One Pot Italian Meatball Rice + Bonus Self Saucing Pudding!!!

One Pot Italian Meatball Rice

Bonus Microwave Caramel Self Saucing Pudding

This was to be sausage rather than meatball, concrete_man didn't 'feel' like sausage!

Meatballs

500g mince (i just used beef)

1 egg

breadcrumbs

1/2 cup 4 bean mix mashed

or

375g lean italian sausages

Sauce

1 large onion chopped (I like red)

garlic

some italian herbs

250g cherry tomatoes halved

1 medium red capsicum, chopped

400g can diced tomatoes

3/4 cup un cooked rice (or there abouts)

1/2 cup frozen peas

Cheese to serve

Heat deap fry pan, spray a little oil, roll meatballs and brown.

If using sausages snip one end from each sausage, squeeze meat into pan forming small meatballs (discard casing)

Add onion and galic, cook till onion softens

Add herbs, cherry tomatoes, capsicum

Pour in diced tomatoes, cover and bring to boil

Cover and reduce heat to low and simmer for about 8mins until sauces starts to think and tomatoes start to collapse

Add rice and peas, stir trhough, cover and allow to simmer until rice is tender.

Sprinkle or crumble some cheese and serve.

Microwave Caramel Self Saucing Pudding (a last minute dessert decision)

1 cup self raising flour
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
60g butter, melted, cooled
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1/2 cup peacan nuts chopped
1 cup boiling water
Icecream to serve

Grease a 6cm deep, 6 cup-capacity heatproof, microwave safe dish
Combine flour and 1/2 cup sugar in a bowl
Make a well in the centre and add butter, egg and milk, whisk to combine
Stir in pecans and spoon mixture into prepared dish, smooth top

Combine boiling water and sugar in a heatproof jug, stir still sugar disolves
Pour mixture over the back of a large metal spoon to evenly cover pudding batter.

Place dish in the microwave (if you put on top of an upturned dinner plate it cooks more evenly) and cook on medium (50%) for 9 - 10 mins...I did 10. Remove from microwave...do I need to say carefully. Stand for a minute and serve.

I even broke the diet tonight and had a small peice, small than half the size of this one.  It was very yummy, and not too sickly sweet!

Enjoy!