Eggplant and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
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- Minutes to Cook:
- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 lb Ground Turkey6 Yellow, Red or Green Peppers1 Eggplant, peeled, diced1 cup Onion chopped 3 cloves Garlic minced2 cups Mushrooms chopped1 Jalapeno Pepper minced2 Tbs Butter1 1/2 cup Quinoa2 1/2 cups water
• Parboil pepper cups for 5 minutes.
• Sauté w/out oil or butter, OR sauté w/ butter all
vegetables until tender
• Season to taste.
• Add 2 ½ c water, quinoa and tsp salt. When bubbly,
reduce heat to low and cover.
• Cook until quinoa is fully absorbed. Approx. 15 minutes
• Season raw ground turkey and add to mixture and stuff peppers. Pile it high to use up all ingredients. (raw so that they won’t dry out during baking)
• Bake in oven proof dish with 1 c water at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
Notes: -Brown rice can be substituted for quinoa; but follow pkg directions and cook
- Wilted cabbage leaves, hollowed out squash or zucchini can be substituted for bell peppers
-If you don’t use butter, add water occasionally while sautéing vegetables as needed.
For anyone on Weight Watchers, 1 svg has 7 pts if butter /oil was used and 6 pts if no butter/oil.
Serving Size: makes 6 lg entree servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PBFONTENOT63.
• Sauté w/out oil or butter, OR sauté w/ butter all
vegetables until tender
• Season to taste.
• Add 2 ½ c water, quinoa and tsp salt. When bubbly,
reduce heat to low and cover.
• Cook until quinoa is fully absorbed. Approx. 15 minutes
• Season raw ground turkey and add to mixture and stuff peppers. Pile it high to use up all ingredients. (raw so that they won’t dry out during baking)
• Bake in oven proof dish with 1 c water at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
Notes: -Brown rice can be substituted for quinoa; but follow pkg directions and cook
- Wilted cabbage leaves, hollowed out squash or zucchini can be substituted for bell peppers
-If you don’t use butter, add water occasionally while sautéing vegetables as needed.
For anyone on Weight Watchers, 1 svg has 7 pts if butter /oil was used and 6 pts if no butter/oil.
Serving Size: makes 6 lg entree servings
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PBFONTENOT63.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 400.9
- Total Fat: 12.6 g
- Cholesterol: 63.5 mg
- Sodium: 94.9 mg
- Total Carbs: 51.1 g
- Dietary Fiber: 7.4 g
- Protein: 24.5 g
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