One-pan prawn pasta

One-dish meals are winners. Most are quick and easy to prepare and of course there is the bonus of less washing up.

Ingredients

5 cups	Water
300 g	Fettuccine (Main)
1	Onion, thinly sliced
12	Cherry tomatoes, halved
4 cloves	Garlic, sliced
1	Chilli, seeded and sliced
½ cup	Basil leaves
2 Tbsp	Olive oil
24	Raw prawns, shelled and deveined (Main)

Directions

1. Bring the water to the boil in a large saucepan. Add all the other ingredients except the prawns. Boil until the pasta is just cooked, stirring often. Add the prawns and poach for 1-2 minutes, until pink.
2. Drain and serve in bowls. Great seasoned with freshly ground black pepper, a little extra olive oil and grated parmesan cheese.

Here are more of Jan Bilton's one pan meals

• Go go chicken
• Squid, chorizo and chickpeas
• Lentil, kumara and cavolo nero stew