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
• ½ cup mushroom , chopped
• ½ cup onion , chopped
• ½ cup celery , chopped
• 1 garlic clove , chopped
• 1 -1 ¼ lb lean ground turkey (I use 93% lean)
• 1 egg , beaten
• ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• salt and pepper , to taste
• 1 (14 ½ 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

[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!

[SarasotaCook]

My stars didn't work, I'm sorry for that
For the above review ... 5 stars

Revise:
I had wrote a nice long review and the stars didn't work so I went back and added the stars and wiped out the whole first review. Oh well.

Just wanted to say I loved the recipe, I used red peppers, they looked much nicer than the green at the store and I added a bit more garlic and seasoning ... but that is just a personal preference. I did add one other ingredient. I soaked 1 piece of multi grain bread in milk, squeezed dry and added that. I wanted just a bit more texture, but the flavor would of been good without that.
Nice recipe!