Baked potato with vegetarian chilli topping
This is a wonderfully quick recipe I make regularly. It contains plenty of vegetables and pulses which are a great source of plant-based protein and soluble fibre. Why not double up the quantities and serve with wholegrain rice the next day? The chilli also freezes really well to have a healthy dinner available for a rainy day
Cooking time1 hour 0 minutes
Prep time15 minutes
Servings2 portions

Ingredients
- 20 grams Flora ProActiv Light
- 2 baking potatoes
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 tsp tomato puree
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 yellow peppers chopped
- 1 courgette sliced
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 can chickpeas drained
- 1/2 can kidney beans drained
- black pepper
- mixed herbs
Nutritional facts
Energy (kcal) | 529 kcal |
Energy (kJ) | 2223 kJ |
Protein (g) | 20.1 g |
Carbohydrate incl. fibre (g) | 126.5 g |
Carbohydrate excl. fibre (g) | 73.4 g |
Sugar (g) | 18.4 g |
Fibre (g) | 19.5 g |
Fat (g) | 12.9 g |
Saturated fat (g) | 2.3 g |
Unsaturated fat (g) | 10.9 g |
Monounsaturated fat (g) | 6.9 g |
Polyunsaturated fat (g) | 4.1 g |
Trans fat (g) | 0.0 g |
Cholesterol (mg) | 0 mg |
Sodium (mg) | 631 mg |
Salt (g) | 0.22 g |
Vitamin A (IU) | 1309 IU |
Vitamin C (mg) | 169.9 mg |
Calcium (mg) | 263 mg |
Iron (mg) | 12.18 mg |
Potassium (mg) | 2822 mg |
Instructions
- Bake 2 potatoes in the oven in the usual way (or start them off in the microwave to speed up the cooking process).
- Twenty minutes before the potatoes will be ready, heat the olive oil in a large pan. Add the onion, garlic, chilli flakes, paprika and cumin and fry for a couple of minutes.
- Add the pepper and courgette and fry for 3 minutes until they start to soften.
- Add the chickpeas, kidney beans, chopped tomatoes and tomato puree, some freshly ground black pepper and mixed herbs.
- Simmer gently for 15 minutes or until the chilli thickens to your taste.
- Take the baked potatoes from the oven and top each with 10g Flora ProActiv.
- Top with the chilli and serve.