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Healthy Stuffed Peppers
I absolutely loved this simple, healthy stuffed peppers recipe! This recipe uses an assortment of colorful peppers, lean ground turkey, brown rice, fresh onion & garlic, as well as natural tomato sauce. This vibrant & delicious meal will surely brighten your mood & taste buds!
This healthy meal stuffs bell peppers with lean ground beef and zesty tomato sauce mix, brown rice, onions (optional), and topped with cheese! This is the perfect weeknight meal that can be prepared ahead of time. They are so easy to make, healthy, and so delicious.
The ingredients for this recipe are simple and scrumptious. The best part is that you can mix up the ingredients to make different dishes — Italian, American, Mediterranean, etc…
Healthy Stuffed Peppers
I absolutely loved this simple, healthy stuffed peppers recipe! This recipe uses an assortment of colorful peppers, lean ground turkey, brown rice, fresh onion & garlic, as well as natural tomato sauce. This vibrant & delicious meal will surely brighten your mood & taste buds!
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown rice (we used instant brown rice)
- 1 lb. lean ground turkey
- 2 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 green or red bell peppers
- 2 yellow bell peppers
- 2 orange bell peppers
- 2 8 oz cans of natural no-salt tomato sauce
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- Salt & pepper (to taste)
- Grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
- Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cook rice
- Remove & discard the tops, seeds & membranes of bell peppers. Arrange peppers in baking dish w/ hollowed sides facing up.
- Cook & stir ground turkey, garlic & oven in a skillet over medium heat until meat is evenly browned & onion is softened about 5 mins.
- Mix turkey, cooked rice, 1 can tomato sauce, salt (we eliminated) & pepper in a bowl. Spoon an equal amount of mixture into each hollowed pepper.
- Mix the other can of tomato sauce & Italian seasoning in a bowl & spoon over stuffed peppers – leave a small amount of sauce for basting.
- Bake in preheated oven, basting peppers every 15 mins. w/ sauce, until the peppers are tender, about 45 mins.
- Sprinkle peppers w/ grated parmesan & mozzarella cheese after baking. (Optional, we most definitely did! 😉)
Nutrition
Calories: 238kcalCarbohydrates: 26.7gProtein: 24.6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1.9gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 192mgFiber: 4.2gSugar: 8.1gCalcium: 123mg
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