45+ easy traybake recipes (2024)

Let the oven do the work with this fresh and seasonal traybake. To speed up the cooking time, you could cook your potatoes in a pan of salted boiling salted until just tender, before roasting.

Recipe: Crushed Jersey Royal, Roasted Radish and Cod Traybake

If you want to stretch this dish to feed more mouths, add in another tin of coconut milk and 200g (7oz) more prawns.

Recipe: Keralan-Style Prawn and Coconut Curry

A fresh, simple traybake, perfect for mid-week meals. Make our caponata cod recipe for a fast and tasty dish to enjoy for lunch or dinner.

Recipe: Caponata Cod Traybake

Harissa paste is a great flavour enhancer to keep in your fridge for whenever you need some spice.

Recipe: Fragrant Fish Tagine Traybake

The mixture of fresh herbs adds brightness to this lamb traybake recipe, but you can replace the thyme and rosemary with their dried versions (using about 1/2tsp and 1tsp respectively).

Recipe: Herby Fennel and Lamb Traybake

How could we resist that name? In this case, a yam refers to our beloved sweet potato (as it's often known in the US).

Recipe: BBQ Ham and Yam Traybake

This may not be the quickest midweek recipe, but it is one of the easiest – the oven does all the work for you, so you can get on with other things.

Recipe: Smoky Paprika Chicken Traybake

This is an easy traybake recipe. Perfect for a midweek meal. The cod fillets and the vegetables all go in the same pan so it also saves on the washing up.

Recipe: Grown-Up Fish Finger Traybake

Who knew? Noodles in a roasting tin! We’ve used rump steak as it is flavoursome and kinder on the budget, but splash out on fillet if you like.

Recipe: Chilli Beef Noodles Traybake

Load this nachos recipe up with toppings and deliver to the table for everyone to dig in.

Recipe: Nacho Chilli Beef

We’ve turned Greek salad on its head! Pan-fried Saganaki cheese adds wonderful texture and moreish flavour – if you can’t get hold of it, use halloumi instead.

Recipe: Baked Greek Salad

Midweek fakeaway.

Recipe: Sweet and Sour Chicken with Rice Traybake

Spiced pitta bread strips add crunch to this healthy traybake. We’ve used shop-bought falafels to make this midweek meal extra speedy.

Recipe: Falafel and Tabbouleh Traybake

Cooking times for split peas vary considerably depending on the brand and age, so go by feel rather than just on timings – they should still be firm but easy to bite. If not, keep the chicken warm in a low oven, add a little extra stock and cook the lentils for longer.

Recipe: Honey Saffron Chicken Thigh Traybake

Chicken thigh fillets are an economical option and they have more flavour and retain their moisture better than chicken breasts.

Recipe: Stuffed Chicken Thigh Traybake

Let the oven do all the work in this really easy midweek dinner.

Recipe: Cheat’s Traybake Roast

This fish tray bake is a one-dish, healthy midweek meal.

Recipe: Fish tray bake with salsa verde

Orzo is the perfect pasta shape to cook in a tray, and absorbs the bright purple of the beetroot so prettily.

Recipe: Beetroot and Basil Orzo

The mango chutney is an integral part of the dish, bringing a sweet and tangy finish to the mellow spiced potatoes and spinach

Recipe: Tandoori Paneer and Saag Aloo Traybake

Salmon and miso are a wonderful combination. If you like, use chestnut mushrooms instead of shiitake for a cheaper option.

Recipe: Miso Salmon and Noodle Traybake