners includes 100 one-pan meals you can feel good about eating and feeding to your family, including:
  • Ancho Chili Chicken Pot Pie with Cornbread Biscuit Topping
  • Peruvian Chicken with Purple Potatoes, Brussels Sprouts and Aji Verde Sauce
  • Salmon with Ginger Tomato Jalapeno Sauce and Zucchini Couscous
  • Sheetpan Ooey Gooey Mac and Cheese
  • Southern Style Smothered Pork Chops with Collard Greens and Grits
  • Rigatoni with Meat Sauce
  • Lemon Chicken with Orzo and Artichokes
  • Sheetpan Pizza with Soft Eggs, Asparagus, and Peas
  • Gochujang Skirt Steak with Scallion Polenta and Broccoli
  • Apricot Honey Glazed Spareribs with Smash-Roasted Potatoes
  • Skillet Lasagna with Caramelized Onions and Spinach

A mouthwatering color photo accompanies every recipe, and the book is peppered with dozens of incredibly useful tip boxes to help cooks shave time or calories; learn about ingredients and substitutions; and get even more efficient in the kitchen. Hero Dinners is your powerful everyday mealtime solution: armed with the recipes in this book, you truly do make Hero Dinners.
An NPR Best Book of the Year—create 100 delicious complete meals with just one skillet or sheet pan with this collection of easy-to-follow recipes. Even if you love to cook, the last thing you want to do at the end of a long day is wash a sink full of pots and pans. Hero Dinners gives you the su...

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Jennifer Graziano
June 13, 2025
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