Dinner

Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers is for Dinner.

Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers takes 50 minutes to cook.

Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers are:

1 cup dry quinoa
2 cups chicken stock
4 bell peppers (2 green, 2 red)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lb ground turkey 93% lean
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1/2 vidalia onion, chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce (recipe calls for this much, I use 1/8 cup and save 400mg sodium but still get plenty of flavor)
1/2 cup shredded Italian cheese (I used parmesan and asiago blend)
salt
pepper

Here is how you make Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers:

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees.2Combine quinoa and chicken stock in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to simmer for 13 minutes until all of the liquid is absorbed. Remember it's still going in the oven so don't overcook during this step3Meanwhile, cut the tops off of the bell peppers, remove the seeds and set aside in a baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Chop the tops of the peppers (will add to the meat mixture later).4Heat the olive oil over medium high heat in a large sauce pan and saute the garlic.5Add chopped onions and chopped pepper tops. Saute 2-3 minutes.6Add the ground turkey, worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper to the pan. Cook until the meat is browned.7Add the tomatoes and tomato paste. Stir to combine. Cook until most of the liquid is absorbed (5 minutes).8Add the cooked quinoa to the meat mixture. Stir thoroughly.9Fill each pepper with the mixture. Cook in preheated oven for 30 minutes.10After 25 minutes, top each pepper with italian cheese. Cook five more minutes (cheese will melt and begin to brown).11Serve immediately :) Enjoy!Serving Size: Makes 4 servings, 1 pepper per serving + whatever didn't fit in the pepper divided by 4, will be plenty that doesn't fitNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JEFFMO79.

The nutritional information for Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 434.2

• Total Fat: 13.6 g
• Cholesterol: 89.9 mg
• Sodium: 1,004.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 47.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.0 g
• Protein: 35.0 g

Turkey Quinoa Stuffed Peppers is Italian cuisine.