Description: Looks beautiful and tastes amazing. Not complicated. Scoop out, stuff and bake !
Serves: 6 pieces
Cooking time: 30 minutes

Ingredients 

• Courgette – Cut in half, 3 piece or 600g
• Chorizo – chopped, 100g
• Cherry tomatoes – sliced, 8 pieces or 50g
• Cheese (mozzarella) – grated, 100g*
• Fresh parsley – chopped, 2 tablespoons
• Black pepper – 1 dash
  *Alternatively, cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack can be used

Method

1. Scoop out the courgette flesh by using a spoon. Be careful overdoing otherwise, it may make holes.
Meanwhile, preheat the oven 180C.
2. Remove the water from the courgette and put them in a bowl. Mix with cheese.
3. Stuff them into the hollowed courgette (no.1).
4. Place tomatoes and chorizo on top and grill in the oven for 20 minutes until the cheese is melted.

To serve: Sprinkle bacon and ground black pepper.

Nutritional Values Per Serving (2 pieces)

Kcal	Protein	Fat	Carbs	Fibre	Sugars	Salt	Saturated Fat	Calcium	Vitamin B6	Vitamin B12
232.0	15.5g	15.0g	15.5g	2.3g	6.7g	1.3g	6.6g	281.6mg	0.4mg	0.7μg
11.6%	31.0%	21.4%	3.7%	7.6%	7.4%	33.1%	40.2%	37.2%	44.4%	21.1% 33.1% 40.2% 37.2% 44.4%

*These values are approximate and based on the value from ingredients prepared before cooking (Reference USDA). Percent daily values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may vary depending on your calorie needs. Zinc, Magnesium Potassium, Zinc and Vitamin E are over 10%, Phosphorus, Folate, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2 and Vitamin B3 are over 20%, Vitamin C and D are over 100% of an adult’s daily reference intake. However, some vitamins may be lost while cooking.

Nutritional Tips

Courgettes are low in calories, less than mushrooms for the same weight: 1 piece of courgette (200g) is only 34 kcal (according to USDA). When you try to eat courgette and look at it in the supermarket as a pack or a pile, you may feel like “I am bored of courgette” or “No more idea what to cook with them”. However, courgette is very versatile: it can be added to many different dishes such as pasta, risotto and burgers, it can be stuffed, rolled or used in ajillo, kushikatsu (Japanese deep fry skewer) and tempura. I will introduce more recipes another time.

Courgettes are commonly dark or light green, but you may see yellow ones as well. There are also round-shaped ones.  I personally found they are really cute as they just look like a little watermelon. I am not sure if there are different colours, but I have seen green ones 😉