Spring has sprung and I have a new easy weeknight traybake dinner making use of some seasonal produce…

INGREDIENTS

Vegetables and beans:
Cherry tomatoes
Radishes
Baby / new potatoes
Asparagus
Butter beans (pre-cooked – canned, jarred etc.)
Sauce:
Cottage cheese
Lemon
Dill
Parsley
Toppings:
Chives
Flaked almonds
Spring onion
TIPS & NOTES
This is weeknight favourite for reason – it’s low-effort, low-touch and basically requires no technique!






Spring Traybake Dinner
A simple, balanced weeknight dinner with seasonal veg and minimal effort
Blender required, no advance prep needed
Ingredients
- c.425g of new / baby potatoes (cut into bite-sized chunks)
- 1 400g can of butter beans (drained and rinsed)
- 100g of asparagus (stems cut into thick slices)
- 150g of cherry tomatoes
- 100g of radishes (cut into halves)
- Juice of 1/2 a lemon
- 300g of cottage cheese
- A large handful of dill
- A large handful of parsley
- A handful of chives (finely sliced)
- 1 spring onion (chopped)
- 12g of almond flakes
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 185C
- Add half the butter beans, the radishes, tomatoes, new potatoes and asparagus to an oven dish, season generously with salt and pepper, add a good drizzle of olive oil, toss together and put in the oven for around 25 mins (tossing again halfway through)
- Optional: add the almond flakes to a small ovenproof dish and add to the oven for the final 7 mins
- Add the other half of the butter beans, parsley, dill, lemon juice, cottage cheese, salt and pepper to a blender and blitz into a creamy sauce
- Serve the traybake vegetables and beans over the sauce and top with the chives, almond flakes and spring onions

Let me know if you try my spring traybake dinner!

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