10/17/2025
🎃 Who says Halloween treats can't be healthy too?
These jack-o'-lantern stuffed peppers pack anti-inflammatory ingredients like olive oil, garlic, and pine nuts into a spooky-cute package that actually supports your health!
🌟 What You'll Need 🌟
⦿ 4 small peppers (mix of orange, red, yellow)
⦿ 25g pine nuts
⦿ 1 tbsp olive or rapeseed oil
⦿ 1 red onion, chopped
⦿ 2 large garlic cloves, crushed
⦿ 1 small aubergine, chopped into small pieces
⦿ 200g pouch mixed grains (bulgur wheat and quinoa)
⦿ 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste
⦿ Zest of 1 lemon
⦿ Bunch basil, chopped
🌟 Instructions🌟
1️⃣ Heat oven to 200C/180C
2️⃣ Cut off pepper tops. Keep tops to one side.
3️⃣ Remove seeds and white flesh from inside. Carve spooky faces into pepper sides with sharp knife.
4️⃣ Chop pepper offcuts into small pieces. Set aside.
5️⃣ Heat pine nuts in dry pan until golden brown. Set aside.
6️⃣ Heat oil in same pan. Cook onion 8-10 minutes until softened.
7️⃣ Add garlic, pepper pieces, and aubergine. Cook 10 min. until tender. Add water if needed. Season.
8️⃣ Squeeze grain pouch to break up. Add to pan with tomato paste. Stir 1-2 min. to warm. Remove from heat. Add lemon zest, basil, and pine nuts.
9️⃣ Stuff peppers with grain filling. Top with pepper lids, secure with cocktail sticks.
🔟 Arrange in baking dish, carved faces facing up. Cover with foil, bake 35 min. Remove foil, bake 10 min. Enjoy!
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Recipe: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/healthy-halloween-stuffed-peppers