Spiced Chicken and Sweet Potato Traybake

Serves 2-3

For those evenings that you want a comforting meal but with very little input. This one pan, let the oven do all the work, satisfying dish ticks all the boxes. Five or so minutes prep at the start and you then have nearly an hour to relax/put the kids to bed/enjoy a glass of wine and at the end you have a beautiful meal to enjoy. Result.

Ingredients:

600g sweet potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped

2 peppers, deseeded and roughly chopped

2 onions, peeled and cut into 8ths

600g bone in/skin on chicken thighs

1 lemon, cut lengthways into 8ths

Olive oil

1-2 tbsp Cajun seasoning (depending on your taste preference)

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 200c (fan). Get a large baking dish and place the sweet potatoes, peppers, onions, lemon and chicken on it. Drizzle everything with olive oil and sprinkle over the Cajun seasoning. Toss everything together with your hands and then spread the potatoes, onions, peppers and lemons on to the base of the baking tray as an even layer and then nestle the chicken thighs on top, skin side up.

Step 2: Bake in the oven for 50 minutes. You shouldn’t need to interfere with it at all during this time.

Step 3: Remove from the oven and serve, with the wonderful juices and a green salad or green vegetables.