Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 234.4
  • Total Fat: 14.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 69.3 mg
  • Sodium: 148.3 mg
  • Total Carbs: 6.8 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
  • Protein: 24.1 g

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Introduction

A quick tasty lunch, mix brown rice into meat mixture for an even more filling treat! A quick tasty lunch, mix brown rice into meat mixture for an even more filling treat!
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    Ground turkey, 93% lean, 1.3lbs
    Vidalia onion, 1/2 chopped
    Garlic powder, .25 tsp
    Ground cumin, .25 tbsp
    3 Red Bell Peppers, halved
    Kosher Salt , .25 tsp
    Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 1 tbsp
    1/4 Med. Green Bell Pepper, chopped
    365 Organic Tomato Paste, 2 tbsp
    Swanson Unsalted Cooking Stock: Chicken, 1 cup
    Cheese, Borden Mexican shredded cheese, 0.75 cup

Tips

I rarely use the full 1/4 tsp of salt in this recipe, all the ingredients are chosen to be lower in sodium, and it still comes out quite tasty.


Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees, halve and seed 3 bell peppers, put in a baking dish
On medium heat. Use oil to sautee onion add salt, pepper to taste. Add ground turkey, cumin, and garlic powder. Brown meat. Add chopped green peppers, chicken stock and tomato paste. Stir.
If you like add cooked brown rice to mixture.
Scoop mixture into pepper halves, and put into oven for 15 minutes. Cover with shredded cheese, and bake until cheese is melted (about 5 minutes).


Serving Size: Makes 6 Stuffed Pepper halves

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MUSIC_CHICK.