Italian Stuffed Peppers
on Apr 28, 2024, Updated May 12, 2024
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Italian Stuffed Peppers are a fun and delicious twist on regular stuffed peppers with the addition of Italian sausage! If you’re a green pepper fan, you’ll love these peppers loaded with ground turkey, Italian sausage, rice, veggies, and cheese! I love that this recipe makes 5 servings that you can make ahead of time. They make for a low carb, quick, easy, and healthy lunch or dinner! In fact, these are one of Chad’s favorite meals and I’m sure you’ll love them, too!
Nutritional Information / Macros
Makes 5 servings
Serving Size: 1 bowl
430 CAL
43.1P / 15.7C / 22F
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Ingredients
- Extra lean ground turkey (99/1)
- Mild Italian sausage
- Bell peppers
- Onions
- Mushrooms
- Tomato paste
- Tomato sauce
- Rice
- Salt
- Italian seasoning
- Parsley
- Oregano
- Parmesan cheese
- Part skim mozzarella cheese
REHEATING INSTRUCTIONS
These bowls can easily be reheated right in the microwave for 2-3 minutes if you’re in a hurry. If you have more time you can preheat the oven to 350º and warm them back up for about 10 minutes for a quick and easy meal.
FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS
If needed, you can freeze these Italian Stuffed Peppers. Let them cool, cover with the lid, and store for up to a month in the freezer. Make sure you let the bowls sit out and defrost a little bit, so they don’t crack when you reheat them.
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MEAL PREP SUPPLIES USED
4 cup glass bowls -Make sure the bowls you’re purchasing are oven safe. They will say so on the label if purchasing in store.
Half size sheet pan – This is the perfect size for 5, 4 cup glass bowls. You can, of course, use a full size sheet pan but your bowls will slide around.
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Italian Stuffed Peppers
Equipment
Ingredients
- 16 oz. extra lean ground turkey, 99/1
- 16 oz. mild Italian sausage
- 5 bell peppers
- 1/2 cup onion, diced, (75g)
- 1/2 cup mushrooms, diced, (35g)
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 8 oz. can tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup cooked rice, 4 oz.
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 oz. parmesan cheese
- 3 oz. part skim mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and arrange 5 oven safe containers on a cookie sheet.
- Slice the tops of the peppers off so they will fit in the meal prep bowls (set the tops aside, you will use these later). Rinse well, place 1 in each bowl and spray with some cooking spray. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Over medium high heat, cook the sausage and turkey until no longer pink. Add the onions, mushrooms, and leftover bell pepper (dice up the tops around the stem).
- Cook for 3-5 minutes until the veggies are soft.
- Add the seasonings, tomato sauce, paste, rice, and parmesan cheese. Mix well and stuff in peppers. Top with the mozzarella cheese and place back in the oven another 5 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Let cool before covering with lids and placing in the refrigerator. Reheat in the microwave for 2-3 minutes.
I didn’t expect to like this, because I normally hate Italian sausage, but I was curious, and I loved it! Husband loved it too. It’s one of my top favorites of the meal prep recipes. I prefer to use all red peppers, I feel the sweetness makes it taste even better. I had extra filling, probably due to the size of my peppers, so I recommend being mindful of that and maybe buying extra peppers to fill.
Oh yay!! Love to hear this! Thanks for the review!
I’ve just started following and have tried 3 different weekly meals and my VERY favorite so far is the stuffed peppers!!! So good! Couldn’t wait to heat my lunch up everyday!!
Tasty! Family loved it! We will be adding this to our family cookbook of go-to favorites. Thanks, Krista! You’ve done it again!
I’m so glad you loved this one! Thanks for the review!
These were great and hubby loved them!
Hi Christy, I love to hear when recipes are a success! I’m glad you both loved these! Thanks for the review!