Difficulty | Serves 2 | Book - Cooking for 1 or 2 people
Method
Preheat oven to 180ºC fan forced.
- Cut the core out of capsicums then cut each capsicum in half length ways. Remove seeds and white pith. Leave to one side.
- Place couscous into a small bowl, add water and combine. Cover with cling wrap and leave to sit for 5 minutes. Then using a fork fluff up couscous and leave to one side.
- Fry mince, onion and garlic in a frypan that has been coated with cooking spray until cooked then remove into a bowl to be added back later.
- Recoat pan with cooking spray then fry celery, corn, zucchini and mushrooms and cook for 4 minutes.
- Add oregano, chopped tomato, tomato paste and stock powder and bring to boil.
- Fold in couscous then add cooked mince.
- Divide mix between capsicum cups. Sprinkle equal amounts of cheese on top then place onto a baking tray. Coat capsicums with cooking spray.
- Bake for 30- 35 minutes or until capsicum is cooked to your liking.
Suitable to be frozen.
Dietitian's tip
What a nutritious low GI meal. It is high in fibre, low in fat and contains loads of water soluble vitamins and minerals. Totally healthy for fighting chronic disease such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer.