Healthy Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe
Weight Watchers Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe - a great way to get your vegetables and protein!
Serving6 people
Ingredients
- 5 cups water
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 green bell peppers
- 1 pound ground turkey
- ½ onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons salt
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- 1 cup quick cooking brown rice
- 1 (15oz) can tomato sauce, divided
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In a large pot, boil 5 cups of water with 1/2 tsp salt added.
- Cut off the top of each pepper, clean out seeds and membranes and then wash them really well.
- Cook peppers in the boiling water for 5 minutes then drain.
- In a large skillet, cook and stir ground turkey and onion until onion is tender. Drain off any fat.
- Stir in salt, garlic salt, rice and 1 cup (8 ounces) of tomato sauce. Heat through.
- Stuff each pepper with meat mixture.
- Stand the peppers upright in an ungreased baking dish.
- Pour remaining tomato sauce over peppers.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven, uncover, and top with shredded Mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for an additional 15 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 240 kcal · Carbohydrates: 22 g · Protein: 25 g · Fat: 6 g · Saturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 56 mg · Sodium: 1705 mg · Potassium: 698 mg · Fiber: 4 g · Sugar: 6 g · Vitamin A: 892 IU · Vitamin C: 101 mg · Calcium: 130 mg · Iron: 3 mg