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Making a one-pot meal that is delicious and nutritionally balanced is a cinch too.

pumpkin millet porridge healthy one pot meals

Lisa Lin viaHealthy Nibbles and Bits

A note about the wordhealthyhere: We know that healthy is acomplicated concept.

But it also depends on your preferences, your culture, whatsaccessibleto you, and so much more.

First, here are a few pots worth buying.

Soft blue pot from Our Place

Our Place Perfect Pot (5.5 qt.)

Our Place

Great Jones The Dutchess (6.75 qt.)

Great Jones

Le Creuset Enameled Cast-Iron Signature Sauteuse Oven (3.5 qt.)

Yellow Dutch oven

Amazon

Now, for the recipes!

Bell peppers, mushrooms, sweet potatoesif you gotta use it up, throw it in!

She usually rotates between kale, mustard, and turnip greens.

Red Dutch oven

The fact that it can be made entirely in one pan is just a bonus.

Eaten plain, it’s a soothing morning meal.

Make the process as easy as possible by using precooked rotisserie chicken.

Stew with okra chicken sausage tomatoes corn beans.

For one, don’t bother baking the whole thing in a separate pie pan.

One batch makes plenty of servings, so freeze what you don’t eat for a rainy day!

The squash gets cooked down until it’s caramelized into a considerably smaller (and tastier) mass.

Bowl of minestrone soup with vegetables and noodles.

All the cheesy, onion-y flavors you know and love, but this time in bulk.

You don’t want to have to worry about your greens burning while you’re still chopping squash!

From there, all you’ll have to do is pop open a few cans and cook!

Skillet filled with shrimp orzo butternut squash cheese.

Potato and Leek Soup With Salmon and SpinachfromNot Eating Out in New York

Tired of sauteed salmon?

This chowder-inspired recipe is a less familiar but equally delicious way to work the fish into a dish.

Paired with leeks and potatoes, it’s creamy and heartyand great with a side of crusty bread.

Pot of macaroni ground beef vegetables cheese.

Simply pop everything in a pot and enjoy the show!

Apple Cinnamon OatmealfromEating Bird Food

Long days call for satiating one-pot breakfasts like this fruityoatmeal.

That sweet cinnamon smell will wake you right up.

Bowl of soup with coconut milk vegetables.

Serve it over a bed of rice, wrapped in lettuce, or even shredded into a salad.

If you want even more heat, use a vinegar-based hot sauce for best results.

Skillet filled with chicken breasts broccoli lemon garlic.

Pot of stewed collard greens with ham hock.

Bowl of risotto with mushrooms parmesan thyme.

Bowl of quinoa with chickpeas sundried tomatoes olives.

Tray of chili and rice baked with cheese.

Tray of paella with rice shrimp sausage vegetables.

Bowl of pumpkin millet porridge with chili oil.

Bowl of peanut noodles with vegetables and tofu.

Pot of pasta with sundried tomatoes spinach parmesan.

Chicken pot pie with carrots peas mushrooms.

Pot of soup with lamb bacon carrots potatoes.

Pot of spaghetti with caramelized zucchini sausage.

Bowl of broth with dumplings tofu bean sprouts.

Pot of cannelini beans with Swiss chard lemon.

Pot of slowcooked beef potatoes carrots and scallions.

Pot of French onion soup with cheese croutons.

Dutch oven filled with cheese broccoli and rice.

Bowl of red tortilla chips with egg radishes.

Bowl of chicken and pumpkin curry.

Pot of stewed kale butternut squash and pepitas.

Skillet filled with chicken artichoke dill lemon.

Bowl of quinoa chicken salsa beans corn.

Skillet with eggs potatoes tomato sauce crusty bread.

Plate of salmon with lemon and asparagus.

Bowls of corn chowder with cilantro coconut milk.

Bowl of fish chowder with veggies and spices.

Bowl of soup with orzo carrots chicken broth.

Two bowls of pasta with asparagus and spring onions.

Skillet with quinoa black beans corn peppers.

Bowl of soup with potatoes salmon leeks.

Soup with beans sausage veggies tomato sauce.

Bowl of oatmeal with diced apples cinnamon.

Honey sesame chicken with rice and broccoli.

Bowl of soup with noodles tofu bok choy.

Bowl of corned beef and cabbage with peppers.