Mediterranean Chicken Bake

This is an easy chicken dish, which tastes delicious, you could cook the vegetables the previous night and then just put the chicken and feta on top on the day and cook for 40 minutes.

Ingredients

• 250 gms fresh tomatoes, chopped or 1 can organic chopped tomatoes

• 2 onions, roughly diced

• 2 red capsicums, cut into chunks

• 2 tbsp tomato paste

• 1 tsp smoked paprika

• 2 tbsp olive oil

• 1 tsp raw sugar or 1/2 tsp coconut sugar

• 1 tsp chopped rosemary

• 1 tsp fennel seeds

• 1/2 - 1 tsp chilli flakes (optional - depending how spicy you like it)

• 2 cloves garlic chopped

• 1 tsp salt

• Ground black pepper

• 1/2 cup chicken stock

• 6 - 8 Chicken pieces

• 200 gms cauliflower cut into large pieces

• 300 gms x 2cm cubed pumpkin

• 80 - 160 gms Feta cheese, crumbled (optional)

• Good handful of chopped coriander and/or parsley

Preheat oven to 200 ° C.

Place tomatoes, onions and capsicums in a

large baking dish.

Combine tomato paste, smoked paprika,

olive oil, sugar, herbs, garlic, salt and pepper

and mix through the vegetables. Roast for 20 minutes.

Put the cauliflower and pumpkin in dish with the tomato sauce stir sauce through the vegetables, place chicken on top of vegetable sauce.

Season chicken with salt and pepper, bake a further 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.Crumble the feta cheese and scatter the coriander or parsley over the dish and serve.

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