Everyone seems to fill January with exercise and healthy eating – all part of clean living after overindulging at Christmas; our house is not an exception so easy healthy dinners are key this month, this is the first of many:

Ingredients (serves 2)

• 2 peppers
• 1 cup cous cous
• Half a courgette
• Gouda cheese (I used 14 slices but you can exclude if you’re lactose intolerant and cover with breadcrumbs or would rather not eat cheese right now – Gouda was the lowest in calories I could find)
• 8 cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 cup sweetcorn
• 1/2 cup black beans
• Handful of fresh coriander
• 1/2 tsp chilli powder
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 clove garlic

Method

• Put the cous cous in a bowl and cover with boiling water until it’s a few mm over the top. Cover with a plate and leave to one side.
• Cut the peppers in half down the middle and de-seed. Place on a lightly oiled baking tray in the oven at 180 degrees
• Meanwhile chop the courgette into tiny cubes and fry in the garlic and a little oil
• Chop the tomatoes into quarters 
• Put everything except the cheese into the cous cous and recover  
• Take the peppers out of the oven and line the inside bottoms with some of the Gouda making sure you save some for the tops  
• Stir the cous cous ingredients in and season with salt and pepper
• Spoon the cous cous mix into the peppers and place the remainder of the cheese over the top    
• Bake again for a further 10 mins

Job done.