Courgette melts

Name: Courgette melts
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 large courgettes; olive oil; 1 red onion sliced; 2 cloves garlic crushed; ½ aubergine diced; 1 red pepper seeded and chopped; 200g tin tinned tomatoes; 2 sprigs thyme leaves picked; ½ ball low-fat mozzarella roughly torn

Published: October 9, 2015 at 10:59 AM

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Serves 2

Total time: 50 mins

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These courgette melts are vegetarian and really easy to make but are packed with delicious flavours. They're under 300 calories, but oozing mozzarella will make you forget you're being virtuous.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

2 large courgettes
olive oil
1 red onion

sliced
2 cloves garlic

crushed
½ aubergine

diced
1 red pepper

seeded and chopped
200g tin tinned tomatoes
2 sprigs thyme

leaves picked
½ ball low-fat mozzarella

roughly torn

Nutrition: per serving

kcal277
fat10g
saturates5.2g
carbs21.8g
fibre10.2g
protein19.8g
salt0.5g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cut the courgettes in half lengthwise, then scoop out the centre of the courgette to make a 1cm deep shell. Roughly chop the the scooped out courgette and keep for the filling. Put the courgette shells onto a baking tray, drizzle with 1 tsp oil, season and roast for 10 minutes until just softening. Fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes in 1 tsp oil until soft, then add the aubergine, red pepper and chopped courgette. Cook for another 10 minutes, then add in the tomatoes and thyme and simmer for 10 minutes until thickened. Spoon into the hollowed courgettes, and dot over the mozzarella. Roast for 10 minutes until the cheese has melted and the courgettes have softened completely. Serve with any remaining veg.

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