A tray bake is the ultimate in dinner simplicity. You bung a bunch of stuff on an oven tray, stick it in a pre-heated oven and voila; dinner.
Some of this week’s recipes are literally that easy. The trickiest part of the roast veg and lentil dish – a hearty vegetarian dish that could be easily made vegan by substituting cream for coconut cream – is boiling some vinegar, while the only technical skill you need for the chicken is zesting a lemon.
The meatballs do require the moulding of the balls themselves, though this is a task I encourage you to assign to any willing children, but really that’s about as tricky as anything gets this week.
All these recipes are highly adaptable too, so please feel free to roast or, in the case of the meatballs, peel any veg you see fit (and if you wanted to serve that recipe over plain noodles, no one will judge you).
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Baked chicken with citrus & vegetables
Kieran Scott
Baked chicken with citrus & vegetables.
This is an easy “throw it all in a roasting dish” sort of meal.
Roast root vegetables and pumpkin with creamy minted peas
MANJA WACHSMUTH
Roast root vegetables and pumpkin with creamy minted peas.
Show the humble swede some love.
Sticky hoisin beef meatballs with vege noodles
My Food Bag/Supplied
Sticky hoisin beef meatballs with vege noodles.
Kids will love this easy meal.
Roast vegetables with lentils & kumara puree
Aaron McLean
Roast vegetables with lentils & kumara puree.
A fantastic vegetarian recipe to please a crowd.
Almond baked fish with roast veges and brussels slaw
My Food Bag
Almond baked fish with roast vegetables and Brussels slaw.
The best way to eat a Brussels sprout.