Cooking these flavorful skillet dinners is a cinch.

Use these to your advantage to cut down on dinnertime prep.

Plus, this recipe requires just three ingredients, not including basics like salt, pepper and oil.

Creamy Garlic Skillet Chicken with Spinach

Photo: Marty Baldwin

Garlic adds a savory note.

Serve over whole-wheat egg noodles or mashed potatoes.

Brown Butter Seared Scallops

Get perfectly cooked scallops every time with this easy method.

Black Bean Fajita Skillet

A splash of lemon juice and fresh herbs finish the dish.

Round out the menu with sauteed spinach and brown rice or orzo.

Use this salmon to add protein to a grain bowl or salad, or enjoy alongside roasted veggies.

skillet lemon garlic salmon

Jacob Fox

Steaming the cubed sweet potatoes in the microwave cuts way down on total cook time.

We added beans to amp up the fiber and protein for a fast and healthy dinner.

Shrimp Oreganata Cauliflower Gnocchi

This cauliflower gnocchi dinner is ready in just minutes on busy nights.

Creamy Chicken & Mushrooms

A simple flavor-packed sauce marries the tender pasta with cooked shrimp.

If you don’t eat shrimp, use rotisserie chicken instead.

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Rosemary Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

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skillet lemon pepper salmon

Ali Redmond

3-Ingredient Sweet Potato & Brussels Sprout Hash with Apple Chicken Sausage

Carolyn A. Hodges, R.D.

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