Here’s a quick and easy recipe that’s not only healthy but is also a great way to use up any leftover cooked vegetables…

Stuffed peppers with spicy vegetables.

 

This should take about an hour to put together, assuming you already have some cooked vegetables in your fridge.

This should be sufficient to serve 4 with a light snack or 2 as a main.

You will need…

• 2 Medium Onions
• 450g Mixed cooked Vegetables
• 225g Cooked potato
• 1tbsp Oil
• 25g Butter
• ½ tsp Turmeric
• ½ tsp Ground cumin
• ½ tsp Cayenne pepper
• ½ tsp Ground cloves
• 4 tbsp Desiccated Coconut
• 2 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1 tbsp Chopped parsley, chives or fresh coriander
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 4 Medium peppers

Ok so while your preparing the peppers, preheat you oven to 200° C or Gas mark 6
Peal and chop the onions into small pieces then chop the cooked vegetables into small pieces.

Heat the oil and butter in a large frying pan and fry the onions until golden then stir in the spices and cook for a further 1 or 2 minutes.

Add the cooked vegetables and the coconut and simmer gently for about 10 minutes, stirring now and again, then add the lemon juice, fresh herbs and seasoning.

Now cut off the tops of the peppers, remove the seeds and blanch them in salted boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain them well and add the chopped up pepper tops to the cooked filling mixture. Fill each pepper with the filling mixture and place into a baking dish along with a little oil.

Bake for approx 30 to 40 minutes, until the tops start to brown, and serve hot topped off with a tomato sauce, make it a chilly tomato sauce to add a little extra spice…

Enjoy