23/11/2025
One-pan high-protein comfort meals episode 4 is this creamy sausage and tomato orzo. It’s cosy, comforting, easy as anything and all in one-pan, yes pleaseeee!!!
The recipe makes 4 portions 👇🏼
545 calories per portion
71g carbs, 16g fat, 32g protein
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Ingredients:
1/2 tbsp oil
8 reduced fat pork sausages
80g sundried tomatoes
A handful of plum tomatoes
Salt + pepper
1 tsp oregano
320g orzo
800ml chicken stock
40g lightest cream cheese
15g parmesan
1 tsp lemon juice
1 handful of fresh basil
Method:
Add some of the oil from the sun-dried tomato jar to a pan over a medium-high heat. Squeeze the sausages out of their skin and into the pan and break them up with a spatula. Cook for around 8 minutes until browned.
Meanwhile, boil your kettle and pour 800ml boiling water into a jug with a veg stock cube.
Add the plum tomatoes and the sundried tomatoes into the pan for a couple of minutes to soften, and season with salt, pepper and oregano.
Stir in the uncooked orzo, then pour in *most* of the stock - around 700ml. Stir and bring to a simmer for around 8 minutes.
Test to see whether the orzo has cooked - it should still have a bit of a bite and need another 2-3 minutes and the remainder of the stock added. Stir in the lemon juice, parmesan, the cream cheese and some torn basil until the orzo is fully cooked and most of the liquid has been absorbed. The orzo will continue to soak up the liquid once off the heat so it’s better to go on the watery side so it doesn’t end up too dry!
Divide into bowls and enjoy!