Low Carb/Low Fat Turkey Stuffed Bell Peppers (Italian Style)

TheDancingCook's Note:

I love stuffed peppers and was craving them on my low carb diet. I fooled around a bit and came up with these. I promise, they're so flavorful that you won't even miss the rice. Enjoy!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

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

Directions:

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.

Reviews

[wonderstub]

Tasty recipe. I did change the parmesan by just adding it into the meat mixture. It gave it a fantastic flavor. I also chopped us some fresh basil and added it to the mix as well. The cooking time was a bit off though as after one hour the green pepper still had a little too much crunch. I might take it out another five minutes if I make it again.

[lynjt]

Very good! I had left-overs and thought it was even better the next day. :)

[laurajtaz]

My husband could not stop raving over this meal!