Buckwheat stuffed Capsicums Gluten, dairy free frugal recipe

Grab yourself some whole capsicums (peppers for my Northern Hemisphere readers).
A local greengrocer flogs packets of 3 and 4 off for $1 or $1.20 as they might have a tiny blemish on their skin which is easily removed before cooking.
Slice the top off, gut them and clean 'em up a little as needs be.
*Keep the tops, remove the stalk and finely chop remaining capsicum. Toss into a freezer bag what you don't use in this recipe and you've got some ready frozen bits for your next casserole, filling, rice dish, etc.

Now, buckwheat is a gluten free grain that can replace cous cous, barley or rice, swells up larger than rice when completely cooked (less needed when adjusting recipes) adds a great flavour and texture to meals.
In this recipe I soaked 1/2 cup of buckwheat in a pot of boiling water with chicken stock.
Turn off the flame and let the buckwheat sit in the water to absorb it and to think about where it's headed in life.
Straight to my stomach, hmmmm.
Throw some finely chopped spring onions, mushrooms, carrots and whatever you've got in the fridge into a pot, saute and let sit with a lid on, off the flame, for a bit.

When the buckwheat has finished swelling up, add to the vegie and/or meat mix saving a little of the stock to add.
Mix, spoon into capsicums and bake in a greased casserole dish for approx. 20 mins.
Sprinkle grated cheese/Tofu cheese on top and/or breadcrumbs to taste.
Serve on their own or as part of a meal.

Enjoy!

*I'm off in the wilds so I'll catch up on everyone's blogs come Monday morning.

Have a great weekend!

Can I get unpossessed now? Pea soup optional? kthxbai!

There's something in the air....maybe Spring is just peeping around the corner?
Perhaps there's magic afoot?
Or I've been abducted and probed by aliens again.
Yeah, that last one is likely to soooo on the money *snort*.
I've done a sort-of Skinflint Sunday.
Picked up a fresh chook to roast for $5.20, packet of fresh mushrooms for $1.00, various small steaks for $2 each, a tray of Sweet potatoes for $1.20, you get the idea.
Then, for Dad's lunch I ripped the last bits of chook from last night's dinner, threw 'em into a pot with some butter, diced mushrooms, chopped spring onions, chicken stock, a little milk and voila!
A small casserole for his lunch which cost less than 10 mins of my time and buggered-if-I-can-work-out-the-monetary-bits but it was cheap.
As I had a small homemade gluten,dairy free pie in the oven for his lunch (again left over from last night) I doubled the use of the oven by roasting tomorrow nights dinner now - chook and veggies are doin' their thang.
As the oven will remain warm for quite some time I have a self-saucing chocolate pudding (GFDF) ready to throw in for sweets tonight.
I've also chucked the $3 mince in with a grated  20 cents carrot, a diced 30 cents onion, a chopped 10 cents spring onion, a 50 cent slurp of chicken stock and a 75 cent tin of diced tomatoes, mixed well and it's resting in the fridge before it stars in tonights rendition of GFDF spag bol.
And I polished the floors.
*gasp* I know!!!
I'm organised and totally kicking this housework malarky!
Definitely something wrong.
Oh, and the Aspie teen is playing footy somewhere in the belting rain and mud.