One Pot Wonders

Now there’s one thing I have been cooking a lot of lately and that’s these one pot wonder pastas. They are quick and easy, because you are roasting there’s a good depth of flavour and the possibilities are endless for what you can make. Meatless, or with a good quality sausage or chorizo they have become my go-to when week life is busy with kids and work.

Whilst there are no “exact” recipes to go with these: the concept is the same with all of them, add in as many veggies as you like or that your kids will eat (add in meat too to roast) at this point. Some garlic and onion for flavour and whack into a hot oven for 30-40 mins until all roasted and delicious.

You can also add in some feta if you like for a creamy sauce, or I have even used ricotta. You really can’t mess this up. Here are some that I made before:

This is my usual suspect for a meatless Monday: cherry toms and other tomatoes, red onion, garlic, olive oil & salt & pepper.

Here’s another version I have done using a good pork & fennel sausage. Just pop the meat out of the casing and add in on top of the tomato/garlic/onion base. I think I added some capsicum to this one too. When this had roasted I added in a dash of cream to the roasting pan and then added in the cooked pasta.

Here’s another version again I think I added in some fresh basil at the end and maybe even some kalamata olives to the tomato mix when it was roasting. See? You can’t stuff it up.