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Quinoa Stuffed Peppers is for Dinner.

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers takes 30 minutes to cook.

Quinoa Stuffed Peppers makes 3 servings.

The ingredients for Quinoa Stuffed Peppers are:

3 large sweet banana peppers, cut in half lengthwise
1/2 cup cooked quinoa
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1 clove garlic
small amount of minced hot banana or other pepper
1 c chopped arugula
oregano and rosemary to taste
.5 to 1 tsp cumin
dash black pepper
2 TBS roasted pine nuts
2 TBS ripe tomato flesh (remove seeds)
1 oz feta cheese

Here is how you make Quinoa Stuffed Peppers:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Sautee onion, garlic spices and herbs until onion is tender. Add arugula and let it wilt.Mix quinoa, sauteed mixture, tomato, pine nuts and feta together. Stuff into the pepper halves.Bake for 30 minutes. Alternately, put pepper halves in a grill basket and grill on low setting.Serving Size: makes 6 stuffed pepper halvesNumber of Servings: 3Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CDMORTON61.

The nutritional information for Quinoa Stuffed Peppers is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 3
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 128.5

• Total Fat: 6.7 g
• Cholesterol: 6.7 mg
• Sodium: 97.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 13.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.3 g
• Protein: 5.4 g