Italian Stuffed Red Peppers

Italian Stuffed Red Peppers
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 337.5
  • Total Fat: 16.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 86.6 mg
  • Sodium: 798.6 mg
  • Total Carbs: 31.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.6 g
  • Protein: 16.8 g

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Introduction

Stuffed Peppers worth stuffing... in your mouth!

This recipe can easily be tweaked for your needs. I was just experimenting for something new and this is what I came up with. A little high in calories but as I said - it can easily be tweaked. Just saving it for my food journal. Stuffed Peppers worth stuffing... in your mouth!

This recipe can easily be tweaked for your needs. I was just experimenting for something new and this is what I came up with. A little high in calories but as I said - it can easily be tweaked. Just saving it for my food journal.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    3 Red Bell Peppers
    4 Links Italian Chicken Sausage (casings removed)
    1 box Rice-A-Roni (flavor of your choice)
    1/2 c Chopped tomato
    1 can Diced tomatoes - well drained juice reserved
    1/2 c. Mozzarella Cheese
    1 egg
    1 tbsp basil
    1 1/2 Olive Oil (divided)

Tips

I used reduced sodium "Italian" Rice-A-Roni, and diced tomatoes with italian seasonings.


Directions

Preheat Oven to 350

Pour tomato juice in bottom of baking dish.

Cook sausage and onions in 1 Tbsp of Olive Oil until sausage is no longer pink and onions are transparent.

Cook Rice-A-Roni according to package directions.

Cut peppers in half length-wise and brush the outside of the pepper with olive oil. Arrange in baking dish.

Mix all other ingredients and spoon into peppers.

Bake for 45 minutes.

Serving Size: Makes 6 Servings - 1/2 pepper

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TALLGIRLX3.