Healthy Stuffed Peppers Recipe

Last night for dinner I wanted to make something different. I had 3 green peppers and so stuffed bell peppers were calling my name. I found a recipe that called for 6 bell pepper but I cut everything in half for my family of 3 eaters (1 nursing baby) and ended up improvising ingredients to what I had handy, they turned out delish! There was just enough to stuff the large peppers and little left over for Liam to eat from the bowl.

What You'll Need

• 1/2 cup cooked brown rice
• 1/2 pound lean ground beef
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 3 green bell peppers
• 1 (8 ounce) can natural tomato sauce

• 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup of Shredded Low fat Mozzarella cheese 
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• Grated Parmesan cheese, optional

Directions 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)

1. Cook and stir beef, garlic, and onion in a skillet over medium heat until meat is evenly browned and onion is softened, about 5 min (drain fat)
2. Remove and discard the tops, seeds, and membranes of the green bell peppers. Arrange peppers in a baking dish with the hollowed sides facing upward. Slice the bottoms off the peppers if necessary so that they stand upright.
3. Mix the browned beef, cooked rice, 1/4 of Shredded mozzarella, 1/2 can tomato sauce, soy sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Spoon an equal amount of the mixture into each hollowed pepper. Mix the remaining tomato sauce and Italian seasoning in a bowl, and pour over the stuffed peppers, top with a sprinkle of shredded cheese.
4. Bake in the preheated oven, basting with sauce every 15 minutes, until the peppers are tender, about 1 hour (25 min in convectional oven). Sprinkle the peppers with grated Parmesan cheese after baking.

These are the peppers before they went into the oven

 This is them after. The filling seemed to shrink a bit so don't be afraid to over stuff them. I served them  sliced tomatoes and avocado (Which I did not photograph) I didn't want them as saucy so I didn't base them with the remaining sauce but Im sure it would be just as yummy. Enjoy. Wanna see more of my healthy recipes? Leave a comment and tell me what you think?