One tin meat and vegies

Succulent roast lamb and vegetables in one. Too easy.

It's great to cook and serve meat and vegies together in a single roasting tin. To give the lamb cutlets a nice colour, I sear both sides in a hot frying pan first.

Lamb cutlets with capsicum, eggplant & mint

2 red capsicums, quartered

Extra virgin olive oil

2 eggplants, cut into 1cm slices

8 lamb loin cutlets or chops

150g cherry tomatoes

3 bay leaves

For the mint sauce

2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar

Pinch caster sugar

1 level teaspoon Dijon mustard

4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

3 tablespoons chopped mint

2 tablespoons chopped basil

Preheat oven to 190C (fan). Brush a roasting tin with oil, add capsicums; drizzle with oil and season. Roast for 25 minutes. Meanwhile, brush

eggplant slices with oil and fry until golden, turning once. (Do this in batches if necessary.) Once eggplant is cooked, sear lamb. Mix eggplant slices with capsicum in the roasting tin and lay cherry tomatoes, lamb and bay leaves on top. Season and roast for 10-15 minutes, or until cooked to your liking. Leave to rest for 5 minutes while you make the mint sauce. In bowl, whisk vinegar with sugar and mustard. Season, whisk in oil and herbs. Serves 4

And to drink ... A juicy young red Italian varietal: 2015 Billy Button Affable Barbera ($30) from Victoria.

Lamb with root vegetables

2 tablespoons chopped mint

1 teaspoon chopped rosemary

3 garlic cloves

2 tablespoons olive oil

8 lamb cutlets or chops

8 medium carrots

2 parsnips, quartered

2 zucchini, sliced

8 stems broccolini

85g feta cheese, crumbled

Preheat oven to 180C (fan). Pound mint, rosemary and garlic in a mortar and pestle, then add one tablespoon of the olive oil. Smear over lamb. Halve carrots and parsnips lengthways. Place carrots and parsnips in a roasting tin.

Drizzle with remaining oil, season and roast for 20-25 minutes. Add zucchini, broccolini and lamb and return to the oven for 15 minutes, adding feta near the end. Serves 4

And to drink ... A dense, earthy red: 2015 Schwarz Meta Mataro ($35) from the Barossa Valley