Baked pumpkin and broccoli

The photo is not fantastic but it certainly tasted great!

Ingredients

Head of broccoli

1 small red onion

5-6 button mushrooms

2 pieces of pumpkin cubed

1 stock cube, vegetable or chicken

1tsp pad Thai or red curry paste

Ready made falafel mix

Method

Chop the broccoli, onion and mushrooms into bite size pieces and place in a greased baking dish.

Preheat the oven to about 160oC

Boil the pumpkin until soft, in a little water and add the stock cube and the paste. Mash the pumpkin to make a sauce. You may like to thicken the sauce at this stage if you prefer.

Pour the pumpkin sauce over the broccoli then dot little pieces of falafel mix on top of the bake.

Bake for 25 minutes. Turn the oven to grill and brown the topping until lightly browned. If you like cheese a little tasty or Parmesan could be grated on at this point.

Serves 2

355 calories or 1491 kilojoules (without cheese) per serve

Tip ... If you are running short on time you could replace the pumpkin sauce with your favourite soup.

Tip ... If you don't have falafel mix, you could make an easy crust by putting lightly buttered squares of grainy bread on the top. Or left over mashed potato for a vegetarian shepherds pie.

 

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Mediterranean Inspiration

Made for one in just 15 minutes

Turn on the oven to preheat, 200oC

Heat a tsp oil in a small pan, put 4 tsp of ready made falafel mix in little patties.

Put a part cooked roll in the oven, I made the pretzel myself and have frozen them individually at the parboiled stage. However most supermarkets have part cooked dinner rolls that you can freeze and use as required. A little tip, I cook my roll on baking paper so there is no tray to clean!

Assemble your favourite salad ingredients on the plate and sprinkle with a great balsamic vinaigrette. Don't forget to turn the falafels over while you are doing this.

Once your salad is ready, the falafels should be done and the roll hot and crusty! Enjoy!

391 calories or 1642 kilojoules for what you see here.

Best part dishes equals, one plate, one chopping knife, knife and fork and one small pan, easy!

 

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