Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients

4 Large Bell Peppers
200g Cooked Quinoa (any other cooked grain would be fine)
200g Cooked Black Beans (any other bean would be fine)
100g Sweetcorn
200g Chopped Tomatoes (fresh or tinned)
2 tsp Pureed Garlic
2 tsp Ground Cumin
1/2 tsp Ground Chilli Powder
1/2 Avocado
1 Finely Chopped Spring Onion
Lime Juice

Recipe

1) Chop the top off the bell peppers and remove the seeds from inside, leaving the main part of the pepper intact. Place onto a non-stick baking pan into the oven at 180C/350F for 10 mins.

2) Meanwhile in a bowl mix together the cooked quinoa, cooked beans, sweetcorn, tomatoes, garlic, cumin & chilli powder. Mix until fully combined.

3) Remove the peppers from the oven and fill them with the quinoa mix from the bowl.

4) Place the peppers back in the oven for another 15 mins or until the peppers are cooked to your liking.

5) Remove from the oven and top with the avocado cut into small chunks, finely chopped spring onion and add a squeeze of lime over the top of each pepper. Enjoy with a side salad or as it is on it’s own.

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