MEDITERRANEAN STUFFED PEPPERS

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Serve these vibrant stuffed peppers to veggie dinner party guests, then keep any leftovers for lunch the next day

Provided by Good Food team

Time 40m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 large red and 1 large yellow pepper, halved and deseeded (leave stalks on)
85g couscous
25g pine nuts, toasted
handful black olives, roughly chopped
50g feta cheese, crumbled
50g semi-dried tomato snipped, or handful cherry tomatoes, quartered
2 tbsp shredded basil

Steps:

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Pop the peppers on a plate and microwave on Medium for 5 mins, until almost soft. Place on a baking tray, cut-side up.
Meanwhile, place the couscous in a bowl and cover with 125ml boiling water. Stir, cover the bowl and leave to stand for 10 mins. Stir the couscous with a fork to break it up, then mix in the pine nuts, olives, feta, tomatoes and basil. Pile the couscous stuffing into the pepper halves and bake for 10 mins.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 321 calories, Fat 15 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 37 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 13 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 11 grams protein, Sodium 1.4 milligram of sodium