Stuffed Peppers (Ww) - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1/2 lb ground turkey
1 cup brown rice, cooked
1 red onion, chopped
1/4 cup frozen peas
1/3 cup fat free feta cheese, crumbled
2 tablespoons tomato paste
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (or 2 teaspoons fresh thyme, minced)
4 bell peppers, tops cut off
1/2 cup tomato puree
Preparation
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To make filling: combine first 8 ingredients (turkey - thyme) in a bowl.
Spoon filling into bell peppers.
***Transfer peppers to freezer container and cover and freeze up to 1 month\"\"\".
Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
Transfer peppers to 9-inch baking dish and pour tomato puree over peppers, adding enough water so liquid comes at least 1/4 up sides of peppers. Cover with foil and cook for 30-40 minutes, basting occasionally or until peppers are tender and filling is cooked (temp of filling should read 165-degrees F using an instant read thermometer inserted into filling).
Let peppers stand for 5 minutes before serving.
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