Healthy Mexican Stuffed Bell Pepper Recipe
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Recipe type: Dinner
Cuisine: Mexican
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Serves: 6
 
Ingredients
  • 2 pounds of Ground Turkey Breast or Ground Chicken Breast
  • 2 Cups of Grated Cauliflower Rice (You can use frozen cauliflower rice, just defrost it)
  • 3 Teaspoons of Old El Paso Seasoning
  • 1.5 Cups of Canned Kidney Beans (Rinsed & Drained)
  • 1 Cup of Canned Corn (Drained)
  • 10 Ounce Can of Rotel Mexican Lime & Cilantro Diced Tomatoes
  • Small Onion, Diced
  • 6 Large Bell Peppers
  • 2 Teaspoons of Mexican Oregano
  • Vegetable Cooking Spray
  • Fresh Cilantro, Snipped
  • 2 Cups of Kraft Fat Free Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.  Cut tops off the bell peppers and scoop out the seeds and the membranes. Or you can halve the peppers.
  2. Spray a 13 x 9 baking dish with vegetable cooking spray.  Place the bell peppers upright in the baking dish and spray them lightly with vegetable cooking spray.  Set aside.
  3. Next, spray a large saute pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place over medium heat until hot.
  4. Dump cauliflower rice and minced onion into pan. Add in about ¼ cup of water and cook while stirring for 10 minutes.
  5. Next add ground turkey breast or ground chicken breast into the cauliflower mixture and saute until browned.
  6. Add in beans, corn, taco seasoning and Mexican oregano. Stir and continue to cook for about 5 minutes.  Stir in Rotel Diced Tomatoes.
  7. Using a large spoon, stuff the ground meat/rice mixture into each bell pepper.
  8. At this point, add in the Kraft Fat Free Shredded cheeses, you can stir ¼ cup of cheese into each bell pepper.
  9. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. When done, garnish with fresh snipped cilantro.
  10. This makes 6 servings.  On the WW Personal Points Plan, each serving is 5 PP.  However, since this dish is so full of vegetables, you earn 2 PP back since you are eating about 2 cups of vegetables with each serving. If you chose Ground Turkey Breast, Beans & Corn as 0 PP Foods, each serving will be 1 PP + you will earn back 2 PP from the vegetables. WOW!
  11. On the myWW Plan, each serving is 0 SmartPoints on the Blue and Purple Weight Watchers Plans.  On the Green Plan, each Mexican Stuffed Bell Pepper is 4 SmartPoints.
Recipe by Dee Dee Does at https://deedeedoes.com/healthy-mexican-stuffed-bell-pepper-recipe/