Delectables with Dan Presents: Meatball Stuffed Peppers! (Vegan)
Delectables with Dan is getting full on fuckin flavourful with this latest dish!
You guys know me, I like things I can stuff (take that however you want to) and with the weather getting colder, I'm looking for warm, rich & flavourful vegan meals after a long day at work. I've been wanting to try new things with peppers; I'm not that big a fan of them, but I want to get used to eating them since they're so good for you.
You Will Need:
1 large orange pepper
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
3-4 Gardein meatless meatballs
2-3 tablespoons olive oil (separate)
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoons garlic salt (separate)
4-5 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 1/2 cup vegan mozzarella cheese
2-3 teaspoons vegan parmesan cheese
You will need to cook your meatballs before putting them inside the pepper. I should probably start out by saying this the recipe for 1 person. To make for 2 or more, simply multiply the recipe by the number of people you're having. I'm not that much of a social guy and I make quite a few of my meals on my own, so most of these recipes are aimed at one person or enough to have enough leftovers for another meal. Under medium heat place your olive oil in the pan, let it heat up before throwing the meatballs in. I find that it's sometimes easier to have them cook if they're thawed before you throw them into the pan. It doesn't really matter in the end though. While your meatballs are cooking, this is a great time to slice and prepare the pepper to receive your meat. (I just couldn't not make that joke.) You will slice the pepper in half evenly down the middle. Make sure that you remove the stem from each half of the pepper. We don't want that in there. Carefully remove all the seeds from the centre of the pepper. Once you've done that, drizzle in your table of olive oil and sprinkle your garlic salt in the inside of the pepper. In this house, we're all about flavour.
It should take about 12-15 minutes for the meatballs to cook. Remove them from heat and set to the side. Using a tablespoon, spoon in the tomato sauce. Make sure that it coats the entire bottom of the pepper. Work the sauce up on the sides as well. Add a sprinkling of your cheese down before slicing your meatballs into even halves and sticking them inside the pepper. Spoon the remainder of your sauce all over the top and sides of the meatballs. Add the rest of the cheese all over the top of the meatballs. You want them to be tucked in nice by the cheese. Put into bake for 30 minutes at 350F heat. You want the peppers to cook up and softened and the cheese to melt down nicely. When I pulled it out of the oven I topped with some more basil, mainly for the tiniest hint of colour.
When you pull out of the oven, allow the pepper to sit for a few minutes. I like things to settle before I plate them. For this meal, I paired it with a lot of fresh veg. You can never have too many vegetables. Broccoli, cucumber, yellow squash and zucchini finished up this dish to the highest degree of perfection.I'm thinking about trying this with the vegan sausage and seeing how it comes out. Anybody else have some pepper recipes for me to try? If so email them in!
You guys know me, I like things I can stuff (take that however you want to) and with the weather getting colder, I'm looking for warm, rich & flavourful vegan meals after a long day at work. I've been wanting to try new things with peppers; I'm not that big a fan of them, but I want to get used to eating them since they're so good for you.
You Will Need:
1 large orange pepper
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
3-4 Gardein meatless meatballs
2-3 tablespoons olive oil (separate)
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 teaspoon oregano
2 teaspoons garlic salt (separate)
4-5 tablespoons tomato sauce
1 1/2 cup vegan mozzarella cheese
2-3 teaspoons vegan parmesan cheese
You will need to cook your meatballs before putting them inside the pepper. I should probably start out by saying this the recipe for 1 person. To make for 2 or more, simply multiply the recipe by the number of people you're having. I'm not that much of a social guy and I make quite a few of my meals on my own, so most of these recipes are aimed at one person or enough to have enough leftovers for another meal. Under medium heat place your olive oil in the pan, let it heat up before throwing the meatballs in. I find that it's sometimes easier to have them cook if they're thawed before you throw them into the pan. It doesn't really matter in the end though. While your meatballs are cooking, this is a great time to slice and prepare the pepper to receive your meat. (I just couldn't not make that joke.) You will slice the pepper in half evenly down the middle. Make sure that you remove the stem from each half of the pepper. We don't want that in there. Carefully remove all the seeds from the centre of the pepper. Once you've done that, drizzle in your table of olive oil and sprinkle your garlic salt in the inside of the pepper. In this house, we're all about flavour.
It should take about 12-15 minutes for the meatballs to cook. Remove them from heat and set to the side. Using a tablespoon, spoon in the tomato sauce. Make sure that it coats the entire bottom of the pepper. Work the sauce up on the sides as well. Add a sprinkling of your cheese down before slicing your meatballs into even halves and sticking them inside the pepper. Spoon the remainder of your sauce all over the top and sides of the meatballs. Add the rest of the cheese all over the top of the meatballs. You want them to be tucked in nice by the cheese. Put into bake for 30 minutes at 350F heat. You want the peppers to cook up and softened and the cheese to melt down nicely. When I pulled it out of the oven I topped with some more basil, mainly for the tiniest hint of colour.
When you pull out of the oven, allow the pepper to sit for a few minutes. I like things to settle before I plate them. For this meal, I paired it with a lot of fresh veg. You can never have too many vegetables. Broccoli, cucumber, yellow squash and zucchini finished up this dish to the highest degree of perfection.I'm thinking about trying this with the vegan sausage and seeing how it comes out. Anybody else have some pepper recipes for me to try? If so email them in!
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