Vegetable & Rice Tray Bake
Home » COOK » Recipes » Vegan Recipes »I’ve indulged before about my love of one pot cooking, and this tray bake is a fab vegetarian/vegan dish that I made up as I went along (it’s how I cook, what can I say?!). I threw everything into the ovenproof dish and into the oven it went! It was also another “use up the veggies” dish!
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One Pan Vegetable & Rice Bake
Ingredients
- 1 courgette sliced
- 8 chestnut mushrooms halved
- 1 small aubergine cubed
- 2 red onions cut into wedges
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- 1 bell pepper chopped (your colour choice)
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp dried mint
- 2 tsp dried oregano
- juice of one lemon
- freshly ground black pepper
- 1 x 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- handful of cooked chickpeas optional, I had them in the fridge
- 200 g uncooked basmati rice
- olive oil
Instructions
- Place all the vegetables (including the canned tomatoes) into an ovenproof dish or tray and drizzle with olive oil. (If you are using chickpeas, add these in too)
- Sprinkle over the herbs, spices, black pepper, garlic and lemon juice. Mix everything together.
- Make a well in the center of the vegetables and pour in the dry rice.
- Using the can from the tomatoes, fill it up with water and stir in the tomato paste, pour this over the rice.
- Place into a hot 180-200C oven for 30-40 minutes until the vegetables and rice are cooked. If you feel it is getting too dry, add a touch more water.
- Serve with a green side salad. Tastes good hot or cold (I never reheat rice)
Nutritional information is always approximate and will depend on the quality of ingredients used and serving sizes. If you need exact calories and macros, please do your own calculations.
Disclaimer: Please remember, I’m not a dietitian I follow and tweak recipes, or create my own. Calorie counts (if applicable) are worked out using resources online. Always check with your doctor before going on any weight loss programme.
Kirsty Norton
January 29, 2014 @ 1:38 pm
This sounds fantastic and looks amazing. Currently trying to cut down how much meat we eat to lose weight and save money…I’ve bookmarked it to try soon!
Michelle Ordever
January 30, 2014 @ 11:50 am
We often cut out meat and it’s amazing how much it is not missed! Hope you try this out, it’s a really nice recipe !
Paul Wilson
January 20, 2014 @ 1:49 pm
This looks a good recipe for a day like today.
Michelle Ordever
January 20, 2014 @ 3:28 pm
This is one of my go-to recipes – love it when we are having a meat free day :)