Do you usually get those last-minute visitors and want to surprise them with a healthy and tasty treat? You might want to check out today’s recipe…
INGREDIENTS:
• Olive oil
• Round courgettes 2, or long ones
• Quinoa 75g
• Porcini mushrooms 10g
• Spring onions 2, finely chopped
• Cherry tomatoes 100g, quartered
• ground cumin 1 tsp
• Goat’s cheese 50g, broken into pieces
• Green salad to serve
PREPARATION:
• Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6.
• Top the courgettes, discard the stem and scoop out the seeds to make a hollow in the middle. Put on a baking tray and cook for 15 minutes.
• Boil the quinoa in salted water for 12-15 minutes until soft.
• Soak the mushrooms in 100ml boiling water.
• Fry, the spring onion in 1 tsp olive oil for 2 minutes, add the cherry tomatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Drain the quinoa and add to the tomatoes.
• Roughly chop the mushrooms and add them along with half of the mushroom liquid to the pan.
• Add the cumin and season.
• Simmer for 5 minutes until the liquid is absorbed.
• Stir through the goat’s cheese.
• Fill the courgettes with the quinoa mix, bake for 15-20 minutes. Serve with the remaining quinoa and a green salad and wait for all the “yumms” and the “yamms” from your visitors. A big shoutout to @olivemagazine for the recipe!
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