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Meg's delight

Serves 4

Ingredients


Red pepper
  • 1 medium pepper (green, red, orange or yellow)
  • 1 medium courgette, chopped
  • 1 cup broccoli florets
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Half a teaspoon 'Lazy Chillis' (available in supermarkets)
  • 1 medium tin chopped tomatoes

Instructions

  1. Blacken the pepper under the grill to loosen the skin. Then peel and chop. (Use tinned or bottled ready-skinned peppers if you are in a hurry.)
  2. Steam the chopped courgette and broccoli florets for 3-5 minutes depending on preferred consistency.
  3. Quickly stir-fry the chopped onion in the olive oil.
  4. Add the other vegetables and the half teaspoonful of 'Lazy Chillis' and mix well.
  5. Add the tinned tomatoes and cook for a few minutes until the vegetables are beginning to soften.
  6. Serve with rice, pasta, baked potatoes, fish or chicken.

Specific conditions: 
Difficulty chewing or swallowing

Nutritional information (approximate values per portion)
Energy: 90 kcal; Protein: 4g; Fat: 4g (of which saturates: 0.5g); Carbohydrate: 10g; Fibre: 0.5g.


Content last reviewed: 01 April 2006
Page last modified: 10 July 2006

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