Passport & Plate - Healthy Stuffed Peppers

kimberlyfisher — Fri, 6 Mar 2015 05:15:49 GMT

Ingredients
-1/2 cup brown rice
-1 cup water
-1 pound lean ground turkey
-2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger
-1 onion, chopped
-2 large red bell pepper
-2 yellow bell peppers
-1 (8 ounce) can natural tomato sauce
-1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
-salt and ground black pepper to taste
-1 (8 ounce) can natural tomato sauce
-1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

How to prepare this recipe
Cook rice with 1 cup water. (Follow directions on packaging).

Cook turkey, onion, garlic and ginger on stove top till brown about 5 minutes).

Remove the tops, seeds, and insides of the bell peppers. Arrange peppers in a baking dish with the hollowed sides facing upward. Slice the bottoms off the peppers if necessary so that they stand upright.

Mix the turkey, cooked rice, 1 can tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Spoon an equal amount of the mixture into each hollowed pepper. Mix the remaining tomato sauce and Italian seasoning in a bowl, and pour over the stuffed peppers.

Bake in the preheated oven at 350, basting with sauce every 15 minutes, until the peppers are tender, about 1 hour. Sprinkle the peppers with grated Parmesan cheese after baking. Enjoy!

The story behind this recipe
I try to be a healthy eater, and fell in love with store bought stuffed peppers. When I saw all of the unhealthy additives, I decided to make my own.

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Passport & Plate - Healthy Stuffed Peppers