Beef and Mixed Veggies Cucumber Boats

I planned to have my delicious chicken and broccoli cucumber boats for dinner, unfortunately, I had no chicken, mayonnaise, cheese and my broccoli in the fridge got bad. However, been a lady of ingenuity, I had to come up with something for dinner. I had beef, veggies and of course cucumbers. I decided to make beef and mixed veggies cucumber boats instead. After having this version of cucumber boats, I'm seriously thinking of ditching the broccoli version. Since I had no mayonnaise, I made a hummus-like mixture to go with it. Also, I didn't bake this version as I usually do, since hubby doesn't like hot cucumbers. This version of cucumber boats will definitely blow your mind. Here is the recipe;

Ingredients:

1 cucumber

1 serving of cooked beef

1 carrot

2 small fresh red tomatoes

2 fresh red peppers

1/4 of a medium green bell peppers

1/4 of a medium-sized onions

1/4 cup of cabbage

Salt, thyme, garlic and ginger to taste

2 tbsps of olive oil

Ingredients for the hummus mixture:

1 egg plant

1 egg

1 tbsp of coconut oil

1/8 tsp of cinnamon spice

1/2 tsp of vanilla extract

A bit of water

Preparation:

Make the hummus mixture:

• Microwave the eggplant for 10 - 15 minutes.
• Peel of the skin and remove the seeds, and put the flesh in a blender or food processor.
• Add egg, coconut oil, cinnamon, vanilla extract and a little water.
• Pulse until smooth.

Start the mixed vegetable sauce:

• Chop up all the ingredients to tiny pieces - beef, cabbage, tomatoes, fresh peppers, carrot, onions and green bell peppers.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, add olive oil and allow to heat for a 30-60 seconds
• Add onions, garlic and ginger and stir until onions becomes translucent and the aroma of the garlic comes up.
• Add fresh peppers and meat and saute until meat is a little brown.
• Add fresh tomatoes and cover for about 3 minutes until the juice comes out and begins to dry up.
• Add the cabbage, salt and thyme and stir for 1-2 minutes.
• Add hummus mixture and stir until it mixes well and dries up a bit.
• Add the green peppers and turn off heat.

Scoop out the middle of the cucumber (save it for egg wrap, I always do).

Scoop in the mixed veggies and beef mixture and serve.