Easy Sheet Pan Meal

Name: Easy Sheet Pan Meal
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 2 medium potatoes, cut into medium sized cubes; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 1 tsp garlic powder; fresh ground black pepper to taste; 1 pkg. (4-5 links) pre-cooked chicken, turkey, or pork sausage (about 14-16oz. sausage); 1 lbs broccoli, trimmed and cut apart to make about 3/4 pound broccoli pieces; salt and additional fresh-ground black pepper to taste

wednesday6 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 19:15:20 +0000

Picture this: You have been in classes from 8 am to 4 pm and just finished walking the 30 minutes across campus and to your apartment. You missed breakfast and got by with a lunch of a flat peanut butter and jelly sandwich with some melty fruit snacks that you shoved in your backpack that morning. Now you are sitting in your apartment with your brain fried from classes and blood sugar plummeting, but you remember that you already planned dinner and it’s as simple as mixing together whatever spices you have in the cupboard and chopping a few different ingredients. Now your brain power can go towards studying for that midterm next week and won’t be used on deciding on what to eat. Plus you’ll get a study boost from how nutritious and filling this meal is.

Cost Breakdown

Ingredient	Amount Needed	Unit Cost	Recipe Cost
Potato	2 Medium	$1.29 per 16oz Bag	$0.97
Olive Oil	3 Tablespoons	$2.19 per 32oz	$0.10
Balsamic Vinegar	1 Tablespoon	$0.24 per oz ($3.84 per 16 oz bottle)	$0.12
Garlic Powder	1 Teaspoon	$0.29 per oz ($1.00 per 3.4 oz)	$0.02
Chicken Sausage	14-16 oz	$5.99 per package	$5.99
Brocoli	1 lb	$2.00 per lb	$2.00
Total Cost		$12.00	$9.20

Sheet pan meals are the perfect meal for a busy college student! This only uses a few dishes so you won’t be the roommate leaving a bunch of dishes in the sink. The hardest thing you will do is setting a timer and making sure you are adding ingredients at the right time.

While shopping for this recipe at your nearest grocery store you can mix and match different ingredients that suit your tastes and budget. You can pick between regular or sweet potatoes, and try different types of protein like turkey, chicken, or beef — even mix in different veggies to spice it up! Anything can work for this recipe, even the weird ingredients hiding in the back of your fridge.

Recipe Making Process

Step 1:

Preheat your oven to 425 degrees, then chop your ingredients. Slice your sausage into coins, potatoes into quarters and broccoli into even sized florets.

Step 2:

Mix up your spices and glaze. Mix potatoes with half of the glaze and spread onto a sheet pan. Roast for 15 minutes.

While that is cooking, put the rest of the glaze on the broccoli.

Step 3:

Put the sausage coins onto the pan and cook for another 10 minutes.

Then add broccoli onto the pan and cook for another 15 minutes.

Step 4:

Once your final timer has gone off, use a fork to test a potato wedge to ensure tenderness. Once it is to your liking you can take it out of the oven and enjoy your nutritious meal and still have the brain power to ace those midterms!

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