Make cooking easy and cleanup quick with these healthy one-pot dinners.

With four- and five-star ratings, these recipes guarantee a delicious meal straight from your pot or skillet.

Plus, these dinners embrace summer flavors, highlighting seasonal produce like zucchini, tomatoes and cucumbers.

Chicken Pesto Pasta with Asparagus

Caitlin Bensel

Think of how nice it will be to pull out summer’s bounty in winter!

Summer Skillet Vegetable & Egg Scramble

Don’t toss out those almost-past-their-prime vegetables and fresh herbs.

Toss them into this skillet egg scramble for a quick vegetarian meal.

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Caitlin Bensel

The addition of fresh asparagus brightens up the look and flavors of this easy one-pot dinner.

Fresh basil, if you have it on hand, is a nice finishing touch.

The garlic mellows as it cooks and infuses its flavor into the sweet shrimp and rice in the pan.

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A squeeze of lemon at the end brightens up the dish.

Sweet & Sour Chicken

This 20-minute meal delivers a faster, lighter and more flavorful takeout alternative.

If you like heat, sub Sriracha for some of the ketchup.

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To make it a full, satisfying dinner, serve over cooked brown rice.

If you like a spicy kick, add a few dashes of your favorite hot sauce at the end.

Skillet Lemon Chicken & Potatoes with Kale

This easy one-pan skillet recipe is perfect for weeknight dinners.

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Juicy chicken thighs are cooked in the same pan as the potatoes and kale for minimal cleanup.

You’ll taste a nice pop of pepper and nutty notes from the whole-wheat pasta, too.

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

One-Pan Garlicky Shrimp & Rice

Caitlin Bensel

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

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mexican skillet quinoa

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Black Bean Fajita Skillet

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20-Minute Creamy Lemon-Feta Skillet Chicken

Brie Passano