Low Carb/low Fat Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers (italian Style)
Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 4 large green peppers or 4 large red peppers, seeded, cored and sliced in half lengthwise
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup mushroom, chopped
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 1/2 cup celery, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 1 -1 1/4 lb lean ground turkey (i use 93% lean)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- parmesan cheese (fresh grated or shredded) or mozzarella cheese, for topping (fresh grated or shredded)
- italian seasoning, for topping
Recipe
- 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
- 2 on stovetop in a medium skillet or saucepan, sauté mushroom, onion, celery and garlic in olive oil until veggies are soft; remove from heat.
- 3 meanwhile, in a medium mixing bowl,combine ground turkey, egg, garlic powder, italian seasoning, salt and pepper.
- 4 add sauté veggie mixture to turkey mixture; mix well.
- 5 stuff peppers with turkey/veggie mix and place in an ungreased shallow casserole dish.
- 6 in a small bowl, combine undrained tomatoes and tomato sauce; pour over peppers to cover.
- 7 sprinkle with parmesan cheese and italian seasonings; cover with aluminum foil and bake for 50 minutes.
- 8 uncover, sprinkle with mozzarella and bake for an additional 10 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and browned.
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