The Ultimate 1-Pot Meal Roundup Slideshow

If you're skeptical about cooking lasagna in a slow cooker, have no fear — it's as easy as layering the ingredients and walking away...

Marlene Koch

Click here to see the Lazy Day Lasagna Recipe.

2. Spanish-Inspired Wild Rice, Chicken, and Chorizo Casserole

This dish is really arroz con pollo with wild rice...

Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough

Click here to see the Spanish-Inspired Wild Rice, Chicken, and Chorizo Casserole Recipe.

3. Slow Cooker Sans Tortilla Soup

The delicious aroma of a slow-cooked soup when I come home is one of the most delicious and comforting smells in the world...

Megan Watson

Click here to see the Slow Cooker Sans Tortilla Soup Recipe.

4. Rosemary Lentil Stew

I loaded it with frozen veggies and lentils so it was quick to come together and cooked while I baked off some fresh bread...

Sarena Shasteen

Click here to see the Rosemary Lentil Stew Recipe.

5. Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili

It kind of reminds me of the chicken tortilla-type soup you would get at an authentic Mexican restaurant...

Hope Comerford

Click here to see the Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili Recipe.

6. Oven Paella with Chicken, Shrimp, and Chorizo

This recipe is a much easier alternative to the classic technique...

Faith Durand

Click here to see the Oven Paella with Chicken, Shrimp, and Chorizo Recipe.

7. Beef Stew with Carrots, Corn, and Potatoes

Not the usual beef stew, this one contains sweet corn and fresh rosemary...

Jean Anderson

Click here to see the Beef Stew with Carrots, Corn, and Potatoes Recipe.

8. Crock-Pot Chicken Tacos

This chicken taco recipe will soon be one of your favorite quick and easy dinners because of its effortless process with the Crock-Pot...

Kristl Story

Click here to see the Crock-Pot Chicken Tacos Recipe.

9. Risotto with Fennel and Pancetta

Add a touch of mascarpone to risotto — it gives the dish that extra bit of smooth, silky richness you didn't even know was missing...

Maryse Chevriere

Click here to see the Risotto with Fennel and Pancetta Recipe.

10. Spinach-Lentil Soup with Saffron and Manchego

There are two star ingredients in this soup — and if you asked me which one I liked best, I'd be hard-pressed to choose...

Viviane Bauquet Farre

Click here to see the Spinach-Lentil Soup with Saffron and Manchego Recipe.

11. Spicy Hungarian Goulash

I've been eating this for as long as I can remember...

Jeremy E. Nolen

Click here to see the Spicy Hungarian Goulash Recipe.

12. Chicken and Smoked Sausage Jambalaya

Although you're starting with just a couple of large onions and not a sack, the scraping and stirring step, as well as every other step, is just as important, because following those steps is the only way to get the flavor you want...

Mitchell Rosenthal

Click here to see the Chicken and Smoked Sausage Jambalaya Recipe.

13. Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup

It's easy to make, and an anchovy stock gives this soup a subtle richness and body...

Jennifer Maeng

Click here to see the Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup Recipe.

14. Curried Rice with Chickpeas

It starts with a quick sauté of onion, celery, and garlic in butter, along with a heaping spoonful of curry powder...

Christine Carroll and Jody Eddy

Click here to see the Curried Rice with Chickpeas Recipe.

15. Chicken Tagine with Sweet Potatoes and Golden Raisins

Still, couscous and quinoa are great (if you don't mind another pot), but a loaf of crusty bread to soak up the juices works even better...

Big Girls Small Kitchen

Click here to see the Chicken Tagine with Sweet Potatoes and Golden Raisins Recipe.

16. Shrimp Bouillabaisse

My quicker version delivers all the thrills of the original but uses only shrimp, plus fennel and edamame.

Ming Tsai

Click here to see the Shrimp Bouillabaisse Recipe.

17. Pot-Roasted Chicken with Slab Bacon, Celery Root, and Rosemary

A heavy Dutch oven. Piney rosemary. Sweet celery root. Salty-rich slab bacon...

Mindy Fox

Click here to see the Pot-Roasted Chicken with Slab Bacon, Celery Root, and Rosemary Recipe.

18. Venison Bourguignon

Bourguignon is a well-known French recipe typically made with beef. I've used venison...

Tosca Reno

Click here to see the Venison Bourguignon Recipe.

19. Smoky Black Bean Enchiladas

Liquid smoke takes basic bean and tofu enchiladas to a new and unbelievably delicious level...

Lindsay S. Nixon

Click here to see the Smoky Black Bean Enchiladas Recipe.

20. Lisa's Delicious 3-Bean Chili

Chili doesn't always have to be about big chunks of beef...

Lisa Books-Williams

Click here to see Lisa's Delicious 3-Bean Chili Recipe.