One of my wife’s favorite dishes is stuffed peppers. They are very easy to cook and you can add a variety of different stuffing to go inside. I even have a stuffed pepper dish where I substitute the rice with finely diced cauliflower.
I just put a whole cauliflower inside my food processor and process until the cauliflower looks like small pieces of rice. It is so delicious and less than half the calories of white Basmati rice. Enjoy this DASH diet recipe.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cooked brown rice
- 3 bell peppers (green, red, or yellow)
- 10 oz ground turkey
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning (or basil and oregano leaves)
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
- 1/2 onion
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1 chopped zucchini (about 1 cup)
- 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes with liquid
Instructions:
1. Cook the rice or prepare instant rice according to package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the turkey until no longer pink. Add seasonings during the last few minutes. Add onion, mushrooms, and zucchini to the skillet. Saute until tender. Mix in tomatoes and rice. Remove from heat.
3. Cut the peppers in half from top to bottom. Remove the stem and seeds. Place pepper halves in a baking dish and fill with the skillet mixture. Cover the baking dish with foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 50 minutes or until peppers are tender when poked with a fork.
4.Refrigerate leftovers within 2 to 3 hours.
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