Tonight I made these stuffed peppers and man they were DELISSHH!!! I made them for my family and everyone loved them! My mom said she even liked them better than regular stuffed peppers. The recipe is very clean and is 21 day fix friendly:) The main ingredients are the peppers, quinoa, and ground turkey....all super nutritious and packed with vitamins and minerals. Check out the facts about quinoa below and why is is healthier than rice!
Quinoa
- Has all 9 essential amino acids making it a complete portion
- Contains 2x the amount of fiber in comparison to white rice
- Is a seed not a grain
- Has 4x the amount of iron than brown rice!
- One serving has 29% of your daily recommendation of magnesium
- One serving contains 6 grams of protein
In terms of the recipe, I browsed a couple online to get some ideas:) Hope you enjoy them as much as we did!
Serves: 4 people ( makes 8 half peppers)
Serving Size: 2 half peppers
Time: 90 minutes ( approx 30 min prep and 60 minutes cook)
21 Day fix: 1 Red, 2 green, 1/2 yellow, 1/2 blue, 1 tsp
INGREDIENTS
- 4 Bell peppers
- 1 lb of ground turkey
- 2 yellow containers of plain cooked quinoa
- 1 C. chopped onion
- 1/2 T of coconut oil
- 3 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 can of fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 can of tomato paste
- 1 can of organic,low sodium tomato sauce
- 1 tsp of the following seasonings : garlic powder, onion powder, cumin, oregano, basil, himilayian salt, and ground black pepper
- Tabasco sauce for taste 1-3 T
- 2 blue containers of cheddar cheese ( I got a block of white cheddar and yellow and grated them. I like to do this because they don't have the anti caking agent in them that pre-shredded cheese does)
INSTRUCTIONS
- Preheat oven to 375
- Cook quinoa per instructions on package ( make sure you rinse before cooking)
- Cook onions and garlic in skillet with coconut oil
- Set onions aside and brown turkey in same skillet
- Meanwhile cut peppers in half and clean out the flesh and seeds
- Take a 9 x 13 pan and place tomato sauce in bottom
- Once turkey is cooked, combine onions, quinoa, turkey, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, seasonings, tabasco sauce, and one blue container of cheese and mix.
- Fill each mixture with the filling.
- Place peppers in pan and cover with aluminum foil
- Bake for 50 minutes
- Remove peppers from oven and take off foil. Top the peppers with the remaining container of cheese and place back in the oven for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly :)
- Allow the peppers to rest for 10 minutes and serve! ENJOY
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