Our best tray bakes for busy nights
There are so many things to love about dinners that bake on a tray or two.
There's hardly any prep, very little washing up, and best of all: time to do anything else while dinner's in the oven.
Here are some of our most popular tray bakes, including vegetarian options.
This hearty dinner can be assembled in 10 minutes. It's a complete meal with tinned chickpeas and cherry tomatoes baking beneath the chicken Marylands, with chorizo adding a hint of smokiness.
Pork sausages bake on top of thinly sliced potato and tinned tomatoes in this tray bake that's finished with fresh herbs. The potatoes are parboiled for 15 minutes before everything's combined on a tray and baked.
Chicken thighs, tinned lentils and spices combine in this recipe that requites only 10 minutes of prep time. The lentils bake in cream, adding some decadence to this weeknight meal that's served with lemon wedges, herbs and bread.
A few packets of gnocchi go straight onto a baking tray with broccoli, fennel seeds and lemon slices in this easy weeknight dinner. Add a generous amount of cheese and a squeeze of lemon juice and dinner is ready.
This tray bake takes inspiration from a stir-fry, but everything is baked, except for the rice. You'll need two trays for the recipe, one to bake the tofu and eggplant and a second to gently steam some veggies before everything's combined in a hot honey sauce with soy.
Turn potatoes into a meal in this one-tray recipe, in which thick slices of haloumi are added part-way through the bake. Stir through some leafy greens and chopped mint and enjoy this warm, cheesy salad.
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