Learn To Make 4 Healthy Stuffed Vegetables

Daily intake of vegetables is one of the keys to good health and a balanced weight. If you have used up all your ideas to include vegetables in your daily diet, you will surely love learning how to cook some of the following healthy recipes for stuffed vegetables.

Stuffed vegetables are a delicious and nutritious way to eat vegetables, combined with other healthy ingredients. These recipes have a very low calorie content, and are perfect to include in your diet at all times.

Healthy stuffed vegetables

Stuffed peppers

This recipe for stuffed peppers is very healthy. It replaces minced meat with barley paste (Miso Barley). This is a delicious combination that reduces the intake of saturated fat, and provides important nutrients for your body.

Calories: 267

Ingredients

• 1 pack of barley paste (Miso Barley)
• 3 cups ruccula.
• ¼ cup of feta cheese
• Olive oil
• 4 small peppers, cut in half and with the seeds removed.

How do you cook?

• Preheat the oven to 180 ° C. Boil the barley paste with water and salt, and according to the instructions on the package
• When the barley paste is ready, pour off the water and add the arugula, feta cheese, olive oil, ¼ teaspoons of salt and a little freshly ground pepper.
• Fill the peppers with this mixture, then place them in a refractory dish, cover with aluminum foil and put in the oven until soft (about 40 minutes).

Stuffed sweet potatoes

The sweet potato contains important amounts of vitamin A, which is essential for the health of the eyes and skin. They are also a rich source of potassium which is important for the nervous system and muscle function, and vitamin B6 which helps the body to fight infections.

Calories: 325

Ingredients

• 2 medium sweet potatoes
• ¾ of a whole broccoli – cut into small pieces
• Olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic
• Slightly ground red pepper
• ¼ cup mozzarella

How do you cook?

• Wash the potatoes well and cook them for about 25 minutes, with the skin on.

• When the potatoes are done, take the pan off the heat and pour off the water. Let the potatoes cool for 10 minutes.
• While the potatoes are cooling, rinse and boil the broccoli in water with a little salt for 5 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 200 ° C.
• Cut a small portion from the top of the potatoes and remove the entrails. Be careful not to get too close to the shell.
• Put the offal from the potatoes in a bowl and mash, add boiled broccoli, chopped garlic, salt and red pepper. Mix well.
• Fill the sweet potatoes with this mixture and sprinkle grated mozzarella on top.

Stuffed tomatoes with tuna

Stuffed tomatoes with tuna is a delicious low-calorie recipe and is perfect for lunch.

Ingredients

• 6 ripe tomatoes
• 1 box of tuna
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• A small glass of mayonnaise
• ¼ cup of capers

How to cook?

• Wash the tomatoes. Put some vinegar in the water to clean them well.
• Cut off the top of each tomato and remove the seeds and flesh. Be very careful not to damage the outer shell.
• In a separate bowl, marinate the tuna by adding a little mayonnaise and chopped onion.
• Finally, fill the tomatoes with the mixture and decorate with capers.

Stuffed avocado

The avocado is a nutritious and delicious fruit that we can easily include in a large number of recipes. This recipe for stuffed avocado is a healthy and delicious way to eat avocado. You also benefit from the healthy properties of the other ingredients as well, such as tuna, tomato and spices.

Ingredients

• 2 ripe avocados
• 1 box of tuna
• ½ small onion
• 1 hard-boiled egg
• 1 tomato
• A handful of coriander leaves
• The juice of a lemon
• 4 tablespoons mayonnaise (60 gr)
• 2 teaspoons mustard (20 gr)
• Salt and pepper to taste

How to cook?

• Mix in a bowl tuna, tomato, onion and boiled egg (all of which have been chopped or sliced).
• Cut the avocados in half and remove the stone.
• Carefully remove most of the avocado flesh and mix it with the tuna mixture.

• Add mayonnaise, mustard and lemon juice and mix well.
• Finally you have in the coriander leaves and salt and pepper to taste. Then fill the avocados with the mixture. Served with a salad.

Now you can also try making healthy stuffed vegetables and find out how good it is!