Eating vegetables doesn't have to be boring! Perfect proof is in this brown rice vegetable bake where the meal is 50% delicious veggies. Try this if you desire adding more vegetables to your diet and aren't sure how. Other vegetable based recipes I have done that you may enjoy include a healthy green stir fry, spinach and quinoa muffins, vegetable nuggets and vegetable lasagne but keep reading to find out how I made this nutritious and delicious Brown Rice Vegetable Bake.
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups Brown Rice
1/3 cup Cheese
1 Zucchini
10 Kalamata Olives
Pumpkin (to taste)
1 Salad Onion
2 Eggs
2 Tomatoes
Pine Nuts (to garnish)
Directions:
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius fan forced and crease a baking dish.
Step 2- Put rice in the microwave for 15 minutes and while waiting for it to cook cut up the pumpkin and salad onion then place it into a bowl to set aside. Season with olive oil, salt, pepper and paprika. Cut up your tomato and zucchini and put that into a separate bowl.
Step 3- Once your brown rice has finished cooking and set for 15 minutes, add 2 beaten eggs and 1/3 cup of cheese then stir together and place this in the base of your baking dish.
Step 4- Place the pumpkin and onion mixture on top of the rice mixture and place that in the oven for 15 minutes. Then add the zucchini and tomato mixture, the pinenuts and the olives then pop in the oven for an additional 15 minutes.
Step 5- Leave to cool for 15 minutes then slice up and dish with salad.
2 1/2 cups Brown Rice
1/3 cup Cheese
1 Zucchini
10 Kalamata Olives
Pumpkin (to taste)
1 Salad Onion
2 Eggs
2 Tomatoes
Pine Nuts (to garnish)
Directions:
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius fan forced and crease a baking dish.
Step 2- Put rice in the microwave for 15 minutes and while waiting for it to cook cut up the pumpkin and salad onion then place it into a bowl to set aside. Season with olive oil, salt, pepper and paprika. Cut up your tomato and zucchini and put that into a separate bowl.
Step 3- Once your brown rice has finished cooking and set for 15 minutes, add 2 beaten eggs and 1/3 cup of cheese then stir together and place this in the base of your baking dish.
Step 4- Place the pumpkin and onion mixture on top of the rice mixture and place that in the oven for 15 minutes. Then add the zucchini and tomato mixture, the pinenuts and the olives then pop in the oven for an additional 15 minutes.
Step 5- Leave to cool for 15 minutes then slice up and dish with salad.
Thanks for reading!
