Brown Rice and Black Bean Stuffed Peppers
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
3 Large green bell peppers3/4 cup brown rice, cooked1/4 cup chopped onion15 oz can of black beans2 plum or roma tomatoes1 oz shredded mozzarella cheese1/2 lime's worth juice
Boil the rice until the water has evaporated, let sit for 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
While the rice is boiling cup peppers in halves and lay in a glass baking dish. Dice the onion and the tomatoes, and rinse the black beans.
After rice cools add in the onion and black beans and stir thoroughly. Add in the lime juice and mix so that the juice spreads throughout. Take the stuffing and fill each of the pepper halves.
Top the peppers with the tomatoes and sprinkle a little mozzarella on top.
Bake for 15 minutes or until desired texture of the pepper. If you bake longer you may want to wait until the last few minutes to top with cheese.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KRSOCCER19.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
While the rice is boiling cup peppers in halves and lay in a glass baking dish. Dice the onion and the tomatoes, and rinse the black beans.
After rice cools add in the onion and black beans and stir thoroughly. Add in the lime juice and mix so that the juice spreads throughout. Take the stuffing and fill each of the pepper halves.
Top the peppers with the tomatoes and sprinkle a little mozzarella on top.
Bake for 15 minutes or until desired texture of the pepper. If you bake longer you may want to wait until the last few minutes to top with cheese.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KRSOCCER19.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 135.5
- Total Fat: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 2.7 mg
- Sodium: 26.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 24.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.6 g
- Protein: 7.2 g
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