Turkey Stuffed Peppers
These Turkey Stuffed Peppers are an easy, healthy dinner recipe that the family will love! Full of ground turkey, brown rice, salsa, cheese and extra veggies!
Ingredients
- 1 lbground turkey
- ½ teaspoonsalt
- ½ teaspoonchili powder
- ¼ teaspoonblack pepper
- 2 cupscooked brown rice
- 1 ½ cupsmild tomato salsa
- 2 cupsshredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cupspinach (frozen, thawed, drained and squeeze (or 1/2 cup fresh chopped
- 5bell peppers (halved, core in but seeds removed
- ¼ cupwater
Directions
- 1
In a medium pan over medium-high heat, cook and stir ground turkey, salt, chili powder and pepper until browned.
- 2
Place turkey in a medium bowl and stir in rice, salsa, 1 cup cheese and spinach. (The filling can easily be made ahead -- see post for notes)
- 3
Place pepper halves in a 9x13" baking dish.
- 4
Fill pepper halves with filling and divide remaining 1 cup cheese between peppers. Pour water in the bottom of the pan. Lightly spray a piece of foil with non stick spray and cover peppers.
- 5
Bake at 375 degrees F for 30-40 minutes until tender. Remove foil and bake for 5-10 minutes, broiling if desired, to brown cheese slightly.