Easy lunch for guests!

Well, as you may have guessed, I am now a mummy! It is still sinking in even though our little one is over 3 weeks old now. Even though I thought I would be much more tired I still haven't had much time to cook, let alone try things out for the blog. Even the few things I have made which are worth writing about I forgot to take pictures of but I will tell you about a couple anyway and direct you to the recipes as they were delicious! And hopefully as we get into more of a routine here I will manage a few more recipes and remember to take photos.

As we had my boyfriend's brother and his new girlfriend coming round to meet our new addition I decided to make a nice lunch. The only instruction I was given was that he didn't like cheese which wasn't a problem! I had an idea to do stuffed peppers as they look great and most people I know love peppers. My boyfriend is not a massive fan of rice so that was out for the stuffing so I set about searching the internet for other options. I came across this recipe from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen for Chilli-Stuffed Peppers which seemed perfect and full of flavour. I followed this recipe as closely as I could but there were a few changes due to cupboard ingredients- I used pickled jalapenos as I had half a jar which really needed using and I also used red kidney beans because there weren't any black beans in the shop. I also added some chopped courgette into the mix.  Another slight change I made was that I just cut a lid off the peppers instead of slicing them in half as I really like the look of this.

These peppers were super delicious and perfect for an impressive but easy lunch/dinner. In fact we have decided to make this a regular meal at ours. The chilli mixture was such a good change to the usual rice or couscous stuffed peppers I am used to. I really enjoyed how full of vegetables this dish is while being super filling.

On the side we had potato salad made with vegan garlic mayo and some paprika and also a fresh green salad. I think there were probably about 3 portions of vegetables in this meal!

For dessert I made a lemon drizzle cake from this recipe from food.com. I added the zest of an extra lemon to make sure it was very flavourful. This cake went down a treat with everyone and my boyfriend already wants me to bake another!

I really wish I had taken pictures of this food as it did look really good and is perfect for guests but hopefully you will try these out anyway!

***UPDATE*** I made the peppers again with the addition of some veggie mince (I actually preferred the original version without the mince though) and remembered to take photos! So here they are: