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Budget-Friendly Stuffed Peppers

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Ingredients

  • 4 bell peppers (any color)
  • 3/4 pound lean, ground turkey
  • 1/2 medium onion (chopped)
  • 1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
  • 14.5 ounce canned, no-salt-added, diced tomatoes
  • 1 clove fresh, minced garlic (or 1 teaspoon garlic minced from jar)
  • 1 teaspoon reduced-sodium Italian seasoning (lowest sodium available)
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (for spiciness), (optional)
  • 8 ounce canned, no-salt-added tomato sauce

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook rice to package instructions (omitting salt). While the rice is cooking, in skillet over medium heat, brown the turkey. Add the onion and cook for 3 minutes more (until onion becomes translucent).
  2. Wash the bell peppers and remove the tops, seeds and membranes. Set peppers in a 9×9 baking dish or line them up in a loaf pan, so they stand upright.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl, mix turkey, rice, tomato, garlic, Italian seasoning, and pepper. Spoon into each pepper. Spoon tomato sauce evenly over the top of the 4 peppers. Bake 1 hour in the oven, until peppers are tender.

NOTE: You can half or double the recipe if you have more or fewer peppers!

Source: recipes.heart.org

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