One pan creamy prawn and veggie orzo dish

Sorry for being M.I.A. I have been busy working - but, alas! I am back and this recipe has been a favourite of mine lately; As quick and easy as this post!

Ingredients:

500g Raw, peeled king prawns

400g Orzo

1 small brown onion

2 large garlic cloves

1/2 tub full fat soft cream cheese

1/2 lemon

1 tsp olive oil

40g unsalted butter

2 tsp dried rosemary

c.1 tsp each (& to taste) salt and pepper

500g mushrooms

125g asparagus tips

400g sweetheart cabbage

1 small tree of broccoli

1 vegetable stock cube

500 ml water

1 glass Prosecco/ wine

1 handful fresh basil leaves

Method:

In a cold pan add oil and butter and finely diced onion and garlic, bring heat right up and cook till translucent.

Bring pan off heat and down to med. heat.

Add in chopped mushrooms, sprinkle of salt and pepper and rosemary as well as a knob of more butter.

Stir and leave to cook until soft and wilted and umami.

Add in rest of veg - asparagus tips, chopped broccoli, sweetheart cabbage (all chopped to own size preference)

Stir and let cook.

Add in orzo and stir.

Add raw prawns.

After time, add in boiling water and 1 veg stock cube.

Eventually bring up to boil high heat.

Add 1/2 small, single serve glass white wine/ Prosecco (I had this and no wine-it works just as well)

Add juice of half a lemon and 1/2 lemon’s zest.

Black pepper and fresh basil leaves & stir

Add in 1/2 tub cream cheese and stir

Serve with a drizzle of good olive oil and black pepper.