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Stuffed Courgettes with Spiced Mince & Rocket
Move over, stuffed peppers – our stuffed courgettes are seriously tasty too. You’ll use grass-fed British beef sizzled with garlic and tomatoes as your filling, then top ‘em with pistachios. On the side? A crunchy rocket salad.
Prep in 10
High protein
5 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 sweet potato (use half)
- 150g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 110g baby plum tomatoes (use half)
- 2 tbsp aged balsamic vinegar (use half) (Sulphites) (Aged Balsamic Vinegar (Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar), Xanthan Gum)
- 1 tbsp Mindful Chef Middle Eastern spice mix (use half) (Roasted Cumin, Roasted Coriander, Cinnamon)
- 20g pistachios (use half) (Nuts)
- 2 courgette
- 2 garlic clove
- 40g rocket (use half)
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
Nutritional Information
Calories: 669
Protein: 45g
Carbs: 63g
Fat: 28g
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp tomato puree
- 300g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 2 courgette
- 110g baby plum tomatoes
- 1 sweet potato
- 2 tbsp aged balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (Aged Balsamic Vinegar (Cooked Grape Must, Wine Vinegar), Xanthan Gum)
- 20g pistachios (Nuts)
- 1 tbsp Mindful Chef Middle Eastern spice mix (Roasted Cumin, Roasted Coriander, Cinnamon)
- 2 garlic clove
- 40g rocket
Nutritional Information
Calories: 635
Protein: 42g
Carbs: 55g
Fat: 30g
Stuffed Courgettes with Spiced Mince & Rocket
Move over, stuffed peppers – our stuffed courgettes are seriously tasty too. You’ll use grass-fed British beef sizzled with garlic and tomatoes as your filling, then top ‘em with pistachios. On the side? A crunchy rocket salad.
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Cooking Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220C / fan 200C / gas mark 8. Leaving the skin on, cut the potato into wedges. Place onto one side of a large lined baking tray and drizzle with 1 tsp oil; season with sea salt and black pepper. Roast for 20-25 mins, turning halfway through.
- Cut the courgettes in half lengthways; using a teaspoon, scoop the seeds out and roughly chop. Set the chopped seeds aside and brush the hollowed-out halves with 1 tsp oil and season with sea salt, then place on the tray alongside the wedges.
- Finely chop or crush the garlic. Halve the tomatoes. Heat a medium frying pan with 1/2 tsp oil on a high heat. Add the beef and cook for 2-3 mins, until browned. Add the spice mix, garlic, courgette seeds and half the tomatoes. Cook for 1 min, then add the tomato puree and half the vinegar. Cook for a further minute, then add 2 tbsp water before removing from the heat.
- When the courgette has been roasting for 15 mins, fill with the beef mix. Roast for a further 10-12 mins or until the beef has browned a little on top and the courgette has softened.
- Roughly chop the pistachios. Dress the rocket and remaining tomatoes with the remaining vinegar. Serve alongside the stuffed courgettes and wedges; sprinkle with pistachios.
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