windy city stuffed peppers

Name: windy city stuffed peppers Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 8 medium peppers; 1.25 LB box of jennie-o ground turkey; 1LB trader joes 96/4 ground turkey; 1.5 cups bulgher (soak - throw out water; do not cook); 1 lg egg beaten; 1 8 oz. can tomato sauce; 1 14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes; 1 tsp each - salt ground pepper ground cumin; 2 tb ea cilantro; parsley; 1 large onion diced; 12 mini carrot sticks shredded; Prep: 1) Best to use peppers that stand up; cut off tops and remove seeds from core. put in microwave proof dish. add 1/2 cup water and microwave for 3 minutes. Remove rinse out & dry dish. spray with Pam. 2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 3) in a large bowl combine meats spices onions bulghur herbs tomato sauce and egg. Mix well. Pour 1/2 of diced tomatoes in baking dish. Fill each pepper w/ 2/3 to 3/4 c of meat mixture and place in baking dish. Bake for 35 minutes; check for doneness; pour remaining diced tomatoes over tops and bake 10 more minutes.; combine meats onion spices and

Minutes to Prepare: 30
Minutes to Cook: 30

Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

8 medium peppers1.25 LB box of jennie-o ground turkey1LB trader joes 96/4 ground turkey1.5 cups bulgher (soak - throw out water; do not cook)1 lg egg, beaten1 8 oz. can tomato sauce1 14.5 oz can petite diced tomatoes1 tsp each - salt, ground pepper, ground cumin2 tb ea cilantro; parsley1 large onion diced12 mini carrot sticks, shreddedPrep: 1) Best to use peppers that stand up; cut off tops and remove seeds from core. put in microwave proof dish. add 1/2 cup water and microwave for 3 minutes. Remove, rinse out & dry dish. spray with Pam. 2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 3) in a large bowl, combine meats, spices, onions, bulghur, herbs, tomato sauce and egg. Mix well. Pour 1/2 of diced tomatoes in baking dish. Fill each pepper w/ 2/3 to 3/4 c of meat mixture and place in baking dish. Bake for 35 minutes; check for doneness; pour remaining diced tomatoes over tops and bake 10 more minutes.combine meats, onion, spices and

Directions

makes enough to fill 8 medium peppers. Use different colors -- green, red, yellow and purple -- and eat in good health!

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MAERAETHEFIT1.

Servings Per Recipe: 8

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 323.4
Total Fat: 10.0 g
Cholesterol: 109.1 mg
Sodium: 483.4 mg
Total Carbs: 18.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 5.2 g
Protein: 29.2 g

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