Healthy Vegan Starter/Sidedish: Stuffed Pineapple Amongst Vegetables

My blood brother in addition to sister-in-law visited us inwards our novel dwelling solid inwards Portugal merely recently, in addition to equally a piffling gift, my sister-in-law gave me a pineapple. I squealed amongst delight when I saw it (yes, yes, piffling things delight piffling minds, I know) because it was such a cute in addition to odd gift. I dearest pineapples but hadn't eaten whatsoever inwards such a long time. 

This got my creative juices flowing....what should I practice amongst it? I've made pineapple alcoholic cocktails earlier in addition to I've used pineapple inwards salads and on pizzas...but this fourth dimension I'd similar to practice possibly a warm savoury side dish or starter..."How almost lightly frying pineapple cubes?" I persuasion to myself.

Then my persuasion developed more...add merely about veg in addition to acquaint it inwards the pineapple carcass:-

You see, I'm trying to larn my hubby to consume to a greater extent than healthily, but it's proving a hard feat. I request to practice a vegan side dish that he'll similar that's total of flavour. This is when I decided to add together the chilli flakes, dried basil in addition to parsley:-

The argue I chose this pineapple gift to convert my hubby into good for yous eating is because pineapple is such a potent origin of vitamin C in addition to manganese; both of these elements protect against jail cellular telephone harm caused yesteryear complimentary radicals. Manganese is likewise essential inwards producing several enzymes needed for lay out energy production, in addition to of course of report nosotros all know the of import business office of vitamin C inwards fighting off colds in addition to influenza this fourth dimension of year.

Pineapple is likewise packed total of fibre (when eaten in its natural form, rather than drunken equally juice) in addition to the soluble fibre it contains slows downward the charge per unit of measurement at which saccharide is released equally yous digest it. 

If that wasn't plenty reasons to persuade your loved ones to consume it, pineapple likewise contains a chemical compound called bromelain. The protein-digesting enzymes inwards bromelain are persuasion to assistance digestion. While non all studies care on its effectiveness, bromelain is used worldwide equally an anti-inflammatory, an anti-coagulant, in addition to is persuasion to bring anti-cancer properties. 

So, for all these reasons, yous must try out my super-fast, super-easy pineapple recipe here:-

Ingredients

A dash of olive oil, 50g diced mushrooms, 50g plum tomatoe halves, one-half a cucumber, 4-5 tbsps sweetcorn, i pineapple, a sprinkling of dried parsley in addition to basil, chilli flakes, tabular array salt in addition to pepper to taste.

Method to the madness

Cut the pineapple inwards half.  Cut out equally much of the within of the fruit equally yous can, leaving merely the 2 halves equally carcasses.  Dice the pineapple fruit. Cut your plum tomatoes inwards half. Dice the one-half cucumber in addition to cutting the mushrooms into quarters.

Pour a pocket-size sum of olive crude to a saucepan on high heat.  Add all your vegetables, stir gently, thence add together the diced pineapple.

Turn your pan downward to medium heat.  Add the dried basil, the parsley, chilli flakes, in addition to tabular array salt in addition to pepper.  Stir occassionally thence nothying sticks, in addition to exit on medium oestrus for 10 minutes.

Then serve upward inwards the pineapple skins! Such an aesthetic delight!! 😍😍

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Much love,

Lou X

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