This Vegetarian Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe is a great Meatless Monday Recipe meal and it has the ever-so-healthy quinoa.
I personally am not a big huge fan of quinoa, but as everyone else on the planet seems to be, I thought it would be fun to share a few recipes with you guys that incorporate quinoa as the main ingredient, like the Vegetarian Pesto Quinoa Bake Recipe and Quinoa Pizza Bites Recipe I shared a while back.
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A Vegetarian Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe for Meatless Monday
Now the fun thing about this Easy Vegetarian Quinoa Dinner Recipe is that you can easily switch up the flavor profile by using different cheeses and salsas! If you want a spicier, hotter taste, just use a different salsa with a little more heat.
Want a cheesier stuffed pepper? Just add more cheese!
What do you think? Don't these little green peppers look just amazing? I'll be honest, I usually just make stuffed mushrooms, but after this recipe, I think that I need to begin stuffing ALL OF THE THINGS!
Green peppers, red peppers, sweet peppers, jalapenos, tomatoes! Hmmm...what else could I possibly stuff?
Do you have any favorite Vegetarian recipes, or any specific Meatless Monday recipes that you'd like to share? I would love to hear about them!
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How to Make this Vegetarian Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe
Ingredients needed to make this Easy Vegetarian Quinoa Dinner Recipe
- 6 large green peppers
- 1 cup dry quinoa
- water to cook quinoa
- 1 can, 15 oz, black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 jar, 16 oz, salsa (mild, medium or hot), reserving ¼ cup
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ¾ cup pepper jack cheese, divided
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Directions for making this Easy Vegetarian Quinoa Dinner Recipe
Cook quinoa in water, according to package directions and place in a large mixing bowl.
Slice tops off green peppers, remove seeds and discard.
Place peppers, cut side down onto a greased microwave safe plate or dish and heat for 3 minutes. Remove from oven, cool for a few minutes before flipping over. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 400.
In the large mixing bowl of quinoa, add beans, salsa, cottage cheese and ½ cup pepper jack cheese. Mix well.
Spoon into peppers, pressing into each cavity.
Top with remaining pepper jack cheese.
Bake for 10-15 minutes or until filling is hot. Broil for 1-2 minutes until cheese is bubbly. Serve topped with remaining salsa.
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A Vegetarian Stuffed Green Peppers Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 large green peppers
- 1 cup dry quinoa
- water to cook quinoa
- 1 can 15 oz, black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 jar 16 oz, salsa (mild, medium or hot), reserving ¼ cup
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ¾ cup pepper jack cheese divided
Instructions
- Cook quinoa in water, according to package directions and place in a large mixing bowl.
- Slice tops off green peppers, remove seeds and discard.
- Place peppers, cut side down onto a greased microwave safe plate or dish and heat for 3 minutes. Remove from oven, cool for a few minutes before flipping over. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400.
- In the large mixing bowl of quinoa, add beans, salsa, cottage cheese and ½ cup pepper jack cheese. Mix well.
- Spoon into peppers, pressing into each cavity. T
- op with remaining pepper jack cheese.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes or until filling is hot. Broil for 1-2 minutes until cheese is bubbly.
- Serve topped with remaining salsa.
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