Student Recipes: Courgette Boats

University student Ellie loves food and is always looking for ways to eat healthy while sticking to the budget that is living as a student. She believes there is life beyond beans on toast and wants to raise awareness that take-away and ready-made meals are more expensive than buying ingredients fresh.

Student Recipes: Courgette Boats

• Serves: 1
• Prep time: 5 minutes
• Cook time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp tomato puree (For the pizza boat)
• 1 tsp sweetcorn (For the pizza boat)
• 1 slice red onion (For the pizza boat)
• 1 strip green pepper (For the pizza boat)
• 0.5 mushroom (For the pizza boat)
• 1 tsp pine nuts (For the pizza boat)
• 10 g rice (For the rice boat)
• 1 tsp curry paste (For the rice boat)
• 0.5 mushroom (For the rice boat)
• 1 tsp sweetcorn (For the rice boat)
• 1 strip green pepper (For the rice boat)
• 1 strip red pepper (For the rice boat)

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Cut the stem off and slice the courgette in half.
3. Use a spoon to scoop out the soft insides, leaving approximately 1cm around the edges.
4. <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">For the pizza boat:</span></strong> <ol> <li>Spread the tomato puree in the middle.</li> <li>Chop the ingredients and sprinkle on top.</li> </ol> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>For the rice boat:</strong></span> <ol> <li>Boil the rice and drain.</li> <li>Chop the ingredients and add.</li> <li>Add the curry paste and combine.</li> <li>Place into the courgette.</li> </ol>
5. Bake for 10 minutes.