Turkey and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
In 10-15 minutes you can have dinner in the slow cooker and a delicious, healthy meal will be waiting six hours later.
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Yields: 6 servings | Serving size: 1 stuffed pepper | Calories: 294 | Previous Points: 6 | Points Plus: 7 | Total Fat: 10 g | Saturated Fats: 2 g | Trans Fats: 0 g | Cholesterol: 90 mg | Sodium: 145 mg | Carbohydrates: 19 g | Dietary fiber: 3 g | Sugars: 2 g | Protein: 26 g
Ingredients
- 1 sweet onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 cup dry quinoa, rinsed (white or red will work...white was used in this recipe)
- 1/4 cup whole wheat bread crumbs (whole wheat panko was used in this recipe...Gluten free panko works as well)
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Kosher or sea salt to taste
- 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 egg
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 pound lean ground turkey (used in this recipes was 93% lean with a mixture of white and dark meat...all breast can be used)
- 6 bell peppers, slice away tops, scoop out seeds and membrane (we used 2 yellow, 2 red, 1 orange and 1 green...use your favorite colors)
- 1 (24 ounce) marinara sauce, no sugar added (used in this recipe, 'Lucini Rustic Tomato Basil Sauce')
- 1/2 cup water
Directions
Combine in a large mixing bowl the first nine ingredients. Add 1/3 cup of parmesan, egg, tomato paste and ground turkey, mix well. Using the turkey mixture, evenly stuff the peppers and place side by side in 4-6 quart slow cooker. Pour marinara over peppers, add water to the marinara jar, swirl around and pour around the peppers. Cover and cook on low 6 hours.
Carefully remove peppers from slow cooker, place on plates and sprinkle with remaining parmesan.
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I wish there was a way to email these receipes. i dont have a printer on my laptop so I email alot of stuff to my work email and print them there!
Toni, We're hoping to get a new recipe program that will do just that!
I copy and paste the recipe address onto an email and send it to myself or whoever I want to share it with.
This is an amazing recipe!!
I love this recipe! LOVE quinoa! This is my entry for the cookbook!
Love them! And would really love the cookbook
Excellent!!! Great low sodium receipe!!! Was delish…..and family enjoyed! Thanks!
Delicious!
When I put this recipe into my fitness pal, the calorie count was way off. Loved the dish!
Chappy, Thanks! We use nutritiondata.self.com to calculate the values.
Would high for 3 hours work?
Jen, 3-4 hours on high should do it.
What if you use the oven instead of the slow cooker.
Do you brown the turkey before putting it into the peppers or does it just cook when it's in the crockpot?
It cooks in the crock pot, Brenda. enjoy!
Love peppers, but not the green ones, so I used red, orange and yellow. I found myself eating all of the filling and leaving behind the peppers
I'd say my first attempt at cooking with and trying quinoa was a huge success. Can you make just the stuffing in the crock pot and leave out the peppers? They turn to mush anyway…
Can this be made without the marinara sauce? And if so, what changes, if any, should be made?
Neco, I’ve never made it without marinara so I can’t say for sure. Let us know if you try it!