Raw Bites

My family is a bit freaked out over the "all vegetable" meals. So I decided to ease them into it with some yummy fancy raw bites.

Walnut Pate Stuffed Mini Bell Peppers.
My recipe feeds two people well, double, triple, etc, based on your own needs. Also mini bell peppers taste just like the regular size, use either, just adjust for volume.

4 mini bell peppers
1/2 cup walnuts
5 sun dried tomatoes.
Puree these ingredients until it is a smooth paste. I pre-chopped them just to make it easier on my hand blender as I was lazy to pull out the food processor.

1/4 cup finely chopped onions
Add the onion to pate. Sweet Maui onions or red onions would make it better, if you have it.

10 mini bell peppers
I sliced these open and stuffed as much pate as I could in each little bell pepper.

1 zucchini sliced in spirals - I had my mom's as seen on tv Japanese vegetable slicer. Side note- I honestly was irritated when she bought another kitchen tool that the food processor can do, but after playing with it, I admit, it's very cool.

Plating was fun with the zucchini noodles and topping them with the pretty stuffed bell peppers. I also chopped up more sun dried tomatoes and added a handful of chopped walnuts with a drizzle of olive oil.

My older son braved a few bites. He said it was ok. The younger son will need a few threats or bribes maybe to even taste it. Ugh kids!

Happy healthy eating!
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Maile
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