Vegetable and Brown Rice 'Smaggletouille'
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Serves: 4
 
A low calorie, healthy mish mash of delicious vegetables and herbs served with brown rice... and only 300 calories per serve.
What You Need
  • 1 large eggplant, diced
  • 1 large red capsicum, diced
  • 1 large zuchinni, diced
  • 4 tomatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 brown onion, diced
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme
  • 1 bunch of finely chopped basil
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon of olive oil
  • 1 cup uncooked brown rice
What You Do
  1. Cook brown rice according to instructions on the packet
  2. Slice a shallow cross on the bottom of each of the tomatoes. Plunge them into boiling water for about a minute and then peel, discard the skin and dice tomatoes.
  3. Heat half the oil in a large saucepan. Add onion and cook for 3 mintues until soft. Add capsicum and cook for a further 5 minutes, while stirring. Place onion and capsicum in a separate bowl.
  4. Heat remaining oil in the saucepan and add eggplant and zucchini. Cook while stirring for 5 minutes. Add onions and capsicum back in the pot, as well as the tomatoes, thyme and tomato paste. Stir to mix through. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover and leave to cook for 15 minutes.
  5. Add basil and garlic and stir though. Serve with ½ cup of cooked brown rice.
Recipe by Very Excellent Habits at https://veryexcellenthabits.com/make-ahead-meals-monday-300-calorie-vegetable-smaggletouille/