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• Creamy Spinach Gnocchi

  Julia's Album by Julia

  • 20 minutes
  • One large high-sided skillet
  • Serves 4
  • Vegetarian

  Shelf-stable gnocchi cooked straight in the sauce, with no pot of boiling water anywhere. The fastest real dinner here.

  For the vegetarian option, use vegetable broth instead of the chicken broth in the recipe.

• Menemen (Turkish Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes)

  Foolproof Living by Aysegul Sanford

  • 30 minutes
  • One 10-inch nonstick skillet
  • Serves 2
  • Vegetarian

  Looser and softer than shakshuka: the eggs get folded through the tomatoes rather than sitting on top of them, and it is quicker.

• One Skillet Salmon with Lemon Orzo

  Serving Dumplings by Anna Chwistek

  • 30 minutes
  • One large nonstick skillet
  • Serves 4

  The salmon sears first and finishes on top of the orzo, so the juices end up in the pasta instead of down the drain.

  The salmon makes this the priciest dish on the page.