I find more and more that I am making "one-dish wonders" just because I find the whole "meat and 3 veg" a bit boring and repeitive. I like to be creative in the kitchen, experiment with flavours, sauces and cooking methods and I feel quite limited when I just look at a piece of meat and 3 vegies lined up to be cooked...then I am usually stumped for ideas on how to make it interesting. I saw this post last night and have been loving some of the ideas and thought I would put a couple of mine down for when I do brave the "meat and 3 veg" meals. These are primarily traditionally South African in origin and therefore tend to encompass some less than healthy additions LOL. But if you are looking for tasty, you have come to the right place!

Mashed butternut pumpkin with honey and all-spice:
Steam 1/2 butternut pumpkin in the microwave as boiling tends to make it very watery. Then mash it, add a 1/2 tsp all spice (or cinnamon), a large knob of butter and 2tsp honey (or however much you like).

Caramalised sweet potatoes
Melt 1/4 cup of sugar in a pot and watch it doesn't burn! Add two medium sweet potatoes, sliced, to the syrup. Add 2 Tbsp butter. Add just enough water to cover. Add a stick of cinnamon. Boil until soft.

Braised green beans
Pleace green beans, 1/2 small, chopped, onion and one small potato (cut in quarters) and a few rashers of chopped bacon in a pot and boil until tender. Then drain and serve. The potato goes a bit mushy, but really absorbs the flavours.

Braised cabbage
Saute one large onion, chopped and 2 rashers of bacon, chopped. Add half a cabbage, finely chopped. When soft add one small can of mushrooms.

If I think of anymore I will add them