Weeknight One Pot

How is it that first hour of the morning before work/nursery goes so quickly?

My 3 year old Esmé is on top 'whinge pants' form asking for yogurts and cookies in between breakdowns about the wrong episode of Ben and Holly being on the box.

I'm rushing doing the lunch boxes (which I say to myself every morning 'I really should have done these last night!) whilst the other half (David) is battling said whinge pants into her clothes. Poof! Hour gone. There's barely  time for a swig of cold tea before we have to leave. I'm sure there's some kind of early morning time vortex going on!

After the morning whizz comes the long old drawl that is a day in the life of a customer service job......the joys! It's so utterly fantastic that I won't bore you with the details (love my job, can't you tell?) still, it pays the bills and more importantly, our food.

Which brings me to tonights tea, David is working late so I don't have to rush. Bring on one of my favourite weeknight one pots......

Pork and veggie traybake
(Serves 2-3)

1 red onion (cut into wedges)
6-8 new potatoes
1 red, 1 green pepper (cut into bite size chunks)
1 courgette (cut into large chunks)
2 fairly large tomatoes (wedged like the onion)
50-70g Chorizo (slice to pound coin thickness....ish!)
2 tbsp Olive or Rapeseed oil
Pork loin steak per person
Smoked paprika
Dried oregano
Salt and Pepper

Heat the oven to 180c (fan)

Before we get started, I have a little tip to share that I read somewhere on tinternet......in order to peel the outer skin of onions with ease, whack in the microwave for 10 seconds.

So, now you have read that, don't bother wasting 10 seconds of your life by doing this, it's absolute

trash!

I digress.....

Put the potatoes, onion, peppers and courgettes into a large roasting tray. Drizzle with oil and

season well with the salt, pepper and oregano (add as much or as little as you like)

Bang it in the oven for a good 25 - 30 mins.

During this time, cover your loins (not those ones you dirty things!) with the smoked paprika on either side and leave for flavour to mingle a while.

Take the tray out, add the tomatoes, chorizo and lay the loins on top.

Cook a further 20-30 mins.

Take out and wham bam, your done!

It's a tasty, no fuss meal which you can chop and change with different veg and meat (I especially like adding carrots and using chicken breast on the bone instead of pork)

Oh, damn, bugger, and whotsit, I totally forgot to add garlic! How is that possible? I put garlic in nearly everything and this recipe, I normally use a whole bulb!

Ok, cast your mind back to where we add the first lot of ingredients.....chuck in 8-10 garlic cloves (skins and all) when the dish is finished these little soft, sweet, golden nuggets of flavour absolutely make the dish........Dave was pretty miffed when I forgot them tonight!

I would share a delectable photo of the finished article on a plate but, alas, technology appears to have thrown a spanner in!

Love Lauren x