Our favourite one-pot pastas for busy weeknights - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Eggs and toast aren't your only options for a super-fast dinner. This pasta takes 30 minutes or less. (ABC News: Julia Busuttil Nishimura)

Busy weeknights call for easy meals that don't require much clean up.

We've compiled our favourite one-pot dishes to satisfy the whole family.

A wide and deep pan works best for this recipe, to help everything cook evenly. (ABC  News: Julia Busuttil Nishimura)

Dinner on the table in less than 30 minutes is more than possible with this one-pot pasta — in fact, it's guaranteed.

The pasta soaks up all the flavours as it cooks, and it also creates an irresistibly creamy sauce, thanks to the starchiness of the pasta.

Perfect for busy weeknights, Lina's baked chicken and pesto gnocchi is packed with flavour. (ABC Everyday: Lina Jebeile)

This simple recipe cuts out the need to pre-boil the pasta.

Simply sear the chicken, toss in a pack of store-bought gnocchi, remaining ingredients and bake.

For even less prep, use chicken tenderloins instead of breast fillets.

Topped with pesto, this is a flavour-packed dinner that's easy to make.  (ABC News: Zain Ayub)

This easy lemon orzo is packed with lots of spring vegetables, from asparagus to sugar snap peas. And it can be tweaked to your liking.

You can omit vegetables you don't enjoy and add whatever needs using up in your fridge. 

This red wine pasta topped with sage, brown butter and walnuts is an easy vegetarian one pot meal. (ABC News: Hetty Lui McKinnon)

Inspired by the Italian dish known as spaghetti all'ubriaco, or "drunken" pasta, this is a one-pot dish in which the pasta is cooked in a red wine bath, which enables the fruity sweetness to permeate each strand of pasta.

The brown butter is the triumphant finish to this beautiful currant-hued dish, with the crispy sage and walnuts bringing irresistible earthy, nutty notes.