Do Sheet Pan Meals Ever NOT Suck?

[Anonymous]

They never cook evenly and most recipes I've tried are passable but nothing anyone in my family enjoyed.
Are there any truly great sheet pan recipes? Or do people just like these out of convenience?

[Anonymous]

Yes, we make a few that are excellent. This one in particular, the last time I mentioned it on here, someone made it and commented to thank me. We aren’t mushroom people so sub eggplant

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021736-sheet-pan-sausages-and-mushrooms-with-arugula-and-croutons?unlocked_article_code=1.6k8.pmmG.DEYv2cb6IHst&smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share

[Anonymous]

I do sheet pan salmon and roasted broccoli that always turns out well…maybe your oven is just wonky?

[Anonymous]

My family likes all of the ones that are Italian or Middleeastern spicy - and the ones with potatoes are always bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They never cook evenly and most recipes I've tried are passable but nothing anyone in my family enjoyed.
Are there any truly great sheet pan recipes? Or do people just like these out of convenience?

Does your oven work, OP? My family LOVES baked salmon, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family likes all of the ones that are Italian or Middleeastern spicy - and the ones with potatoes are always bad.

Agree to avoid potatoes cooked this way. You have to roast or cook your potatoes separately.

[Anonymous]

I think that's the issue....all the recipes I've tried have had potatoes in them.

[Anonymous]

We make many that are excellent, at least a couple of times each week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family likes all of the ones that are Italian or Middleeastern spicy - and the ones with potatoes are always bad.

Agree to avoid potatoes cooked this way. You have to roast or cook your potatoes separately.

I think the potatoes need to go in the oven earlier than the other food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family likes all of the ones that are Italian or Middleeastern spicy - and the ones with potatoes are always bad.

Agree to avoid potatoes cooked this way. You have to roast or cook your potatoes separately.

Or cut them to a size that will cook properly in the given time.

[Anonymous]

The only one I really like and make is super simple. Just sliced pre-cooked sausage and broccoli florets with olive oil, salt and pepper. No sauce per se. May sprinkle with a little lemon or Parmesan after cooking.

[Anonymous]

this is a go-to for me

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015086-spicy-roasted-shrimp-and-broccoli-rabe

[Anonymous]

I never like them, either.

[Anonymous]

We had a Marley Spoon subscription that had a lot of them. I liked them and my husband bought extra sheet pans. No one recipe sticks out. But they worked for us.

[Anonymous]

You’re either using poor recipes or poor cooking techniques.